Well while i was at work today the mitsu manager showed me these pictures that got faxed to the dealership from their rep(im guessing from MMNA) sent him like 20 pictures of the 2008 lancer and lancer evo. He said that the picture of the evo was the final spec and that it would come in the DSG 6 speed transmission as well as a manual 5 spd clutch. The backend looks similar if not the exact same as the concept X but has a different wing. The front end is similar but now has a lip i believe as well as the 2 front headlights and 2 smaller ones above the lip. Unfortunately these pictures were faxed in and they are only on paper. I'll see if I can't find a scanner somewhere or something but regardless. The final design is being revealed at the Detroit Auto Show in January.

I'm gonna send a pm to the guy from MMNA who posts on here every now and then and ask him if he could possibly post the pics up himself

 

This is a major tease...

 

im sorry dude but i figured i might as well post up

im gonna hope that the guy who works for MMNA messages me back and can get me the photos

but im definitely not bull****ting u though

 

Was there any news about the motor being the 4B11T ?

 

you know what i thought about that when i was looking through the all the papers that they got faxed but i didnt really look for a mention of it but they have already stated that the 4B11T will be used, and thats what everyone else is saying as well so theres really no doubt that that is the engine thats going to be used

 

5 speed manual clutch? wow, i guess i'll have to wait it out instead of buying an IX.

 

I am having a hard time with this.

 

The X will be launched in ONLY...I repeat ONLY a dual clutch 6 speed automatic in its first year. They are considering a manual transmission option in the 2nd or 3rd run of the X but not in the launch. There was an entire memorandum faxed along with some "teaser" pics to Mitsu dealers.

 

Does the front end of the Evo X still look like this?

 

hahaha.. i thought the exact same thing when I saw it.

 

Geez you guys are harsh.

 

I'll stick with my new IX SE and the good 'ole 4G63!

 

Same here. I already had an experience with a first run re-design of the Honda Civic SI. Too many problems for me to keep it. Which in a way is good because now I have my Evo--and apparently just in time before they put the "other" engine in it.

The only bad is that I lost my 5k down payment on the Honda.

 

Everyone is saying this now but in a year you'll see how many IXs are up for sale to try and get a X. Same thing happened from the VII to IX.

 

Not sure of that, but given the evo popularity, I expect 3rd party kit makers like Cwest & chargespeed to "fix" the "fish" mouth with their bodykits.

At least the next Evo is not as ugly as the next Nissan GTR with the "haven't found the words to describe" headlights & body. However, the taillights on the next GTR do looks great.