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Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:50 am
by Macky
If you can have a slightly detuned turbo Lancer for less?
http://jalopnik.com/344161/detroit-auto ... r-ralliart
I may have just found my next DD after the TL. its essentially an Evo minus the expensive SAWD drivetrain, Brembo brakes and other non-DD friendly upgrades.
you still get Navi, the SST tranny, Recaros and (most likely) HIDs. sign me up
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:21 am
by morfinx
How much? Not AWD?
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:40 am
by Dark-Hawk
Eh, I wouldn't really want it if it's not AWD.
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:58 am
by Chris GTO TT
it is AWD
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:01 am
by Hannibalzero
Uh, guys...
Ralliart is Mitsubishi's middle man between the Mitsubishi Lancer GTS and the Lancer EVO. The obvious rally-inspired Ralliart has a 2.0-liter, four cylinder engine sporting 235 horsepower, which is up 67 hp from the GTS, but not quite the 291 of the latest Evolution X has. It does feature Mitsubishi's dual-clutch SST automanual with paddle shifters and an active center differential to let you rally your little heart out in suburbia America. It is slated for a summer release.
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:09 am
by Hannibalzero
More info and pics from Autoblog...
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/13/detr ... were-sold/
Mitsubishi has made up for the crimes it perpetrated on enthusiasts with the last two generations of the Lancer Ralliart. In atonement for its sins, it's fitted the new Ralliart with a detuned version of the 4B11T pulled from the Evolution X, producing 235 hp and an unknown amount of torque. Additionally, Mitsubishi has decided to fit the Twin Clutch-SST transmission, pulled from the high-power and high-priced Evo X MR. The TC-SST clicks off the shifts through a set of steering wheel mounted paddles and sends power to a full-time all-wheel-drive system equipped with Mitsubishi's Active Center Differential (ACD).
Looks like it might be a very impressive car. I wonder what they are going to do to detune it. Think we might luck out with the same mechanical parts, but with a different tune? Eh, I doubt it. But maybe we will get lucky and it will just be a matter of swapping ECUs and injectors.
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:45 am
by SAgosto
Mitsu coming around eh? I heard they are out of financial trouble?
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:11 am
by TajMan
Its the newest generation, its AWD, its turbo, .. its cheaper. Right on, buy and mod to your desire if thats your thing, but a good new EVO
option.
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:58 am
by tabasco122
fuck me, i just dropped $24k on a fully loaded gts. now i wish i could have waited a year...
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:43 pm
by impulse
[quote=""tabasco122""]fuck me, i just dropped $24k on a fully loaded gts. now i wish i could have waited a year...[/quote]
There will always be something new... No sense in waiting.
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:59 pm
by Macky
my mistake, I didnt see the other article about it.
yes its AWD. very likely the same on the X, but maybe with some software differences. either way, why spend over 30K for the Evo when you can get basically the same thing for less? its not like a huge difference from the WRX to the STI - this one uses essentially the same engine (architecture shared with the Caliber SRT4), is on essentially the same chassis (again mechanically shared with the SRT4) and rides on a detuned Evo suspension (non Bilstein nor KYB shock absorbers as on the MR/regular X).
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:39 pm
by vr4
no clutch pedal no care
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:30 pm
by Dark-Hawk
[quote=""Hannibalzero""]Uh, guys...[/quote]
Didn't read the article
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Cool to see that they're doing that then. I definitely wonder how it will sell.
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:00 pm
by OBXboost
thats right, make it more affordable to teenagers to kill themselves with. Population control at its finest.
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:10 pm
by Dark-Hawk
[quote=""OBXboost""]thats right, make it more affordable to teenagers to kill themselves with. Population control at its finest.[/quote]
I thought of that too, but then I stopped caring. I just hope they continue to kill mostly themselves rather than innocent by standers.
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:50 pm
by BillyC
Depending upon how much cheaper it is than the regular EVO, it might make a heck of a DD...
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:54 pm
by Chris GTO TT
I cant imagine it being more then a WRX as thats squarely where mitsu is aiming with this car.
Re: Why buy the Evo X?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:58 pm
by BillyC
Now if they would offer a wagon model like the wrx I'd be all set...wait...did I just say that out loud.
