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Too bad those cars are uglier than homemade sin. They’d be perfect, if 12 year olds were allowed to drive.

Function before form ladies and gents.

4.1 is unbelievable. > M3, 911 from a 2L!

It could look better though… X will look better,

183hp/liter! I have alot of respect for these cars…but can someone PLEASE wrap this amazing engine is some beautiful sheetmetal! its not that bad but it could be ALOT better

Atleast in the US market, Mitsubishi needs to come up with a version of the Lancer that fits between the Evo and basic Lancer with respect to price/performance. Simlar to the way Subaru has the WRX between the regular Impreza and STi. 30K+ for the Evo and STi is steep for cars based on economy compacts, regardless of their performance. The 25k price/performance of the WRX is a much better value, and Mitsubishi should look to come in below that and capture some of that market.

I agree, #6. Sure the performance is brilliant in these cars, but the comfort level is sub-par for the price tag.

These are so 2 years ago

Eh, buy a Cobalt SS if you want performance. 35 grand buys a lot of GM product otherwise. Don’t waste your money on this, head to your nearest GM dealer for a superior offering

Ahk-Med: you left the SRT4 off the list…

No one in their right mind wants an SRT4 (caliber or Neon)

Anybody know where i can find the Diana Death Crash pictures?

Can you Cobalt SS do 0-60 in 4.1 seconds?

um^?

ONLY THING GM GOT THAT CAN RUN WITH IT IS THE CORVETTE Z06.
NOT A POS ECON ****BOX COBALT ASS

Old news.

Mike,

I left the SRT-4 Neon off the list becuase sadly, it is gone. However it did fit in exactly the market niche that I was describing, albeit near the bottom with the Civic Si and Cobalt SS/Ion Redline. I say near the bottom because they don’t carry the added cost of an AWD drivetrain.

Tw,

No, the Cobalt SS can’t do 0-60 in 4.1 seconds, but then again it doesn’t cost 65K USD either.

Mitsu can sell the Evo because there is a whole generation brought up on events like World Rally Racing… courtesy of ESPN, X-Box, PS, etc…

Win on Sunday…

Very nice blog. See also http://dfwcarfinder.blogspot.com

Mr. GMrules, I think I love you….

when will alfa romeo come out with a 159 gta

GMrules you really don’t know what you are talking about if you say that a Cobalt SS = performance! What kind of car do you run…a bicycle?

Bicycles are too cool for GMrules, he runs a beige ‘86 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham with a red drivers side door and a sagging headliner.

I really don’t think he’s old enough to drive… So he probably does ride a Bike!

^^^ HaHaHa… so true!

I have an Evo and I think those wheels are hideous, haha

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Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX FQ-360 Sports Car

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^ While that may be true, it isn’t necessarily so. Modern engineering can eliminate or minimize turbo lag… it’s all at a cost however.

Current schemes include multiple smaller turbos, or turbos with variable vanes.

Many factory turbo applications are nearly imperceptible nowadays.

I’m not sure about this Evo though.

#24 “my sharona”..is a funny man,…GMrules is a straight clown!

If it wasn’t so cheap looking….

Damn guys… I’ve always thought this was one gorgeous car.

nice nice…..will they have the 400FQ again?

GMrules dont ride a bike unless its a GM bike hahaha

…ricer anyone?

riceroni

Can’t wait for the Evo X. Please Mitsu, more body variations like a wagon or hatchback to eliminate that ricer spoiler. I hope Mitsu recover soon and return to its roots-competitive WRC races. Heck, even Suzuki is entering next year with a hatch but sadly a performance SX4 isn’t for sale yet.

Too bad I couldn’t buy it in the USA if I wanted to.

i like how it looks

I saw this car at work, and I thought to myself “what a LOSER CAR!”. Some car guys love this beast, but I have to agree with the guy who wrote “uglier than homemade sin”. What can’t BIG RICE put the drive train in a 240Z body?! A 1970 Datsun 240Z body buffed up or whatever de-bugged with Toyota cyborg dead-tech technology and market it as a nifty retro package. Like VW did with thwe Beetle. Except the original Beetle is still prize find.

All Mitsiu’s are dog’s….and this one is butt ugly !

35504 GBP = 65370.05 USD according to the crappy conversion site I found wtih Google. Holy crap, man, I think I could buy two regular STIs for that. And I’d rather have two of those… I mean, it would be a daily driver with a great way of passing cars that are too slow in the fast lane of the highway, really. I don’t really care whether it goes 0-60 in 4.1 or 4.7 seconds, I mostly care whether or not I can go from 65-75 without my car engine taking 10 or so seconds to do it, like my piece of crap car does now with its silly low-torque engine with a crappy drive ratio… :sigh: besdies, I still don’t trust mitsu’s reliability, I’d rather have a subaru in that regard, warranty or no.

why dont we get that here?
why cant you guys stop hatin on a balls out performance car?sure its not pretty, but it also costs significantly less than a M3 in the UK,and will beat the crap out of a m3 on the track. too expensive?look at how much a freaking 911 costs in the UK(at least twice as much)

You guys should stop being so ignorant. A direct conversion from GBP to dollars makes no sense. Usually with cars, it’s 1 dollar to 1 pound. So if this was available in the US it would most likely be around $35,000, just like how the Z06 which is $60,000 in the US costs GBP60,000 in UK which is equivalent to $111,000.

I think they shoulda made a Galant Evo when the Galant looked sexy with it’s shark nose… That car was menacing and not a Kellogg’s Toy Car like the ugly Lancer. VR4 was not enough Mitsu!!!

#8 is out of his mind, the chevy cobalt is a piece of junk!! I test drove one and that car has nothing on my lancer EVO.

Not to be a smart a$$, but most folks have the same reaction to my MR UNTIL they either drive it or I take them for a nice jaunt down the twisties. The only reason I bought this car was for the shear FUN I got out of the test drives- after a Sti test drive, after a G35 6 speed T/D. The looks grew on me…..so don’t knock it ’til ya try it- test drive an Evo then T/D a Colbalt SS- you’ll laugh at the SS. I know I did.

It doesn’t feel right to have a Mitsubishi in the garage because of Pearl Harbour. Couldn’t do it. And being one of the ASS UGLIEST CARS EVER BUILT isn’t helping,either.

HOWEVER, the dweeb who sculpted this unit’s sheet metal has a better grip on auto design than Chris Bangle ~humble oriental bow~

Its just over priced for what it is.
You can get a new Evo IX for $30,000 drop just under 3 Grand into it and have 360 horse power at the wheels.
The Evo may be ugly, but she can sure cook.

GM was smart enough to buy a good percentage of Subaru but not smart enough to build the Cobalt SS strong enough to compete with STi or the Evo.