Lancer Evolution Wagon [MERGED]
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From: Tempe, AZ
From http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/58...lasts_off.html
Could this be the ultimate in practicality and performance? Spotted on test in Japan, it's Mitsubishi's soon-to-be-launched Evolution IX Estate - and Auto Express's spy photographers got the first-ever pictures.
Making a surprise debut on a wet Tsukuba race track near Tokyo, ahead of its unveiling next month, the newcomer completed three fast laps before disappearing from view. Sources said the car was undergoing its final phases of testing and running back-to-back with the saloon to establish a series of quick lap times for comparison.
At the end of the day, Mitsubishi's research and development test team declared the results were far closer than expected. Originally, they'd anticipated the estate's extra 100kg bulk would add at least two seconds' time difference around the two-kilometre track.
But the gap was less than one second. According to a spokesman, the carrier's rear end actually improved its weight distribution, which gave better traction than the saloon.
Just 2,500 Evo IX Estates are to be made, and the car will only be available here as a grey import priced from around £20,000. It shares the same chassis, six-speed manual gearbox and 2.0-litre turbocharged engine as the saloon. Expect a 0-60mph sprint time of around five-and-a-half seconds.
Making a surprise debut on a wet Tsukuba race track near Tokyo, ahead of its unveiling next month, the newcomer completed three fast laps before disappearing from view. Sources said the car was undergoing its final phases of testing and running back-to-back with the saloon to establish a series of quick lap times for comparison.
At the end of the day, Mitsubishi's research and development test team declared the results were far closer than expected. Originally, they'd anticipated the estate's extra 100kg bulk would add at least two seconds' time difference around the two-kilometre track.
But the gap was less than one second. According to a spokesman, the carrier's rear end actually improved its weight distribution, which gave better traction than the saloon.
Just 2,500 Evo IX Estates are to be made, and the car will only be available here as a grey import priced from around £20,000. It shares the same chassis, six-speed manual gearbox and 2.0-litre turbocharged engine as the saloon. Expect a 0-60mph sprint time of around five-and-a-half seconds.
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Joined: Jun 2003
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From: Detroit-Miami-Boston-?
"This one time, they made the Evo worse... and then they released it in wagon form and it was even worse." ever heard of the Evolution VII GTA? I would take this wagon any day over a GTA
It works for me. I was actually going to get a blue WRX wagon but passed due to the lack of leg room in the rear plus I really wanted the Evo anyway. I could put a nice booming system in there, through my mountain bike in the back and eat V7o R's for lunch! Daddy like 
Dave
Dave
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Joined: Dec 2004
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From: San Jose, Ca
it wouldnt suprise me, i mean how many suby wagons do you see on the road. it would be smart for mistu to do it! i mean the car is WAY better than the wrx wagon. something you can hold the family and everything you need for a weekend away, and still pitch it sideways getting on the freeway onramp
Originally Posted by redvolution
Go ***-hauling wagon. The chance of that thing coming over here is zilch because only Americans are dumb enough not appreciate the superiority of the wagon over the SUV.