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revolutionized: 2008 Mitsubishi Evo X by Vishnu Performance

www.edmunds.com Improving the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X is no easy task. It hits 60 mph in 4.9 seconds and blasts through the quarter-mile in 13.6 seconds at 101 mph. It performs even more amazing feats when its steering wheel is turned. Physics-defying electronics and magic all-wheel-drive torque distribution help rotate this sport sedan about its axis with brilliant control and consistency. It produces a 0.99g performance on the skid pad, and that’s enough grip to match the Dodge Viper and trounce no less than the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and Porsche 911 Turbo. In other words, the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is a lot of car for grand. But for another thousand bucks it can be a lot better. All it takes are a few electronic modifications. That’s where the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution by Vishnu Performance systems comes in.


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2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X by Inside Line

Known as the Evolution X elsewhere in the world, this all-wheel-drive, turbocharged sedan has arrived at a crossroads. It could continue as a rally-style homologation special with an edgy, hard-core persona. Or it could evolve into a car with a broader appeal for increased sales volume.


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2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X at Detroit Auto Show

This is the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. Though Mitsu has lightly disguised it as the Prototype X concept car for the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, this turbocharged, all-wheel-drive sedan is the Evo X. No doubt about it. We’re so sure about it that we’ll just refer to the Prototype X as the next Evo X for the rest of this report.


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2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI vs. 2006 Mitsubishi Evo IX

www.edmunds.com Edmunds Inside Line brings two awesome street machines, the 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX and the 2006 Mitsubishi Evo IX, together for a comparison test. Find out which car comes out on top.


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Ralli!: 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart

www.edmunds.com When you line up the 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart next to its street-bred competitors, it might seem slow and expensive. But that’s how a bean counter would make his purchase decision. A guy like that draws a line (with a straightedge) down the center of a sheet of graph paper to put pluses on one side and minuses on the other. He’d never be able to get his pointy head around the visceral experience the rally-inspired Ralliart supplies. But he might just have another point to make here. As they now exist, a front-wheel-drive Mitsubishi Lancer GTS with its naturally aspirated 168-horsepower engine is priced at 665, while the twin-scroll turbocharged 291-hp all-wheel-drive Evolution GSR starts at 665. If we were to follow the accountant’s rigid method of finding the average of these two cars, it’d be a three-wheel-drive Lancer with a single-scroll turbo making 229 hp and costing 165. And if we would add the 00 price of the Evo mr’s state-of-the-art dual-clutch six-speed transmission with its shift paddles on the steering wheel, our dream car’s price would rise to 665. And wouldn’t you know it? That’s almost exactly the price of the 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart. As a bonus, it has four-wheel drive (not three) and 237 hp at no extra cost.


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Street Fight: WRX v Lancer Ralliart v Mazdaspeed 3

CHECK OUT THE SPORT COMPACT COMPARISON: www.edmunds.com Thanks to three turbochargers, 724 horsepower and five limited-slip differentials, comparing the 2008 Mazdaspeed 3, 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX and 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart should be more entertaining than a cage match between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and New Kids on the Block. Imagine the fun! Donny and Danny hangin’ tough from the walls of the cage while Joey, Jordan and Jonathan get tossed into the crowd. The way we see it, our Rampage vs. New Kids bout is no different from pitting the Mazdaspeed 3 — the current champ of the sport compact world — against the Lancer Ralliart and Subaru WRX. On the track, an epic ass-kicking is bound to ensue. But comparison tests aren’t always won on the track. Since these cars all share a focus on real-world driving for enthusiasts, we weighted performance as 25 percent of this test’s scoring total, leaving the remaining points to price (20 percent), feature content (20 percent), fuel economy (15 percent), our subjective evaluation (15 percent) and personal and recommended picks (5 percent). So performance is important, but in the end, the most well-rounded car wins.


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