Here's Why The Mitsubishi Evo X Was Ahead Of Its Time 

I had 08 Evo X MR, that DCT was so underrated but couldn't handle much torque, i miss her very much 😢😢😢 Baby GTR 😅😅 Did everything with that car, road course, drag strip and tail of dragon, etc, took all the beating and still took me home everytime

As a Mitsubishi owner, I can confirm we want the Evo back! Please make Evos great again

I've owned my evo x for 11 years now and I don't plan on ever selling it😭 i love it

So tired of the complaints about the 4B11T engine. It's a brilliant and proven engine. It's a rare gem that I'll have soon enough.

Mitsubishi listened to all the critics over the years and then made the evo x into exactly what they wanted . Yet when they did the critics complained the most . I own both an evo x and the worlds favorite evo the evo v and I really love my evo x it is such a all round great car that the evo v isn’t

That drivers side window deflector is holding on for dear life.

Back when I got my Evo , I had the 10 and the 9 (both gsr’s) in front of me and I chose the 10. every thing about it felt better to me looks, sound, and feel. Now my X is a big turbo build and I love it so much. Regardless of what number all of the Evo’s live up to the hype, I’d own each generation if I could. 😂

I daily an EVO X 100 miles a day and I drive spirited Did all routine maintence and car has 140k miles hasn’t skipped a beat

One of the cars I wish I didn't let go 😢 (2014 Evo X GSR)

The Evo X didn't get the love it deserved, yet alone the Ralliart dct. Mitsubishi should definitely give us another Evo or Eclipse GSX .

I’ve owned a 500whp GSR for almost 5 years now. Great car. What makes it more unique to me is you don’t see them anymore. At least in the east coast of the US they’re rare. I believe it’s also one of the last true driver focused car that doesn’t have fancy tech and features that steers the attention away from the car itself. Fun fact: only about 23,000 Evo X’s were sold in the US throughout its 8 year production. Compare that to its rivals, competitors, and other common performance cars, that’s a fraction of the quantity so that’s really not a lot.

One of the best cars I have driven. Rides normal but step on it the evolution comes. Surprisingly cars always signal away when they see me coming from behind! Being the evo back mit!

Evo XI?? An Evo 11 would be sick. A man can dream.

I bought my evo x in 2017 and have loved it since! Currently being fully built to be a different beast I can’t wait to drive it again!

As an evo x owner, I agree but not the automatic part.

I have daily driven EVOs since 2005. I had/sold an 8GSR 9MR 9RS and now an X GSR since 2011. Great cars. 🎉

Devin Niemela did an experiment with a 4B11 put a Big Turbo & sent a fully stock longblock to the moon making 700whp and it’s been taking every launch & pull like a champ. Too many people underrate the 4B11s tuning potential. Link to that video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EydUBykFku8.htmlfeature=shared

We definitely need more Japanese sport cars out here alongside Nissan and Toyota atm.

Back in 2015 I was planning to buy a 43k miled and lightly modified 5spd MT Evo X. I took it for a test drive and when I braked hard, the suspension would "ping" on rebound. Whatever, I'd fix that. My fat ass did not exactly fit in to the Recaro seats, at the time, but I didn't care. Well...the car was sold right before I had the loan approved. I had to settle for my 2011 STI sedan w/ 28k miles, bone stock for more money than the EVO. As a result of me having the Subie, 4 friends ended up buying them. 3 VA WRX's and 1 GR8. All except the one with the 2021 VA had their motors replaced. They're all awesome modified cars. Now, don't get me wrong, I love my Subie! It's been my fun daily and is finally getting to the goal I've always had in mind but I always wonder how much different life would be for me and my friends, if I was able to buy the EVO X... Would they have EVOs? Or would they still have WRXs as that's the closest thing now that Mitsubishi no longer makes EVOs. Honestly, as a Subie owner and fan I hate that Mitsubishi no longer makes the EVO. Because Subaru no longer has a reason to make an STI. Which is why the VB is only a WRX. We need the rivalry and competition between the EVO and STI. That benefits the enthusiasts.

Underrated car today honestly.

There is some love for the 10's because they are part of the family, but we all know 8's and 9's are king 👑

I had mine just at 500hp and a built trans from kozmic. I regret selling that car everyday but, had to do it when i went back to grad school. That thing was such a little rocket ship

Evo 5 and 9 are my all time favorites. I'd be interested in giving a X DCT a spin though.

As a previous owner of a wicked white 14 Evo X GSR for 6 years, and 1 year into Evo 8 ownership. I agree, bring these cars back. Evo's are absolutely addicting!

Tuned on Cobb lol... Owner should have it tuned via ecu flash and get a proper tune from reputable sst tuners... I used to have a RA at 300 whp and the sst is finicky and needs maintenance but it performs well when it's working... Now I have a 24 GRC

Would love to see mitsubishi produce the Evo again and other sports cars. Atleast i own my 3000gt and Evo10 gsr.

All evo’s are iconic because the 10 was the end! For me evo 3.4,5,6 were the best. Just brilliant

I believe the dislike was mob mentality because people didn’t like the K series over the Bbseries because just because. As long as there is some meat in someone’s opinion it really doesn’t hold weight. Remember some older EVO’s had active yaw control as well it’s just the 10 has a refinement of it . I also think they are just different like r32 to r34 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ct2wP8OTM2U.htmlsi=kcAzoECfzxQccLQi

well, there is a 1100bhp Evo 10 RS hillclimb car in Poland. very rapid car/driver combo. so yeah, that 4b11 can boogie

I’d buy one unless they screwed it up with giant trims like the WRX or vertical display which looks so awful on the WRX.

Do like my GSR EVO X, I'd fuck with the paddles if i had one, but you can only have so much fun in an automatic.

Just rediscovered a detailing channel with a bunch of 2000s and 2010s Japanese and German cars and then I see this video...

S-sport mode would have been a better thing to show when comparing to other transmissions. You weren't really in sport mode until you go into s-sport but anyways.

I will always have a soft spot the Evo 10. Edit: Golf 5 gti also had DSG at around 2005 and was very popular in the EU

I was going to buy a subi sti few years back but my brother was selling his evo x at the time. So I bought it off him knowing it was running on amsoil most its life. The 3rd and 4th gear in the gsr's are long, I raced an sti one day and just stayed in 4th from 70 km all the way to 140km the subi had to shift atleast 3 times. Dusted him

The manual Evo are amazing. They can take abuse. Some make 800 on stock trans. The dct is good and bad. They can't take power. Once they fixed up I heard their good but they are expensive to upgrade. My gsr been taking abuse since 40k miles Now 100k. Making 570 whp

In china they have Mitsubishi 1.5 turbo 4A95TD under the hood of a SUV pair to 7speeds DCT

You need a manual evo x I have a 2010 GSR making close to 600whp If i was closer to canada id let you whip it lol

Maaaan, I was just thinking that yesterday, they need to bring the evo 9 type evo

For people that say the 4b11 has no tuning potential. This car is a complete stock motor car with bolt ons ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j4NA3hPvFhM.htmlsi=WZ9jw84ixNIwkhyr

cobb tuned…. so the transmission hasnt been tuned yet to pair with the “tuned engine” power and tq thus the reason it clunks while shifting. get a proper tune and search about sst tcu ; you wont notice the clunks afterwards.

I love all Evos but i'd probably get a X simply because it seems like the easiest gen to get one that's not clapped out...

People didnt like the fact It wasn't 4g63T. 4B11T was okay. Just wasn't a 4g63T

Am I the only one realizing that this is the unarmed kuruma from GTA online

It would be electric suv called the evolution 11😂

I would park it next to my x. I would order it on day 1.

Save the manuals!

Try an 800whp Evo x gsr then come back and talk yes 8-9 is awesome but the 10s can hold there own up there

I don't even own any mitsubishi's and I want it back. Hell even the Focus RS needs to come back and the SRT4, COBALT SS/SATURN ION, uuuhhhh MAKE CARS GREAT AGAIN😭

You need to drive a evo x pushing north of 600 and a GSR...

I’ll never sell mine unless I can get a GTR.. only car I want as a replacement but too expensive as a used vehicle… My guy, here some advice sir. You might wanna to get that EVO X off Cobb. Better with a PROTUNE.. Cobb may be hurting that Trans.

I dunno. We all would love another one sure. We all would love cars that are like the 90s JDM cars we love. The evo died as a king. If they did make another one do you really think they would make it how we want? Look at what wrx has become. I don't want a evo if it's gonna be like that. Wrx isn't even a wrx anymore. Everything is so big and heavy.

I second that

10:35 why Sport mode when you could have used Super Sport mode?

Mitsubishi scrapped their performance division over a decade ago, the Evo 10 was the lovechild of the engineering team. Everything they put out now is catered to SUV drivers and low income vehicles. They will never reintroduce the evo, as sad as it is to say... This will likely also be the last generation of WRX we will see, and the Golf R and GTI are going the way of the dodo as well. The GR Corolla will likely be the last man standing in the era of AWD sporty hot hatches/sedans.

I don't think the EVO should be brought back. Why do I think this? 1. I will be very expensive. Most likely will cost $60k+ without dealer markups. But you know it will be marked up, putting it closer to $75k+. Nobody who is a true EVO fan, would want to spend that. 2. Due to its high price tag, Mitsubishi will limit the amount of them they make, making the car "rarer". And we all know when the word "rare" pops up, the average middle-class man will jump on it, garage it, and use it for purposes the car wasn't intended for...an investment opportunity. 3. It needs to be very good to compete with other AWD sporty vehicles, like the Golf R. The MK8 Golf R's performance is crazy good, and that's without it being tuned. If the EVO stays 4-cylinder turbo driven, that's the car it will need to compete with, and that will be tough. Toyota tried it with the GRC, but the GRC is literally more expensive and also worse in every single category compared to the MK8 Golf R. Epic fail. If the EVO goes inline-6 turbo, then it needs to compete with the Supra, M340i, M3/4, RS3, etc., and all of those cars are excellent, but expensive. 4. Buying an expensive Mitsubishi in today's world just doesn't make sense. People want sport cars that not only handle and are fast, but also reliable. Mitsubishi has never been a reliable car company.

Lovely!🎉🎉

I enjoyed the ralliart while the DCT was working. Once it started to show transmission related error messages, the love transformed into fear. These transmissions are notoriously unreliable. Doesn't matter how much you baby them, they will eventually fail one way or another. To fix these the "right way" it can cost you up to $10K with labor and shipping. More than what the car is worth. Never again will own another DCT equipped vehicle. Total waste of money and time.

Lackluster review, no mention of the amazing awd system,the power distribution compared to the joke awd you had previously in the older evos. The comfort and roomy interior compared to older evos. The superior engine efficiency to the 4g, weight distribution, 4b aluminium block has much better heat dissipation, iron block of the 4g has no benefits today, buy the time you run into block strength issues you need to build the motor for both,and a pair of $600 sleeves will make over 1000hp on the 4b while keeping the heat management benefits. Superior 5 speed transmission. So many missed strong points

Not happening, no market, no more STi, and the wrx is probably gonna die soon. Instead they're gonna focus on their new fighter jet because its been about 80 years since they've made one. Yes, i know in japan they have the STi, but that's the STi S4 and its only appearance, suspension, and a little bit more power. No STi transmission, no manual because its a CVT, not a real STi.

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No dual clutch lol. That would be such a fail.

Drive the gsr 5speed more fair

Maintenance cost so high…

I doubt that all the people who were responsible for the Lancer Evo are even still with Mitsubishi today. There are still cars with the Mitsubishi badge on them, but the company is not the same as it was 10-20 years ago. Even if they brought this car "back", it would probably just be a stupid crossover with the name Evolution on it and zero enthusiast appeal.

The GR Corolla is a counterfeit knock off EVO X 😂

Mitsubishi is disolving to Nissan at the end of this year, so I doubt you will get another lancer/evo period.

But, sst is a real trash, have been owned 2 evo x, 1 gsr 1 Mr, sold the Mr really quick. The sst is not exciting when fully throttle, it’s really unreliable, and make the car heavier in front.

Well there will probably be plenty of ppl that never drove one saying it's not a real Evo... For those ones if you have not driven one "we don't need your opinion"😉 for those that will say 8 and 9 are better or last ...the 7th was the last one rallying under the Mitsubishi Ralliart team and after that Mitsubishi had WRC04 and WRC05 cars so even an 8 and 9( although built on 7th chase) are not a proper EVOs😅 X was built by the same team and most ppl that worked on the previous evolution and as Markus sad the looks maybe are not there but underneath it is the next Evolution. If somebody is more into the EVOs and its history the X was going to be a Galant. Normal NA Lancers are called Galant Fortis in Japan and Asian markets, there is no Lancer. X was going to be a Galant Evolution as a different chase and engine was used but as marketing and sales had the last call it kept the Lancer name. Even the "X" was added after as a bage only in the UK market to jump up the sales.

no, not the mivec evo

Didnt dodge bought mitsubishi?

Ummmm sorry to tell you this mate but evo x's have mechanical power steering lol

No you don’t want the evo that’s coming. If the eclipse didn’t scare you this EV will

Probably would be electric or some shit

Mitsubishi doesn’t even engineer its own cars, how is it going to bring back a performance car that doesn’t even have a platform to build from.

No they never do They are facing financial crisis

Mitsubishi has failed hard, from its roots to now going to crossovers and electrics....what a let down

If they bring it back, they will pervert it. It would be electric or an SUV, or worse, an electric SUV.

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If its an auto dont even bother

Evo X’s are lame. Get a real Evo