Lancer Evolution Final Edition // Review

"TheDutchTexan" (TheDutchTexan) 10/29/2016 at 00:20 • Filed to: TheDutchTexan, Mitsubishi, Lancer, Evolution, Final Edition, Car Review

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The Lancer Evolution is no more... Long live the LanEvo! When someone gave me the opportunity to drive and review their practically showroom new Final Edition Evo X I was thrilled. I have had the pleasure to drive a couple of WRX’s, but never sampled the natural born adversary.

I was surprised, and I loved it! And honestly, it is way more of a drivers car than a WRX is. The STi? That remains to be seen as I have yet to drive and review one. But right now the Evo X takes the cake in TheDutchTexan’s AWD land.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > TheDutchTexan 10/29/2016 at 00:35

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Not an MR? I think the MR is like the STI so this is comparable to a WRX.

Nick Has an Exocet > TheDutchTexan 10/29/2016 at 00:35

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It seems all hope of a hybrid-electric evo type car from Mitubishi died with the hillclimb car.

Nick Has an Exocet > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/29/2016 at 00:56

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MR has a dual clutch, larger bbs wheels, Bilstein suspension. GSR has the manual, enkei wheels, kyb shocks. It’s mostly a matter of preference. MR is a little more money.

The Ralliart is more like the WRX. Compared to the Evo: smaller and single scroll turbo, normal wheels, less computer AWD system (parts of evo 9/x mixed/matched), softer suspension, more noise damping.

CRider > TheDutchTexan 10/29/2016 at 01:22

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4x4? Does the Evo have a transfer case I wasn’t aware of?

TheDutchTexan > CRider 10/29/2016 at 10:41

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Alright... AWD you PURIST! Edited for your pleasure!

TheDutchTexan > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/29/2016 at 10:43

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Uhm... no... This is the Final Edition, so it got the best a stock evo can offer!

TheDutchTexan > Nick Has an Exocet 10/29/2016 at 10:44

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Well... perhaps we will be surprised! I still refuse to believe they would just ax an icon without thinking about a way to bring it back.

Nick Has an Exocet > TheDutchTexan 10/29/2016 at 10:55

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There might be a glimmer with a next generation lancer - there seems to be talk about that with Renault Nissan. We will see. Mitsubishi has the engineering, it’s merely a question of will and market.

That interior that you found in the Evo is easy to dismiss in a performance car but hard to forgive in a base lancer. They need to come a long way in a lot of other areas first.

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > TheDutchTexan 11/04/2016 at 02:17

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Damn. When they said a dutch person speaking english sounded like a native speaker, they weren’t kidding.

I heard it’s due to the fact the that Dutch and English have the same pace of speech.

TheDutchTexan > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 11/06/2016 at 00:50

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I suppose so. It is also because english is a germanic language, and if someone that speaks a germanic language comes into contact with it early enough they learn to speak it right. I knew English before I was taught in school.

How did I learn? GIJOE and Dutch subtitles. I was the bane of english teachers because I did not speak proper english. I spoke american english. But I was that token “straight A” student for english class so they couldn’t make me do anything.