Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X test drive since 2008 sedan

Alien

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X is so different from all past evolutions that its X is no longer 10, but X: for them it is a stranger. I wonder who he is for his own?

And who was the devil to stick this black strip on the aluminum ridge of the test evo X? She is like a radar module of her or feces. Alien for Evo X! This strip will only fit him as a disguise for rally-raids for the front line on the enemy’s territory: to recognize strangers and do not recognize their own.

With this strip, he evokes the views of solidarity and the worship of all oncoming and transverse boys on tunatic chisels and dens. And he is not from their yard: with this decoration, he smiles at those to whom he is too tough. And there is a muzzle with a brick past those who could look. The most mysterious evolution of Mitsubishi, which no one knows which tribe to attribute, the most serious and modern sports car in the history of the brand. And he has very little in common with all the previous steps of evolution, despite the fact that he stands on their shoulders. Yes, the X is very adult and well -balanced, but this is not bad: after all, you and I are no longer boys either.

SST transmission strong forward and upward and most important difference between EVO X and EVO 1-9. Now evoluish can have two clutches instead of one and two pedals instead of three. This is enough to treat the car completely differently: today there is nothing to do on the market without automatic transmission even in sports. Especially if more than one and a half million rubles are asked for sports.


SST transmission can work in three automatic modes and in the sporting mode of manual switches with steering wheel petals

A new engine with a capacity of 295 liters. With. Great. He takes not only on the magic threshold of turning on the turbine in the work: he progressively pulls with idle. This engine is not without a character at all: it is without characteristic inconvenience. He explodes even more than the previous one at the top, but does not risk falling into the funnel and on the bottom. It gives the very traction everywhere that will not leave you anywhere: even in a stupid position. He would only have to put a voice more mature and more expensive.

The SST transmission selector is the same lever as the mechanical transmission. And he also puts with clicks in the manner of precision fists of the rally racing box. On the choice of the driver, the modes for go and for rolling. There is, however, also super sport to blow. Evo X also has a stabilization system. And this is wonderful, because many of those who honor themselves with an expert of piloting and are embarrassed by her presence remained in another sandbox. By the way, they often turn out to be the main debtors of ESP. Or hostages of its absence/disconnection, when the car habitually tries to slide, but instead of cones and bars, kamases and pillars swim behind its windows.

In a comfortable mode, the transmission sorted out the clutch smoothly and gently, allowing the motor to work at low speeds in the area of \u200b\u200blight rubber thrust if possible. In sports, the box is easier to climb the arrows of the engine tachometer, and this mode is good for urban driving, however, to pilot, or in our way, in a different way, to blow, of course, it is best to handle gear with petals manually. They are fixed on the column and do not rotate along with the steering wheel: the solution, although verified by respected firms, but not from the most successful in the world. However, the rail is very short, and the turning of the steering wheel to large corners is more likely to evidence of the driver’s sloppiness than necessity.

Full-wheel drive still has three conditional operating modes: asphalt, soil, snow. Conditional is not because they do not differ, but because you can consciously use them without regard to the title. The asphalt is the tougher. The most effective, in the sense of a circle on the track, the asphalt mode will be the asphalt. However, he will also require the strongest driver's skills from the pilot: the breakdown in the sliding in it is the sharpest. But on ice or soil in it is easiest and most reliable to fly in the bends sideways. The transmission is hardly blocked, and in long power slides the car is very stable. The soil mode works softer and more recycled, and in the snow mode, the all -wheel drive system resembles the operation of soft torsenovo locks with the amendment only on the intervention of the active rear differential Super Ayc.

Evolution X has a capacious trunk and a bunch of places behind. He has inexpensive, but quite decent decoration materials, and there are no luxury in the little things, but there is no cheapness. By the level of premium, of course, you can’t compare it with a loved one at a price of Audi S3. However, you can’t put them on one treadmill.

Yes, Evo ceased to be an ultimatical choice of uncompromising fans of speed, completely contraindicated by those who need at least a bit of convenience and comfort. But he is still a horse of muscles and without excess fat. He rides faster and more modern. And he remained just a sports car for every day. And the word sportsar is still the main thing: it has not turned into a universal all-wheel drive car with a powerful engine such as imposing and lazy Volvo S40 T5 AWD, for example. Lancer is still tough and very accurate in reactions. A light and properly configured sports car with a unique recognizable character. And this is the main thing, because if there is a character, there are those who will like it. The main thing is not to be mistaken in your desires.



 

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