Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X test drive since 2008 sedan

Japanese "lighter"

A huge number of cars with spoilers and anti -wingers are running along the streets of Russian cities, which arouse respect for massive body kit, growling straight -flowers and other external attributes of pseudo -sports. In addition, many automakers are offered by cars equipped with transmission and pendants with sports modes and additional attributes, indicating that this is not a mass model, but some kind of unusual, differing from all others.
Nevertheless, there are not so many real conquerors of the road with the Spartan spirit of freedom and drive, the bright representatives of this family include Subaru Impreza WRX STI, Mazda 6 MPS Imitsubishi Lancer Evolution. It was the latter, in the Ultimate configuration, with gas shock absorbers Bilstein and BBS discs, that came to us for a test. Its price in the proposed version is $ 51,090, and in a simpler version with Enkei discs and Kayaba racks, the car cost is reduced to $ 46,750.
What happens if the usual Mitsubishi Lancer is equipped with a turbocharger, a rigid sports suspension, to hang an aggressive ae.crocomplete on it and install buckets in the cabin instead of ordinary seats? The answer is simple - a civilian sedan will turn into a lighter! It was such a word that fell from the mouth of all who saw Lancer Evolution IX, and not by chance, with all its appearance, Evo speaks of an unlimited potential capable of lighting everything and everything around.
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Before the car, at first glance, it seems the same as Evo VIII, but in fact the front bumper has completely changed, in particular, it lost all unnecessary holes, instead of which a huge air intake is gaping, improving engine cooling. The carbon spoiler on the trunk, leaning the lack of clamping force of the rear of the car. Since the weight of the machine is distributed in relation to 60/40 to the front and rear axle, without this spectacular element, the rear wheels would lose the clutch with the road. In addition, a huge diffuser appeared under the rear bumper, which, working with an anti -wing, creates a negative lifting force on the rear axle. The roof, protective bars in the doors and the hood are now made of aluminum, due to which the weight of the car was reduced by 60 kg and bring it to 1300 kg.
All this, combined with a new yellow saturated color, gives Lancer Evolution IX a unique look that attracts the views of others. Sometimes it even felt uneasy from the annoying views of drivers from neighboring cars, as if seeing an alien on the road from another dimension. Many may not like the toy appearance of this machine, but when you are inside, you forget about it, completely plunging into the sea of \u200b\u200bspeakers and the magic of a whistling turbine.
Inside the ninth sequel Evo, everything is not as amazing as outside, and why - this is not Mercedes AMG or BMW M -series, the internal space of such cars is primarily appreciated for sports asceticism. In principle, it doesn’t matter whether the Evolution seats are covered with fabric or skin, but still the recaro buckets covered with leather combination and alcantara bribed my aesthetic taste. Sitting in them is convenient and comfortable, I only did not like that the back of the chair is regulated by an uncomfortably located and tight twist, as in the cars of the last century. Other interior details do not look so presentable - kinship with a sedan value of $ 15,000, plastic and other details obtained from a standard sedan, of a very average quality, affects.
The fact that you are not sitting in a civilian car, but in a sports car resembles a small steering wheel MOMO with three black knitting needles, carbon inserts on a torpedo and a carbon fiber bar behind a gearbox lever with the inscription Evolution. The dashboard is characterized by red backlight, as a speedometer drawn to 270 km/h, and a tachometer of 9,000 revolutions. Another generic line of charged Lancer is aluminum pedal overlays. The only revolution in the evolution of Lancer was the appearance of a climate control, which is controlled by three small handles on the central console.
Evaluation on the road
After turning the ignition key, the cabin is filled with even low sound issued by the exhaust system, and with a barely noticeable vibration from the engine. Having squeezed the clutch, I stick the first gear, and there is a dissonance between sensations and expectation from the box: the lever’s course turned out to be a long, characteristic of civilian cars. It turned out that the ninth Lancer Evolution has established a new 6-speed transmission from Nissan. Although now the programs switch easier and easier, and acceleration has become smooth, and fuel savings have increased, part of the character of the car is irrevocably lost. Meanwhile, on rally cars and some modifications in Japan are the good old 5-speed checkpoint, optimally suitable for active driving. But we will not about this, in the Land of the Rising Sun there is an Evolution in the back of the station wagon, and even with an automatic checkpoint
In addition to the new EVO IX transmission, I also received a new all -wheel drive system, consisting of a connected active central differential and differential on the rear axle with the Super Active Yaw Control system, which distributes the torque between the rear wheels. On ordinary cars, you are forced to slow down before turning, but Evo is completely different, as it were, it pushes to press on the gas, going into a turn, and forgives some oversights, redistributing the energy that goes from the engine between the wheels in the right direction.
In a calm urban rhythm of movement, the car rides and consumes gasoline as a regular Lancer with a 2.0 -liter engine. But you just have to drive a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine in a mark of 3,000 rpm, having pulled the gas pedal into the floor, as the consumption instantly increases to 30 liters per hundred. After connecting the turbine with your whole body, you begin to feel all 280 hp. hidden under the hood and 355 newtons transferred to all four BBS wheels. A stunning jerk, and the forces of inertia are already pressing the body into a chair with indescribable power. It lasts until the arrow reaches the tachometer 7,500 rpm and continues with an increase in gears. The second, third gear is already the first 100 km/h, and only 5.7 seconds have passed ... The speed grows rapidly and only at the sixth position of the gearbox lever the dynamics of acceleration of evolution subsides, and the speedometer rifles up to the maximum mark of 250 km/h. Slowly and reluctant.
The conclusion one car was created to flutter along the suburban highway, free tracks and racing tracks. But, unfortunately, in Russian realities, intercity trips and travels to Evolution are almost impossible if we recall one of the Russian troubles and the 98th gasoline, which by decaliters pouring into the neck of a Japanese lighter. There is a risk of staying with an empty tank, not reaching the nearest gas station with a fuel of the brand super. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo is perfect for diots who need to draw to friends and acquaintances or true fans of the model - those who do not think of their lives without adrenaline, races and night drag racing. Obviously, such a car should be the second or even third in the garage of its owner, but not the first.
Evollation with a continuation
Every year, the Japanese automaker traces the tendency to popularize Lancer Evolution among the wide masses, management with each new model becomes easier and more understandable for the driver, the comfort of the interior space is growing. The next tenth generation of the legendary rally Japanese car, which will appear already in 2007 and will be built on the basis of a completely new Lancer, will receive a number of innovations. Many say that it is planned to use automatic transmission, as in the concept of Mitsubishi Concept X, in addition, the appearance of the stabilization system is expected, though disconnected. Also, the plans of the Mitsubishi Motors Engineering Center in the Provision Creation of lightweight options for the future EVO X: with an atmospheric engine and connected by all -wheel drive, as well as with a medium -turbinated engine that Impreza WRX models from the eternal rival of Subaru.
Daniil Sonin
 

Source: Carclub.ru