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The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution

thefastlane | 25 September, 2007 18:52

If you have seen gorgeous cars at the Detroit Auto Show last January and if your drool over the hot cars at the Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany which just recently ended, then be ready for some action at the Tokyo Auto Show for it will soon open its door for more Japanese cars and other car models from makers around the globe.

Of course, Toyota, Honda and Mitsubishi will be the ones to lead the Japanese show well taking into account that they are all Japanese car makers. But among all these carmakers, Mitsubishi promises to bring more reasons for these car enthusiasts to visit Tokyo as they will reveal the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X at the said show. Now, tell me that’s not interesting.

The ongoing car was first seen on the “The Fast and the Furious” video game and is now finally taking the real world. It will be going on dealerships handling a price tag of roughly $30,000 with features closer to the Subaru WRX STi. It is now going to make a big splash at the forthcoming Tokyo Auto Show wearing the letter “X” with its previous name. Now the car is tagged as the Lancer Evolution X which was based on the Lancer platform which came out last year.

The Japanese car maker have launched the official photos of some of their car models like the GSR, MR and many others but sadly, they failed to reveal any information about the Evolution X. However, thanks to Car and Driver’s November issue, the new car was spied doing its complete test drive and then we had a chance to see the new Mitsubishi car before the official revelation of the Japanese car maker. The photos are now widely distributed over the net.

Kicking Tires released the news early this morning saying that the two new models from Mitsubishi, namely the base-level GSR and as well as the US bound upper-level MR, were rated to produce 295 horsepower as well as 300 pounds-feet of torque. Aside from this, the new car is also installed with an all-new dual-clutch sequential gearbox for the MR while the GRS received the five-speed manual which is both relatively priced at around $30,000.

Kicking Tires also said, “There will be a new all-wheel-drive system with a perfect power split of 50/50 to the front and rear wheels, but up to 80% can be sent to either the front or rear wheels, which is impressive.” The new Evolution was made capable of running 60 mph in 5.0 seconds which is slower than the previous car model. However, Mitsubishi gave it a better handling and grip.

We will be watching out for more information about this new Mitsubishi car at the soon to open Tokyo Auto Show. Meanwhile, let us just wait for the auto show to open to see more about the new vehicle.

 

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