[0235th]

Just curious what you guys thought about the evo x. I think it weighs too much and handles way too poorly to be considered an evo model. sure its got a new and lighter motor. but does that really help when the car weighs 3,527 lb when the old one weighed 2,888 lbs. I'm sorry for my rand but do you guys think it should be allowed to be called an evo? oh and one last point....you cant get a real manual on the MR. it some dumb manumatic, how lame is that?

[rodimus prime]

Its ten times a better car all around than the last gen evos. Its not a crap econobox stuffed with awd and a turbo. Its actually a nice car this time around. I test drove an EVO MR and it was a blast to drive. The dual clutch auto is awsome and a true paddle shift car unlike the lame button shifting on the Camaro.

This was the first import Ive ever actually considered buying, but I couldnt justify the cars price with less power and worse gas milage. Still a great car though.

[Mindz]

Did they change the MR? With the Evo IX's the MR was a rear windshield vortex generator and cosmetic things with nothing for power/stability/etc. MR was a 3 grand floormats/embroidery/badging kit.

[rodimus prime]

Originally Posted by Mindz

Did they change the MR? With the Evo IX's the MR was a rear windshield vortex generator and cosmetic things with nothing for power/stability/etc. MR was a 3 grand floormats/embroidery/badging kit.

Yeah, they have the bigger motor, the dual clutch 6speed nicer seats and I think bbk or bbs whatever the hell they are wheels. Plus it has a different front fascia and spoiler that make the car not as ordinary looking. It was a total blast to drive.

[SS 376]

Originally Posted by rodimus prime

Its ten times a better car all around than the last gen evos. Its not a crap econobox stuffed with awd and a turbo. Its actually a nice car this time around. I test drove an EVO MR and it was a blast to drive. The dual clutch auto is awsome and a true paddle shift car unlike the lame button shifting on the Camaro.

This was the first import Ive ever actually considered buying, but I couldnt justify the cars price with less power and worse gas milage. Still a great car though.

I thought it actually looked like a grown-up's car unlike the Evo 9. Not that I should talk with a blue Camaro with white rally stripes...

Did the old one really weigh just 2900 lbs? Can that be right??

[jrc1122]

MR has same engine.
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Vaporize

[rodimus prime]

My bust, I was thinking of the Ralliart.

The mr is still badass though, just a bit pricey.

[SC2150]

They are unreal cars....and with a little modding can run 10 sec & below 1/4 mile times.

NEVER underestimate one of these that you meet on the road!

Won't hold a candle to the Camaro in the looks department though.

[a_Username]

The Evo IX's were more impressive.

[wbt]

EVO X is an overpriced paperweight. It has the same world engine that my CSRT4 has displacing 2.0 liters vs. 2.4 in the CSRT. It is heavy and slow as a result. I raced one with a passenger in my wife's 2010 Mustang GT and ate it up. This was from a stop. I would hate to see what I would do to one from a roll in my CSRT....

Earlier generation EVO's were a true sleeper car.

[rodimus prime]

Originally Posted by wbt

EVO X is an overpriced paperweight. It has the same world engine that my CSRT4 has displacing 2.0 liters vs. 2.4 in the CSRT. It is heavy and slow as a result. I raced one with a passenger in my wife's 2010 Mustang GT and ate it up. This was from a stop. I would hate to see what I would do to one from a roll in my CSRT....

Earlier generation EVO's were a true sleeper car.

lol okay.

The new evo again is acutally a nice car, not an econo shit box stuffed with a turbo...kind of like a srt4.

I find it hard to believe you "ate it up" an evo, as they are pretty evenly matched in the 1/4 mile. Maybe you raced a ralliart.

[syr74]

Evo X is a better car than the Evo IX, but it's not a better Evo. Kinda reminds me of the 928S4, possibly the best car Porsche ever built, but it was a terrible Porsche and almost nobody who wanted a Porsche wanted a 928. Mitsubishi would have been better off to add somewhere around six inches to the wheelbase of the Lancer/Evo and called it the new Galant, tagging what we call the EvoX as a Galant VR4 which would be more appropriate given the character of the car.

[nickmccally]

You just contradicted yourself, I am so confused lol ^

[wbt]

Originally Posted by rodimus prime

lol okay.

The new evo again is acutally a nice car, not an econo shit box stuffed with a turbo...kind of like a srt4.

I find it hard to believe you "ate it up" an evo, as they are pretty evenly matched in the 1/4 mile. Maybe you raced a ralliart.

Umm no....it was an EVO X.....and the EVO X is a overpriced paperweight 'nuff said. I'd be happy to run your Camaro from a roll in my CSRT and we will see what a shit box will do to ya. Sheer ignorance.....