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Broken5hift · 07-03-2007, 03:43 PM

We have been drooling over the Mitsubishi EVO X in its various concept incarnations over the past few years. With the EVO X final production version photos officially released this past April, prototype testing of the EVO X is not exactly spicy spy news anymore. However, not all spy news has to be breaking.

Surely, the press photos show us how the car looks like with a blank white background (as seen in the photos in the link above) or highly airbrushed scenery, but they don't always give a contextual sense of the car. So here they are for the hardcore EVO fans, photos of a finished EVO X prototype at the Nürburgring giving us a first look at the car in the "real world" without camouflage.

Expected to be showrooms early 2008 as a 2009 model, the EVO X will be available with a five-speed manual gearbox or optional automated 6-speed manual transmission. Bosses in Europe are expecting a massive 80 percent of all EVO X models to be ordered with the automated paddleshift gearbox, which operates in three modes. Although drivers always have manual control, they can choose from Normal, Sport and the most serious SuperSport settings. The final mode has been designed for use on track, allowing changes to higher gears only when they are absolutely necessary to keep the revs near peak power at all times. Standard EVO X models will be more expensive than the outgoing IX, with entry-level 300bhp variants costing more than 42,000 Euros.

[source-worldcarfans]

MPowerKai · 07-03-2007, 03:51 PM

Looks nice, I like it

turbo4g63 · 07-03-2007, 03:56 PM

i don't mind the front end so much...but the rear is ugly as sin....i like the 8 and 9 models better

italianblaze · 07-03-2007, 04:05 PM

is it just me or are the evo x and the sti hatch lookin like mazda 3's and 6's?

karl · 07-03-2007, 04:20 PM

damn.. they didnt change much on the exterior from the regular lancer. looks almost just like my gf's 08 lancer. i think they look great! i cant wait for them to come out...

twistedlanes · 07-03-2007, 04:22 PM

I thought they were out already.... I saw one about a month ago comin off I-95 was this testing maybe?

RayArroyo · 07-03-2007, 04:28 PM

you probbably saw the lancer gts

mr_eh · 07-03-2007, 04:30 PM

dual exhaust?

*scratches head*

i guess it doesnt matter since either way its getting replaced

i dont like the new wing either, i liked the sharpness of the 8/9, looks too much like my wing

Snoozie · 07-03-2007, 04:58 PM

I like that waayyy better than the 08 STIs

Buster · 07-03-2007, 05:00 PM

Traitor, wagon mafia!!!

06evors · 07-03-2007, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BluMeanie

I like that waayyy better than the 08 STIs

I love the pissed-off headlight design.

CHAOS · 07-03-2007, 05:41 PM

i love it

dancemf666 · 07-03-2007, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BluMeanie

I like that waayyy better than the 08 STIs

I agree.In the pics it almost looks legacy size than compact.

MPowerKai · 07-03-2007, 06:38 PM

I wonder if these bad boys will bump down the price of the Evo 9's? Also why can't they just came with a 6 speed manual already?!

06evors · 07-03-2007, 07:48 PM

The 6-speed in the MR was fine for DD but when you raced the hell out of it 4th gear tended to die out. The evo 5-speed is a tough tranny and is well suited to make good passes down the drag strip. I think it's a good thing that they are using this tranny but remember the different trims of the current evos (RS,GSR,MR). I wouldn't be surprised if they were introduced somewhere in time for the X.

07-03-2007, 03:43 PM	#1
Broken5hift Tri-State Post Whore Banned Join Date: Apr 2005 Member #397 My Ride: 08 Scion Xb & 06 TSX iTrader: (0)	EVO X final production version photos We have been drooling over the Mitsubishi EVO X in its various concept incarnations over the past few years. With the EVO X final production version photos officially released this past April, prototype testing of the EVO X is not exactly spicy spy news anymore. However, not all spy news has to be breaking. Surely, the press photos show us how the car looks like with a blank white background (as seen in the photos in the link above) or highly airbrushed scenery, but they don't always give a contextual sense of the car. So here they are for the hardcore EVO fans, photos of a finished EVO X prototype at the Nürburgring giving us a first look at the car in the "real world" without camouflage. Expected to be showrooms early 2008 as a 2009 model, the EVO X will be available with a five-speed manual gearbox or optional automated 6-speed manual transmission. Bosses in Europe are expecting a massive 80 percent of all EVO X models to be ordered with the automated paddleshift gearbox, which operates in three modes. Although drivers always have manual control, they can choose from Normal, Sport and the most serious SuperSport settings. The final mode has been designed for use on track, allowing changes to higher gears only when they are absolutely necessary to keep the revs near peak power at all times. Standard EVO X models will be more expensive than the outgoing IX, with entry-level 300bhp variants costing more than 42,000 Euros. [source-worldcarfans]

07-03-2007, 03:56 PM	#3
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