Avoid any cars that have been modified or used on-track, and insist on a meticulous service record. This may be the ultimate Evo on paper, but most critics ourselves included , consider the Evo VI Tommi Makinen Edition to be the best of the breed. Nonetheless, the mighty Mitsi is a formidable and very exciting car. Its place in history — and investment potential — is assured, and buying one will bestow God-like status upon you among JDM fanboys.
This is the main reason why Mitsubishi decided to take a big step towards developing a Lancer EVO that can both be operated by petrol and […]. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help. Password recovery. Retro Road Test. Tim Pitt. November 6, Verdict This may be the ultimate Evo on paper, but most critics ourselves included , consider the Evo VI Tommi Makinen Edition to be the best of the breed.
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Others have fared less well. We revisit an icon. And only the slightly boomy exhaust makes long journeys a bit of a pain for rear seat passengers. Of course the real reasons for buying an Evo are entirely selfish. It's a car that unashamedly focuses on the driving experience above all else. You can tell from the superb driving position, tactile steering wheel and gear-shifter, and the way the car reacts to your inputs accurately and without a hint of delay. For me, the Evo and this has been true of every iteration I've driven offers a driving experience like nothing else.
There aren't many cars that offer a truly unique flavour nowadays, but the Evo sits alongside the Porsche , Lotus Elise and Caterham 7 as something special, something completely different. In my last couple of weeks with the Evo, I realised I'd never actually done a trackday in it.
Absurd, considering its circuit potential, and so a couple of slots of track time were booked at the excellent Rally Day at Castle Combe. The weather was grim and the Avon ZZRs introduced a bit too much understeer in the sodden conditions but, once mastered, the Evo was huge fun. Its natural four-wheel drifting stance takes a bit of getting used to, but when you get a corner just right it feels like motorised ballet, the car dancing gracefully from entry to exit with no steering-lock required and sublime balance.
Getting back to the tyres, I think it's fair to say we never found an equal to the AO The Dunlop SuperSport Race was perhaps closest, offering strong dry-weather grip and pretty determined drive even in the wet. The Yokohama AO48 was noisier, more aggressive and less resistant to aquaplaning but even more convincing in the dry. The Avon ZZRs, made alongside the company's excellent racing rubber, were devastating in warm conditions; perhaps the only tyre to give you the itch for even more power.
In the wet or on very cold tarmac they made for quite an understeery balance, though. I expect playing around with pressures would've helped, but the real answer is to persuade Yokohama to get the AO46 E-marked posthaste. More mundane criticisms could be levelled at the hard plastic dashboard, which marks very easily.
However, I didn't have a problem with the general cabin ambience. It's no Bentley Conti GT, but there's a pleasing no-nonsense feel to everything and the splashes of carbon trim are a nice touch. The Evo can't escape from its humble roots completely but it's by no means bargain- basement in here. My last bit of fun with the car was at Bruntingthorpe, where Ben Scammell from the Lancer Register www. The idea was to measure the mph time, but really I wanted to see if the Evo really had an 'electronic limiter' at mph.
In the end I only managed mph the car still pulling hard and with plenty of revs to come , so I guess we'll never know. Our FQ managed to cover the mph gap in Not bad, but the fact that we were 35th out of 47 runners shows just how much time and money people are prepared to throw at their Evo. The general consensus was that once you've owned an Evo there's not much that comes close The quickest car, an Evo VI prepared by Norris Developments, accelerated from mph in a barely credible 7.
I can see why people get the bug with these cars. I've always enjoyed the rabid nature of their delivery and the uncompromising chassis balance. It's a car loaded with technology, but one that still needs considerable input from the driver to really shine. The MR revisions notably the Bilstein dampers improve the ride quality and make the car feel more grown-up, more usable and less tiresome on long journeys.
Fortunately the Evo has lost none of its youthful enthusiasm, nor its raw speed. After a year in the FQ's company I never got bored of it, never felt let-down when the road emptied and the engine was really pulling hard.
It'll be a very difficult car to replace. Skip to Content Skip to Footer. Find a car review Make Make. Model Model. Long term tests Home Mitsubishi. More reviews. Share this on Twitter Share this on Facebook Email. Most Popular. BMW 1 Series. BMW's first front-drive hot hatch has some issues against more focused rivals, but is very well priced and does enough to worry the basic Golf GTI.
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