2014 Lancer Evolution
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Ok.. I'm kind of sick of hearing this now.. Let's think about this.
Everybody wants some kind of "facelift" or change for the X since it has been out. That's fine.. But then we point to Subaru. They changed and updated the look of the STI since 2008.. why can't Mitsu do the same?
Well first of all, Subaru HAD to update the front fascia.. The 2008s looked horrible and they were competing with the X. They needed to freshen it up a little bit. Now I like the Suby. It looks very aggressive and nice.
Mitsu did upgrade stuff though. There was a problem with the 2008s diff pins.. That was upgraded and fixed. There was a problem with the 2008s timing chain.. Mitsu upgraded that too. One of the biggest complaints is the interior of Evos- "They aren't what you would expect in a 30k car..". That is true, we all know it, but Mitsu made full leather packages available for both the GSR and MR. They added plush door panels, too. One of the biggest eyesores to me was the short standard wing on the GSRs. They made the tall spoiler standard on all GSRs.. The LED center screen was updated to a full color screen. Now they added a touchscreen. Alot of people have been complaining about how cheap it looks, but there is only ONE freaking picture from an IPHONE! It prolly looks much better in person, as a member on here already confirmed.
Then people complain about the 5-speed.. "Why no 6-speed?!?".. Well as we saw with the VIII/IXs the 6-speed was a much weaker tranny. Not terrible, but not great. Sure it would be nice to have that extra gear to save a little gas and quiet down highway drone, but I think everyone would agree that we would rather have a stronger tranny.
I will say that Mitsu kind screwed up on the plastic CMC, fuel relays, and the AYC pump corrosion thing.. Wish they would create some kind of shield for the pump to prevent corrosion.. And the X really needed a metal, stronger CMC.
But all in all, the X is a great platform. We have had very little issues with the engine, tranny, etc.. (All the expensive stuff), and the car is very reliable.
And if we think about the Subaru, who everyone here apparently loves here, They have been using the same engine from 2008 that has serious known issues. Stock cars can pop due to ringland issues. They have done NOTHING to resolve this for their customers. Would you rather have a new front bumper for your X or have to worry about the engine blowing? Mitsu has made smart improvements for the reliability and performance of the X. The car still looks great. We have nothing to complain about when you really think about it compared to what some STI owners have to deal with.
Sorry for the long rant.. I just think that some people just like to complain about dumb ****, when we actually have it pretty good.
That said, I am anxious to see what Mitsu will come out with for the XI.
Everybody wants some kind of "facelift" or change for the X since it has been out. That's fine.. But then we point to Subaru. They changed and updated the look of the STI since 2008.. why can't Mitsu do the same?
Well first of all, Subaru HAD to update the front fascia.. The 2008s looked horrible and they were competing with the X. They needed to freshen it up a little bit. Now I like the Suby. It looks very aggressive and nice.
Mitsu did upgrade stuff though. There was a problem with the 2008s diff pins.. That was upgraded and fixed. There was a problem with the 2008s timing chain.. Mitsu upgraded that too. One of the biggest complaints is the interior of Evos- "They aren't what you would expect in a 30k car..". That is true, we all know it, but Mitsu made full leather packages available for both the GSR and MR. They added plush door panels, too. One of the biggest eyesores to me was the short standard wing on the GSRs. They made the tall spoiler standard on all GSRs.. The LED center screen was updated to a full color screen. Now they added a touchscreen. Alot of people have been complaining about how cheap it looks, but there is only ONE freaking picture from an IPHONE! It prolly looks much better in person, as a member on here already confirmed.
Then people complain about the 5-speed.. "Why no 6-speed?!?".. Well as we saw with the VIII/IXs the 6-speed was a much weaker tranny. Not terrible, but not great. Sure it would be nice to have that extra gear to save a little gas and quiet down highway drone, but I think everyone would agree that we would rather have a stronger tranny.
I will say that Mitsu kind screwed up on the plastic CMC, fuel relays, and the AYC pump corrosion thing.. Wish they would create some kind of shield for the pump to prevent corrosion.. And the X really needed a metal, stronger CMC.
But all in all, the X is a great platform. We have had very little issues with the engine, tranny, etc.. (All the expensive stuff), and the car is very reliable.
And if we think about the Subaru, who everyone here apparently loves here, They have been using the same engine from 2008 that has serious known issues. Stock cars can pop due to ringland issues. They have done NOTHING to resolve this for their customers. Would you rather have a new front bumper for your X or have to worry about the engine blowing? Mitsu has made smart improvements for the reliability and performance of the X. The car still looks great. We have nothing to complain about when you really think about it compared to what some STI owners have to deal with.
Sorry for the long rant.. I just think that some people just like to complain about dumb ****, when we actually have it pretty good.
That said, I am anxious to see what Mitsu will come out with for the XI.
As a former Mitsubishi tech it frustrates me to see these cars maligned so much even on an enthusiast board like this one. It makes no sense to me. Having worked on and driven zillions of EVO 8s, 9s and Xs, I love the X and I cannot understand why the car-buying public rejects it while still rushing out to buy Subarus and bland Toyotas. The X drives like a dream and doesn't break down. You can't say that about any of the 2.5L STI products out there...
I don't understand the complaints about the interior either. It's nice! Have any of you people been in a $35,000 Camaro lately? They're ****ing garbage! I'll take a 2008 EVO over a 2013 Camry any day. It's straight up ugly, trashy, rattly garbage by comparison.
Mitsubishi built some ****ty cars int he 90s and early 2000s... and then somehow their product became incredibly reliable and easy to work on... which is when people stopped buying them en masse. It's dumbfounding, to say the least.
Lastly.. the whole 5-spd/6-spd thing... You're an idiot if you want to pay a premium for a 6-spd IX MR. The 5-spd drives better and has the SAME engine. It's f***ing amazing to me that ricers will pay more for a 6-spd IX MR than what a 5-spd X GSR goes for... and at the same time the same ricers ***** about the "interior" of the X. Have any of you guys ever been inside of a 7/8/9? It's a cheeseball econobox interior! It couldn't get any cheaper without being a GM product!
The beauty of the Evolution is that it brings you ridiculous performance and handling at a reasonable price. Always has. Sure, it costs $35K now... but that's NOTHING, considering the tech that you get! Bulletproof powertrain, torque-vectoring differentials.. That **** costs money. They could sell you an EVO with viscous diffs and an engine that won't hold up for $25k, sure.. but then everyone would cry about reliability and performance.
I feel for Mitsubishi.. They seem like they still have a soul but the buyers' market has it out for them for some reason.
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Represent The Mighty X
dude. live long and prosperous !!!!!!!Thank you for the rant!
As a former Mitsubishi tech it frustrates me to see these cars maligned so much even on an enthusiast board like this one. It makes no sense to me. Having worked on and driven zillions of EVO 8s, 9s and Xs, I love the X and I cannot understand why the car-buying public rejects it while still rushing out to buy Subarus and bland Toyotas. The X drives like a dream and doesn't break down. You can't say that about any of the 2.5L STI products out there...
I don't understand the complaints about the interior either. It's nice! Have any of you people been in a $35,000 Camaro lately? They're ****ing garbage! I'll take a 2008 EVO over a 2013 Camry any day. It's straight up ugly, trashy, rattly garbage by comparison.
Mitsubishi built some ****ty cars int he 90s and early 2000s... and then somehow their product became incredibly reliable and easy to work on... which is when people stopped buying them en masse. It's dumbfounding, to say the least.
Lastly.. the whole 5-spd/6-spd thing... You're an idiot if you want to pay a premium for a 6-spd IX MR. The 5-spd drives better and has the SAME engine. It's f***ing amazing to me that ricers will pay more for a 6-spd IX MR than what a 5-spd X GSR goes for... and at the same time the same ricers ***** about the "interior" of the X. Have any of you guys ever been inside of a 7/8/9? It's a cheeseball econobox interior! It couldn't get any cheaper without being a GM product!
The beauty of the Evolution is that it brings you ridiculous performance and handling at a reasonable price. Always has. Sure, it costs $35K now... but that's NOTHING, considering the tech that you get! Bulletproof powertrain, torque-vectoring differentials.. That **** costs money. They could sell you an EVO with viscous diffs and an engine that won't hold up for $25k, sure.. but then everyone would cry about reliability and performance.
I feel for Mitsubishi.. They seem like they still have a soul but the buyers' market has it out for them for some reason.
As a former Mitsubishi tech it frustrates me to see these cars maligned so much even on an enthusiast board like this one. It makes no sense to me. Having worked on and driven zillions of EVO 8s, 9s and Xs, I love the X and I cannot understand why the car-buying public rejects it while still rushing out to buy Subarus and bland Toyotas. The X drives like a dream and doesn't break down. You can't say that about any of the 2.5L STI products out there...
I don't understand the complaints about the interior either. It's nice! Have any of you people been in a $35,000 Camaro lately? They're ****ing garbage! I'll take a 2008 EVO over a 2013 Camry any day. It's straight up ugly, trashy, rattly garbage by comparison.
Mitsubishi built some ****ty cars int he 90s and early 2000s... and then somehow their product became incredibly reliable and easy to work on... which is when people stopped buying them en masse. It's dumbfounding, to say the least.
Lastly.. the whole 5-spd/6-spd thing... You're an idiot if you want to pay a premium for a 6-spd IX MR. The 5-spd drives better and has the SAME engine. It's f***ing amazing to me that ricers will pay more for a 6-spd IX MR than what a 5-spd X GSR goes for... and at the same time the same ricers ***** about the "interior" of the X. Have any of you guys ever been inside of a 7/8/9? It's a cheeseball econobox interior! It couldn't get any cheaper without being a GM product!
The beauty of the Evolution is that it brings you ridiculous performance and handling at a reasonable price. Always has. Sure, it costs $35K now... but that's NOTHING, considering the tech that you get! Bulletproof powertrain, torque-vectoring differentials.. That **** costs money. They could sell you an EVO with viscous diffs and an engine that won't hold up for $25k, sure.. but then everyone would cry about reliability and performance.
I feel for Mitsubishi.. They seem like they still have a soul but the buyers' market has it out for them for some reason.
I absolutely love my 13' GSR.
And this man speaks the truth!
And this man speaks the truth!
Thank you for the rant!
As a former Mitsubishi tech it frustrates me to see these cars maligned so much even on an enthusiast board like this one. It makes no sense to me. Having worked on and driven zillions of EVO 8s, 9s and Xs, I love the X and I cannot understand why the car-buying public rejects it while still rushing out to buy Subarus and bland Toyotas. The X drives like a dream and doesn't break down. You can't say that about any of the 2.5L STI products out there...
I don't understand the complaints about the interior either. It's nice! Have any of you people been in a $35,000 Camaro lately? They're ****ing garbage! I'll take a 2008 EVO over a 2013 Camry any day. It's straight up ugly, trashy, rattly garbage by comparison.
Mitsubishi built some ****ty cars int he 90s and early 2000s... and then somehow their product became incredibly reliable and easy to work on... which is when people stopped buying them en masse. It's dumbfounding, to say the least.
Lastly.. the whole 5-spd/6-spd thing... You're an idiot if you want to pay a premium for a 6-spd IX MR. The 5-spd drives better and has the SAME engine. It's f***ing amazing to me that ricers will pay more for a 6-spd IX MR than what a 5-spd X GSR goes for... and at the same time the same ricers ***** about the "interior" of the X. Have any of you guys ever been inside of a 7/8/9? It's a cheeseball econobox interior! It couldn't get any cheaper without being a GM product!
The beauty of the Evolution is that it brings you ridiculous performance and handling at a reasonable price. Always has. Sure, it costs $35K now... but that's NOTHING, considering the tech that you get! Bulletproof powertrain, torque-vectoring differentials.. That **** costs money. They could sell you an EVO with viscous diffs and an engine that won't hold up for $25k, sure.. but then everyone would cry about reliability and performance.
I feel for Mitsubishi.. They seem like they still have a soul but the buyers' market has it out for them for some reason.
As a former Mitsubishi tech it frustrates me to see these cars maligned so much even on an enthusiast board like this one. It makes no sense to me. Having worked on and driven zillions of EVO 8s, 9s and Xs, I love the X and I cannot understand why the car-buying public rejects it while still rushing out to buy Subarus and bland Toyotas. The X drives like a dream and doesn't break down. You can't say that about any of the 2.5L STI products out there...
I don't understand the complaints about the interior either. It's nice! Have any of you people been in a $35,000 Camaro lately? They're ****ing garbage! I'll take a 2008 EVO over a 2013 Camry any day. It's straight up ugly, trashy, rattly garbage by comparison.
Mitsubishi built some ****ty cars int he 90s and early 2000s... and then somehow their product became incredibly reliable and easy to work on... which is when people stopped buying them en masse. It's dumbfounding, to say the least.
Lastly.. the whole 5-spd/6-spd thing... You're an idiot if you want to pay a premium for a 6-spd IX MR. The 5-spd drives better and has the SAME engine. It's f***ing amazing to me that ricers will pay more for a 6-spd IX MR than what a 5-spd X GSR goes for... and at the same time the same ricers ***** about the "interior" of the X. Have any of you guys ever been inside of a 7/8/9? It's a cheeseball econobox interior! It couldn't get any cheaper without being a GM product!
The beauty of the Evolution is that it brings you ridiculous performance and handling at a reasonable price. Always has. Sure, it costs $35K now... but that's NOTHING, considering the tech that you get! Bulletproof powertrain, torque-vectoring differentials.. That **** costs money. They could sell you an EVO with viscous diffs and an engine that won't hold up for $25k, sure.. but then everyone would cry about reliability and performance.
I feel for Mitsubishi.. They seem like they still have a soul but the buyers' market has it out for them for some reason.
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I believe people watch too much car review today without actually test driving a car.
Most of the car reviews compare a wide range of cars together which sometime does not even make sense at all.
Most of the car reviews compare a wide range of cars together which sometime does not even make sense at all.
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Its been confirmed by Motortrend and sourced by Mitsubishi, the 2014 Evo will only get upgrade of the navagationunit , http://m.motortrend.com/wot/2014-mit...ne-388517.html
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Omg mitsubishi hurry up with this restructuring.
I know we're pushing to electric and high millaege but damn you need some cars.
We got liek what 5 cars?
Lancer, Lancer Sportback, Evolution
Imive
Mirage
I know we're pushing to electric and high millaege but damn you need some cars.
We got liek what 5 cars?
Lancer, Lancer Sportback, Evolution
Imive
Mirage
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From: Massachusetts
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I just traded in my 2011 WRX for a 2014 EVO GSR today. I like the interior and exterior of the EVO better than my WRX even though the WRX had leather and sunroof. When it comes to technology, their not even close. The EVO has touch screen stereo audio system and the on screen display a lot nicer. I don't even need to mention what other crap the evo has which my WRX has.
Don't get me wrong, the WRX is a lot of fun for a car that is about 10k less than the evo. I can't say how much faster the it is than the WRX since it's break-in time for the evo, but I am pretty sure people here would tell me that it should be.
Don't get me wrong, the WRX is a lot of fun for a car that is about 10k less than the evo. I can't say how much faster the it is than the WRX since it's break-in time for the evo, but I am pretty sure people here would tell me that it should be.
Congrats fenixz on the upgrade! I looked at stis but see that they are plagued with ringland issues still!!! after all these years that is lame
I will be retiring my daily driven toyota celica to a back up vehicle and relieve it of daily driving duties at 197k miles which still runs to get a 2014 ww gsr. Unless some bad things happen, I'll be doing this asap. I'm just looking for hot deals at the moment.
I will be retiring my daily driven toyota celica to a back up vehicle and relieve it of daily driving duties at 197k miles which still runs to get a 2014 ww gsr. Unless some bad things happen, I'll be doing this asap. I'm just looking for hot deals at the moment.
