Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X test drive since 2008 sedan

The name of the champion

The release of Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Vi Tommi Makinen Edition responded to the Japanese Corporation to the four victories of the famous Finn in the World Rally Championship (1996-1999).

A powerful chin consisting of an asymmetric bumper and a radiator grille with an intercooler. Air intakes on an aluminum hood. 17-inch wheel wheels OZ, very similar to those that are installed on the Tommy Myakinen rally machine, and the corresponding tires. 17-inch ventilated front and 16-inch rear brake discs with Brembo mechanisms. Anti -wing with an adjustable angle of attack. The exhaust pipe that cannot be wrapped in the fingers of both hands. Shilda on the rear glass 4WD, talking about all -wheel drive. Recaro seats, reminiscent of their belonging to the sports world with powerful lateral supports and two oblong holes in the shoulders, for five -point seat belts. The skin on the steering wheel MOMO, stitched by red threads. Red-black upholstery of the salon. Everything is in an adult way.

I am a little worried about the anticipation of the moment when I stay one on one with the car. Is it a moment for a moment, and this beast will be tamed by me. The dream of any fan of car races. What a fan, the dream of everyone who is on the wheel daily, at least once to grab in a real combat vehicle is about to come true.

And Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Vi Tommi Makinen Edition Car is really combat. Remove the back row of seats from it, install the security frame, five -point belts, fire extinguishing system and forward, on the rally. Even the wiring for the front additional headlights is laid.

I take the place of the pilot and, having received a brief briefing on what you can’t do (jam engine after large revolutions, so as not to reduce the life of a titanium-aluminum turbocharger), I understand that my hands are untied.

The turning of the key in the ignition lock awakens 280 horses under the hood. The animal roar makes a flock of birds take a hill from their own places and take away from sin away. I hurried, squeezing the clutch in advance. While listening to the parting word, the left leg has already begun to tremble, the clutch is athletic. But that's all, friendly cotton on the roof, the right leg on the floor, and presses me into the seat. The wheels violently promote the asphalt tape, not for a moment giving themselves a conquering in the form of a slip. All four only forward.

The tachometer arrow does not have time to run to the red zone for the third time, as on a speedometer, 5 seconds after the start, already a hundred. Further acceleration, and I, crushed, only have time to put the programs. Crazy acceleration lasts up to 200 km/h, after which there is a certain respite in manipulations with a five -speed box, and until the maximum mark of 250 km/h, I rest, but for a short time 6.

In the fusion, I did not even pay attention to the fact that I did not raise the glass of the driver's door to the end. The left ear was completely laid from the pressure, or from the airproofing of air, or from the whistle of the turbine.

A few minutes later, when a full -fledged hearing returns, and the surging feelings subside, I notice that with closed noise glasses there was much less. An additional sound insulation affected, not installed on cars performed by RS (only for athletes!). They do not put ABS on them, but instead of the AYC contrasting system, the rear self -locking differential is mounted.

But the washer of the intercooler is on both versions. The control key is located on the central console, next to the parking brake lever. He pressed, and jets of liquid under the cheerful buzz of the pump from the washer tank rush into the nozzles located in front of the radiator and intercooler. You never know, you will have to rush along the mountain roads with maximum speed, or the dynamics will seem weak. He burst into the intercooler, cooled him additionally, you look, and the filling of the cylinders became even denser, which means that the return is more. But for a long time, will there be enough water? The tank is common with the washer of the windshield, and the volume is only one and a half liters. Well, the radiator of the oil line is not erected from it, but is cooled by the oncoming air flow.

Lancer riding with all the listed lotions causes a dual feeling. It would seem that a sports car, not everyone can cope with it. So, caution and caution again. But after 20-30 minutes of communication with the car, you notice that there was no trace of caution. You do such that penalties would not have enough penalty coupons to pay for this disgrace for all the guardians of order on duty, say, on a garden ring. Fortunately, the race took place on the closed highway of the Dmitrovsky training ground.

And to feel the opportunity to have a chance to. Entrance in a steep turn at an outrageous speed? Please. Only when the exit is a slight adjustment by the steering wheel some manifestation of the demolition of the rear axle. Not even a demolition, but a slight departure.

Reporting from one row to another by 180 km/h? No problems. You will not even feel a change in the row of movement, nothing more. As in computer games: there is a maneuver, and the vestibular apparatus is silent, the position of the body in space does not change.

A protracted turn with a different coating on the right and left side? There is nothing easier. You can even with accelerator. The stability is excellent. As, however, with emergency braking under the same conditions. ABS does not fail. Moreover, the slowdown is such that, if I would not be fastened with a belt, to sit, buried in the instrument shield, and look at the smallest details all the icon highlighted at this moment.

However, to merit such a car’s behavior only to electronic systems that constantly adhere to something, releasing, passing, etc., would be wrong. Do not forget about the suspension. Independent McPherson in front and multi -link behind, it is perfect. It does not turn to call it purely sports, it is painfully delicately treated with the riders, while in constant stress and to the slightest details, prescribing the relief of the road.

Sports disposition begins to appear only at speeds over 170 km/h, when the pressure created by the anti -winged affects the suspension. The Lancer installed on the force is not for the force, it presses the car to the road under the influence of the run -up stream, providing maximum contact of the wheels with the highway. The anti -grinding neutral, which was set to maximum pressure (provisions four, from neutral and increasing), makes not only gaining a heavy (1280 kilograms) car in weight, but also lose in growth. The machine squats about 20-25 mm from the initial clearance of 150 mm.

Some insufficient rotation also benefits the car. In any case, when moving at high speed, you can completely calmly, without fear of changing the trajectory, be distracted, say, to replace the cassette in the radio or setting up the climatic installation.

The car maintains the straightforwardness of movement very well. After all, the Lancer Evolution VI Tommi Makinen Edition car for driving is not only at a crazy pace. He can take on board four passengers, as well as their baggage, the place for which is no less here than in the standard Lancer. Even a spare wheel to save a useful volume, an orthopedic dok is laid. The car is equipped with front airbags and inertial, three -point belts for all seats. In general, everything, as in the best houses.

The next day, having driven to Evolution VI in Moscow, I did not feel any discomfort. Despite its pedigree and superexidation, the car is quite loyal to the city hustle and bustle. A good torque of 380 nm allows you to move in almost one third gear without prejudice to the motor, and a small radius of a rotation of 5 meters around one time not even on very wide streets. The car is quite tolerant along uneven roads, although a little tougher than the usual Lancer. The sports hitch does not bother, he didn’t even struck it even once.

But how many enthusiastic views towards Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Vi Tommi Makinen Edition. The car is respected, and everything is without exception. There was no need to demonstrate his abilities. Both the owners of Samar and the owners of the navigators saw: there is an exclusive. You will determine a thoroughbred car immediately. People who know perfectly perfectly understand that only a true connoisseur, and not an ordinary thickness, can acquire such a machine. And it is not the price of 50 thousand dollars that is important here, and not even that the car was produced by a limited party, but whose name it is named. The name Tommy Myakinen is known even to housewives, and not only in Finland.

Technical characteristics Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI

Carrying body, all -metal.
Number of places, people. five
Equipped mass, kg 1280
Dimensions (length/width/height), mm 4350/1770/1405
Base, mm 2510
Maximum speed, km/h 250
Acceleration time to 100 km/h, from 5
Engine:
- type 4-cylinder, in order
- working volume, cm3 1997
- Power, L.S. at MIN-1 280/6500
- torque, NM at min-1 380/3000
- Power supply system
Transmission of Mean., 5-speed, 4x4 drive
Tire size 225/45zr17
Wheel suspension:
- Front nonsense., Mcpherson
- The rear is unenvalrated., Meloric.
Brakes:
- front disk, ventilated
- rear disc
Steering gear-rake, with hydraulic power steering
Price, $ 49995

Text: Oleg Kalaushin
 

A source: Magazine 5 wheel [10/2000]