In my mind the Evo died when they stopped making the IX.

I find myself lusting over older cars (70s, 80s, 90s)

Easier to modify, less legality to worry about.

I'd rather spend less on an old car shell, put 20,000$ into the body to make it new, and install a powertrain of my own choice.

Thoughts that come to mind:

RB26 S30Z, 2JZGTE AE86, 20B FD3S. I've even been thinking about building a V12 Turbo Testarossa. Any of these are much more impressive than any new car.

 

dang

 

Gas is only as finite as the media, and oil companies says it is. There is more oil in the mid west than twice that of Saudi Arabia. Get your facts straight.

 

Maybe true but it still can be used up so that there is no mere there.......I.E. FINITE!!! Learn the definition

Anyways it will still cost that much because the shear amount of environmental permits required. Like electricity could be half as much if they would let is build a nuke plant.

 

Better resale value for are 8,9,& 10's

 

Testarossa had a Flat-12, not a V-12...

 

Impressive yes, but you can't drive them like you can a new car. 10k miles and you're doing a complete engine rebuild. It costs a lot of money for that ancient performance. If you want to work on the car all the time, or just garage queen it, it would definitely be fun.

 

not unless you replace the pistons, stroker, cams, etc. the body of the engines should never fail. unless you beat it to hell and back. the engine is one of the things that does last forever.

 

I wasn't referring to the stock Flat 12, I meant V-12.

Those are old cars, with newer engines.

FYI - I put less than 500 miles on my IX all year last year. So far in 2011 (half a year) I've driven my IX 19 miles.

replace the stroker huh? Buying a car that I like, the last thing I would look at is the engine. I don't even care if it has an engine. Rather have a body in excellent shape. Mechanical work is nothing compared to body, paint and cosmetics.

 

Think about how much a 96 Supra turbo, 300GT VR4, 300ZX TT or 93 RX7 TT are worth nowadays...Evo X's, with their unique drivetrain and suspension will be worth alot more than any regular used car. They will be hard to find, even harder to find unmodified or beat, so they will all be worth money even with blown engines and 100k on the body...IMO

 

I drove mine nearly 12,000 miles and my bluebook value dropped a whopping $650 in my area code. Let's see even a high priced BMW retain value like that..... Those are free miles practically.

 

I don't think that will apply to the Evo X, as least not nearly as much as it will to the IXs and VIIIs, respectively.

 

i think it is all a bunch of stupid bs..... nothing we can do can do about it but the government/world is going smaller and green with all these new emissions and such. we think we have it bad with cars look at the emissions for a big truck and all the extra **** they added to them the past couple years. All the new big rigs are equipped with DEF (diesel exhaust fluid) systems. they only make a 23 gallon tank for them and can on go 4k miles on a full tank. so with all that just added they now have to buy this fluid (which is 86% water) every trip they make taking away from their earnings , along with a the electrical stuff to go with it that can fail... also if they run out they can only run the truck for another hour on a empty tank before it shuts down for good....

in all... these new emissions regulations that they keep coming out with are a total load of ****.... i dont see many if any in the future performance cars being made unless they are some sort of hybrid/electric car

 

Looking at the sketches of the next Lancer, I can't say I'm really sad to see the Evo go. It deserved a better looking car. Thank god I have a 2009!

 

Drove past one of those the other day and I have to say... it was damn nice looking! I'd probably pick it over this concept Evo .