2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 vs. 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR 

What? an Evo without an massive wing on the rear end? what is this heresy??

the fact that it is only 1.54 second difference with a massive power:weight difference, both cars configured for track is impressive make the track a bit wet & more twisty favours the evo, more straights favours the boss. so you'd pick what you want I find the evolution quite impressive and the boss 302 is pretty cool fun car by the looks. cool video :)

So, you're telling me, two seconds behind with 150 less horsepower? Yeah, lets toss a better intake and exhaust on that Evo and still have more money in the bank with easily a win on that track.

3 laps, each way under a second for a combined time of 1.54 seconds. The $38,000 evo is like a second and a half behind $42,000 mustang. for $4,000 you can gain way more than a second and half in aftermarket upgrades.

I hate hillbillys who dismiss the evo as "ricer." You know nothing. The car is one of the fastest cars under 40 grand. I am no fanboy, I would take the boss. But I respect the Evo. The new 2015 Mustang is amazing, cant wait to see reviews on that

As an owner of the same model Evo I can swallow the results and be very happy with that. I think some people forget that the Evo is great on all sorts of terrain. It's snowing where I live right now and I can take my car out and have fun with nearly no worries of getting into trouble. The Boss would be useless right now. Of course we all live in different climates, but for me I would hate to have a car sitting around for 6 months for nice weather to come.

From the moment i saw the mustang gets a powerslide entrance i knew this video was some biased shit for the mustang. they probably warmed up the tyres on the mustang doing power slides then took the evo out on cold brakes tyres and engine seeing how biased this is. Anyways the mustang should be faster look at the huge difference in power, it's just embarrassing the mustang is 1.5 second faster and these guys are proud of it. Not gonna go into modified cars vs stock cars but if the evo had the power the mustang did and the mustang had the power the evo did, the time difference would be HUGE and the mustang cost over 4k more that's alot of money in difference.

Should've done the Boss 302 vs the Evo FQ400. That'd be great to see.

Would take the Boss 302 in a heartbeat

The Evo is a beautiful car with the wing. But without is ugly af

I like both of these cars, but I wouldn't say it's exactly a fair comparison. The Boss is basically a high-performance version of the mustang. There are plenty of EVO versions overseas that put out almost as much power as the Boss. The takeaway is: A high-performance Mustang is only slightly faster than a factory delivered Evo.

Thumps Up for Mitsubishi Lancer Evo. just a 4 cylinder car with 2 liter engine competing with Mustang Boss 302... 8 cylinder car. WOW no wonder Evo is most poplar car on grey market before. love the sun roof :) in EVO

Driven both of these on long trips... Evo is a better track weapon but the Mustang is a more comfortable cruiser, plus the V8 sounds phenomenal

This test is already invalid because there are two different drivers in this... Let's be real here, on a circuit with the same unbiased driver, the Evo would beat the mustang every time.

what fuel were they both running? The evo is tuned to run on 98 octane

Did you use the Track key ind set up in this comparison?

I'm so bias I didn't even watch the video, seen the Evo X and was like "yup it's better" end. Haha

They purposely chose the mustang 302 boss because none of the regular mustangs could beat an evo. The mitsubishi evo MR isnt even their top model, the fq400 is. Which could smoke the boss 302. And probably the shelby 500 too. Seeming as the fq400 only lost by seconds to a nissan GTR that had 600 hp.

How many crowds did the mustang hit

Can anyone tell me the difference between an evo mr or an evo gsr??

All of you Import vs Muscle losers are just sad. *BOTH* of these machines are awesome, affordable and *FAST!* I don't give a rats ass who built these cars! I also don't care where they come from! America, Japan, Europe Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea. *HELL!* These cars can come from *Mars* for all I give a shit! If it's fast and looks good? It's getting my respect! *DONE!*

All the butthurt and ignorance on here is hilarious. How could anybody who really knows anything about cars be questioning this outcome? Were you not paying attention when Ford stated that their goal for the Boss 302 was to beat the E92 M3 around Laguna Seca? Did you not notice when it actually happened, and all the outrage from the BMW fanboys? This is a serious car. 0-60 in 4.0 seconds, 1/4 mile in 12.3 seconds, 0.96G on the skidpad. No disrespect to the Evo, but it was out of it's league here. I'd be interested to see an FQ400 do a lap with a professional driver, and then have the same guy do it with the Boss 302. I bet it would be damn close. The edge might go to the FQ400 there. The days of American pony/muscle cars sucking around corners are over. They have been over for a few years.

Great video, fantastic cars, splendid ending. :-)

we just got the 2014 evo mr and i just love the power and how it handles

A used 2006 evo IX still cost from 20k$ to 30k$ and used stang is like 7k. So witch hold its value better again?

What are some other cars like the Evo? I know some of the cars that compete with it such as the ford focus st and subaru wrx sti or the golf gti. what else is there?

444HP vs 300HP and the Evo was less than a sec behind the Boss. If that EVO was the FQ400, bye bye big fat BOSS.

Most watched, because we need more dynamic comparos like this- comparisons that intrigue real car guys. It shows that you all are car people too.I think we need more import vs muscle videos, not everyone is biased one way or the other, so they are very relevant reviews.

Keep in mind it took a 444 hp V8 to just barely beat out Mitsubishi's 4-cylinder turbo. Twice the cylinders, twice the horsepower, but just a second faster on a 1:20 course? That's a stock Evo too. Let's see how this race goes with a properly tuned Evo.

Wow with 150 more horsepower the boss only wins by 1 second lmao what a joke

I really dont get why everyone is so surprised and gloating about the mustang. Ford purposely built the Boss as a track car. It beat a car that is great at everything all around and does what it did in the track in the dirt too. As an all around car i would definitely go with the EVO without a doubt just more of a do anything kind of car.

Mustang for the race track, Evo for mountain hairpins, bumpy roads, off road, and winter weather. Done.

Will Import, Muscle Fans, and Euro Fans ever get along.

Sure, the Mustang has 400+ hp and has a V8... But the fact that the EVO has not even half of the motor and has half the horsepower but was only 1 second behind says a lot js.

THE MUSTANG IS AHHH PERFECTION, THE TWO WERE GOOD, I LOVE IT ON VIDEO

isn't an insult to Mustang 5.0 v8 that you compare it with Evo 2.0 turbo... really?

Evo's are de tuned from the factory. 9 out of 10 Evo owners ditch the POS exhaust system and move up to a 3" exhaust and a ECU flash tune. Most after the tune will make 350-400 whp depending on the quality of the parts. You can do the same to a Boss 302 but the gains wont be that much. Depending on the track design (i:e more corners less straights) the stage 1 tuned Evo will win by a small margin but in stock form its close. Im not a big fan of Evo's but I like them. Im a subaru guy. But unfortunately the mustang will come and go in a year but the value of Evo's and STi's will stay.

Import fanboys are the worst losers. "Lets see this go against my friend's 1k hp supra!" or "Wow they let it win because it's American" or even "That's not fair, the mustang has way more horsepower(even though they're essentially the same price)".

Very enjoyable and well done comparison. Personally, these cars are far enough apart that I consider them apples and oranges but I'm partial to awd and dual clutch trannys so give a little nod towards the Mitsu for that. I'm excited about the 2015 Mustangs with the addition of IRS across the board and it will be interesting to see how they test out. I think it was the power deficit that hurt the EVO more than the other variable here and it would be nice to see Mitsubishi updated with more horsepower in the future. 350 horses for the EVO would be just about right out of the box and would really put this car more on my radar.

2015 Ford Mustang In terms of performance, the Mustang GT will still offer the 5.0-liter V8, and the article reads that the 2015 GT with the Performance package will actually be faster on the track than the Boss 302. Some other interesting tidbits about the new Mustang are the standard push-button starter, the availability of adaptive cruise control, an independent rear suspension, a 200-pound weight reduction (that at least somewhat will be afforded by using aluminum front fenders) and a wheelbase that measures the same 107.1 inches as the current design.

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I'm assuming that they r using low quality fuel for this comparo? I dunno, just doesnt seem right that the Mustang is quicker around a track.

can you tell me what test shows the 370z out handles the 5.0 by a lot I like to see it

The new Boss (2012) is by far the best stang in a LONG time.

evo is a rally car. put that mustang on the rally course then

Until you drive a Manual V8 sports car with a nice exhaust you just won't get why someone would want it over a WRX STI or EVO. It just sounds and feels like awesomeness

Both great cars. I love my 2013 Boss 302 Laguna Seca and wish you could have gotten ahold of one of them!

Love the 302. So impressed that a manual, RWD car can beat an awd, dct equipped Evo

mitsubishi evo is the beast

LMAO the big sounds like the guy from Eastbound and Down ahhaha

The comparison is a fair one from a cost perspective, and relevant to me. I love my modified GT and my wife's EVO. Both very fun to drive, but built for different purposes.

Do people even know about the 302? It's way better than a EVO. Just because it's a mustang doesn't mean it's bad, it's the coolest mustang made.

Evo isn't made for track, it's a rally car. Unfair comparison!

Compares EVO to Porsche 911 lol wtf

I love my BOSS 302, and I love having a little fun through friendly competition. I just hate when some of these guys take it way too seriously. 😆

Yes, and long term ownership? Which is better? I think you know.

Ha Body roll like a boss! Cheap like a boss! Solid rear axle like a Boss! Leaf springs like a boss!

Evo still wins my heart.

Apparently, second place in a two car competition is what it takes to be a legend these days...

awesome heads up challenge

Are you kidding me? EVO all day everyday

LOL.. I'd pick the EVO.. But, who gets an EVO so they can keep it at stock performance anyway? Rice over Beef in my opinion!

I want an MR so badly.

is that Mazda Miata in the background caching up with the Mustang?!?!

There's more than one way to skin a cat. The Mustang and the Evo take two totally different approaches toward the same goal: going fast. While the Mustang had faster track times in this comparison, I'd totally take the Evo. Its approach to making power is preferable to me. Also, you can make a ton more power very easily/cheaply with an Evo, something that tends to be much more true for turbo cars than N/A ones. In fact, if you just took the difference in price between the two cars in this comparison (which is $4,305) and dropped it into the Evo to make it the same cost as the Mustang, the Evo would've annihilated that Boss in every way... Seriously...

evo with 291hp vs a 444hp mustang and the difference is less than 2 sec? I say tune up that evo to 444hp and try that agean :P

BOSS, BOSS, BOSS!!! pure American power!!! And also gorgeous!!!

Man that evo is so nice...i like that

Haha.. Why is that ur comparing a tuner car to a muscle car?..

From the side, the Evo looks like a woman's tennis shoe.

wheres spoiler from evo !?

Well done, well said.

whitesnake and a mullet? I thought he was driving a mustang, not a camaro!

Sometimes I Envy America, their car is just fucking cheap. Only $43k and you get Mustang? Here in SEA you will only get the very basic Corolla. I will be fucking rich if I live in America :(

A 2 liter 4 cilinder with 291hp vs a 5 liter V8 with 444hp. Way to go Murica youve done it again. The engine of the Ford is literally 250% of the Mitsubishis engine size. Its good to see that they need 250% the engine size and 153 more hp to shave off just 1 second of a laptime. The only reason these cars are being compared is because they cost around the same. But dont forget that anywhere outside the US, the Boss would be at least 2 times more expensive than the Evo.

so one second difference? since they have decided to use a top spec "boss 302" mustang they should also use the fq400 which is a stock but higher spec 400 hp with the whole car made with racing in mind i reckon it would turn the outcome of this right around and would be comparing apples with apples as far as not a plain jane with a top of the range special edition.

lol the mustang cant run rings around the evo even though it does

this such bs comparison they should compare it with a stage 3 turbo evo now let see whos faster

They didnt open up the front cooling holes on the 302...

I thought evos had large rear wings or is that just the euro spec models

Pretty embarrassing that with 153 extra horses the Mustang is only 1 second quicker. Impressive for the Evo.

Like another video that shows z06 faster than Nissan gtr....WAKE UP AMERICANS,,,haha

I traded my 2008 M3 (which is a V8) for a 2012 mustang 5.0 and performance wise theyre almost identical. So all you EVO fan boys who wish you could afford an M3 (and dont lie, you do) do some research or find a 5.0 to test drive. And dont even use that "with a few bolt-ons" excuse cause the same can be said for the mustang.

Both are great cars. If the evo have had the same output in power as the mustang, I'm sure the mustang would have been embarrassed.

Look.. Americans can't take corners.. And they talk about "handling"

Mustang may have muscle but it has no brains whatsoever. A 444 of wasted horsepower. Leave the brains to the Japanese...

Regardless of all the stats and 'well if you mod it' arguments, one thing I will say about the Evo's is that even a regular driver can push the car and put down times close-ish to the times published using professional drivers, whereas alot of these big v8 rwd cars require more skill to match those times. This is why you will see mustang gts, camaro ss, etc running 14+ second quarter mile times at the strip.

Summary: The EVO's AWD system really is amazing! It just makes this car a superb tool for dancing around the track. The second you get on the power, it just rockets you on the other side with tons of grip. The uhh.. The Boss 302 also comes with adjustable dampers. 4:55

Such a shame for Mustang! 2.5 times bigger engine and only 80lb-ft more torque... Weird comparison... Won't be surprised if you'll do a comparison between a bicycle and Mustang and Mustang will win... lol

What if the mitsubishi was v8 ? Lol

a 7 years old Mit Evo & technies still alive against brand new cars of today, that's amazing!!!

So much hate towards the Boss? Im sensing butt hurt? But seriously guys... You can't go wrong with either of these awesome cars. Buy the one you like the most. Although I admit I fucking hate that green color on the boss. Ugly... Red, orange and black looks much, much better! Honestly this was a great match up!

5.0L v8 vs 2.0L I-4 ... ... Seems fair.

ok, now take them off road

Do the same review in the rain, with street tires, and see how things go. I love mustangs but I would take the EVO because I have a son and it would make for a much safer family car.

nice run for both cars i like stangs and evos used to have a paxton s/c on my 91 gt fun car to drive. that evo hung tough considering it was down 140hp. really speaks of its handling both great cars! evo was 38 mustang was 41 spend the difference on mods in the evo and look out! then you would have a race! doesnt take much to bump the evo up significantly.

FQ400.

Lmao, 150+ more horsepower and $5,000 more than the Evolution for a 1 Second more for overall lap. Gtfo Mustang fanboys..

half the power, half the cylinders, 2.0L vs 5.0L, and such a small difference in performance...WOW Japanese at Mitsubishi DO know their shit. This car is very efficient. Ford should take freakin' notes here.

did anyone forget the fact that the mustang's brakes went out after 3 laps at laguna seca?