Thursday, October 4, 2007

Mitsubishi Evolution X, so Much for Being a Full 10

Well its finally here, the new Mitsubishi Evolution X. This time Mitsubishi took a different step when it came to their high-performance Lancer. They improved the horsepower from 286 to 295 and the torque from 289 to 300. But as it increased power it also increased size and weight. So basically it was like it never improved. To me it just looks nowhere near as good as the as the Evolution IX.
Okay so let me start with the front of the car. I gotta say that it doesn't look bad but that tiny little hood-scoop is just ugly. I mean it you are going to put a hood-scoop in a performance car at least have the decency of making much bigger than that. I don't have a lot of problems with the side of the car but the thing that i would change would be the fenders; i would make those fenders much wider because it makes the so much more aggressive and it allows car enthusiasts to put extremely wide tires on the car. Now the back of the car is where i have most problems with. First of all the back tail-lights are a rip-off from the Lexus IS. Second the the rear wing is not as big and nice as the one on the Evo IX. Last but not least, having dual exhaust is cool but to be quite honest I'd rather have one huge exhaust than those two little ones.
So what I'm trying to say here not that this car will not sell, because it will, what I'm trying to say is that Mitsubishi was not able to outdo their previous model. So Mitsubishi didn't make this car the pure performance was that they used to make. This car was basically the epitome of an affordable sports car. Everyone knows that they don't buy their car only for their performance, usually its the looks of that car that will attract the customer. In my opinion it will have some tough competition with the new VW R32 but unfortunately for my i believe that Subaru was also not able to outdo their last STi, the hatchback thing really doesn't work. Well that is how the car industry works. It is always random, and car-makers are just trying to find the perfect formula for a car that most people will like, but no matter what there will always be people who don't like it.

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