Mighty Evo X revealed

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Mighty Evo X revealed


It's a perfect 10 for Mitsubishi. Auto Express can exclusively reveal the Evo X ahead of its debut at October's Tokyo Motor Show. And to prepare the world for the rally bred saloon, Mitsubishi will unveil a concept version of the standard Lancer at next month's Frankfurt expo.

Designers have exposed their plans and released an official picture of the new four-door (second image). But with the ninth incarnation of the Evolution only recently launched, it's a surprise details of its successor are being revealed now.
With sleek, aggressive styling, the next-generation Lancer promises to be a genuinely attractive saloon. But the four-door will only be sold here in hot Evo X form. Cheaper variants are likely in five-door and estate guises, with all versions going on sale in the UK in mid-2007.

The thrilling newcomer promises to represent a big step forward in design and engineering quality. With the benefit of a new platform, the Evo X will deliver a more extreme driving experience than its predecessors, and sharper performance. The firm is already working on an advanced all-wheel-drive transmission which it hopes will better anything future Subaru Imprezas can offer.

Under the bonnet is a fresh 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, which will be turbocharged to give a minimum of 320bhp. Flagship machines are expected to boast more than 400bhp, surpassing even the hardest-tuned editions of the Evo IX.
Chris Thorp/Picture: MA Design

[ifcar]

I'm not sold on the gaping grille, but it looks very nice otherwise.  

[Fire It Up]

Better than the WRX. And with just a little adjusting itll be one bad ass looking Lancer.

[giant_mtb]

It's an improvement.  It has more snarl to the front end and it sits lower and meaner with a more proportional body.  Except for the grill, I don't mind my dream car's next-gen competitor. ^_^

[Raza]

Looks much, much better than the Evo8.  The proportions seem to have been fixed.

[Run Away]

I love the headlights.

[Laconian]

"Genuinely attractive" styling, wtf? Genuinely frightening is more like it. And 320hp+ in that thing... brutal!

[Minpin]

I like everything but that wing and that grill......

[TBR]

That is one of the worse photoshops I've ever published by a credible source. Besides that, it has way too much 3-series influence (both E46 and E90) and the  rear deck is too short. I am not a fan.

[ifcar]

What gives you the impression that it's a fake?

[TBR]

Mainly, "Chris Thorp/Picture: MA Design " but the quality of it is very rough, a lot of fuzz and weird reflections.

[ifcar]

It was clearly not a photograph. I thought you were referring to the legitimacy of the picture (chops can be based on actual knowledge, and often are) rather than the image quality.

[TBR]

Nope, just the quality.

[Raghavan]

nice. B)

[CaseyNPham]

Better than the WRX. And with just a little adjusting itll be one bad ass looking Lancer.

I think they should narrow the grille and make the headlights a little longer and it would be super awesomeo--

wait, 320 hp????????!!!!!!!

[Fire It Up]

Better than the WRX. And with just a little adjusting itll be one bad ass looking Lancer.

I think they should narrow the grille and make the headlights a little longer and it would be super awesomeo--

wait, 320 hp????????!!!!!!!

no man....
"flagship machines are expected to boast more than 400bhp"

:o

[CaseyNPham]

Better than the WRX. And with just a little adjusting itll be one bad ass looking Lancer.

I think they should narrow the grille and make the headlights a little longer and it would be super awesomeo--

wait, 320 hp????????!!!!!!!

no man....
"flagship machines are expected to boast more than 400bhp"

:o

lyke, omfg!!!11!

That's crazy.