Mitsubishi Lancer News
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Most of Japan’s tuners are focused on the arduous task of cracking Nissan’s Fort Knox of an ECU in its GT-R supercar but that doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten about one of the country’s other tuning favorites, Mitsubishi’s new Lancer Evolution X. Turbo performance experts HKS has now revealed its full specs for the Mitsubishi including a 376hp version of the car’s 2.0L mill. The engine pack consists of a higher power turbo, an upgraded intake manifold and a modded ECU. All these goodies push output to a license-threatening 376hp while torque gets an...
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Mitsubishi presents Panther Colt, Lancer and GrandisMitsubishi may have pulled its manufacturing operations out of Australia but that doesn’t mean the carmaker’s Aussie subsidiary will be totally ignoring this week’s Melbourne Motor Show. Unveiled today in Melbourne was a range of new ‘Panther’ concepts, with the Colt...
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Update: Mitsubishi Lancer Prototype-S official photos
Updated: Mitsubishi today revealed its Protoype-S concept due in Geneva next week. The new high-res pictures detail the exterior and interior of the hatchback Lancer. Aimed squarely at arch-rival Subaru's WRX hatch, the new Protoype-S looks well-armed for the fight. Read on for the gallery and full...
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Update: Mitsubishi Lancer Prototype-S
Update: We can confirm these concept sketches from last week are in fact the new Mitsubishi Lancer Prototype-S, which is set to be unveiled at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in March. Just as the original Concept-X from the 2005 Tokyo Show and then the Prototype-X from last year’s Detroit...
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Mitsubishi previews WRC Lancer Evolution X Group N racer
Only a week after the official reveal of the new Lancer Evolution X, Mitsubishi has given us a preview of next year’s Lancer Evolution X Group N rally car, which it plans to showcase at this month's Rally Japan. The car won’t be competing but will instead be used as a ‘course...
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Gallery: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X details
The new Evo X is unashamedly one of our favorite cars of the year and we suspect it will be at the top of wish lists of many readers as well. Not many cars out there come close to matching the Evo in terms of bang for your buck and it doesn’t hurt that the latest model looks amazing as well...
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After months of spy shots, leaked brochures, and supposed official images, Mitsubishi has finally revealed all the final details and images for the new Lancer Evolution X. The car officialy goes on sale today at dealers across Japan sporting the new S-AWC system and a five-speed manual transmission only. Cars fitted with the new Twin Clutch SST gearbox are set to hit the road towards the end of November. The new Evo X comes in two guises, the full spec GSR and the RS competition base model. The latter comes with a less comprehensive and simplified equipment specification to reduce weight to a...
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Mitsubishi Releases New Lancer Evo GSR Pics
Mitsubishi released four new shots of the Lancer Evolution today--three of the JDM Evolution GSR's exterior, and one of the U.S. market's Evolution MR's interior. The latest images are a timely foil to the official teaser shot of the Subaru WRX STI that hit the web last week. The same 295hp...
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Mitsubishi Evo X brochure leaked
A brochure for the Japan-spec Mitsubishi Evolution X has leaked online revealing the final styling of the new car’s exterior and cabin as well as its power and torque figures. Though the text is in Japanese there are a few important clues that we can gather from the images. Expected to make...
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Production-ready Mitsubishi Evo X caught in the wild
The latest iteration of the Mitsubishi Evolution series, now in its tenth generation, is set to be officially launched at October’s Tokyo Motor Show but until then these new spy images gives us a preview of how the new car will look out on the road. Though designers have retained most of the...
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The technology behind Mitsubishi’s new Lancer Evolution
Mitsubishi is hard at work putting the final touches on the new Lancer Evo and has now released details about two handling and transmission technologies that should give the car a leg up over its rivals. First up, we have the Super All Wheel Control (S-AWC) system that uses a number of sensors...
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Mitsubishi confirms Lancer Sportback for production
Mitsubishi has given the green light for a production version of the five-door Lancer Sportback, which was first displayed as a concept car back at the 2005 Frankfurt Show. If designers stick with the styling of the concept version, we think the wagon-based Sportback would actually look better than...
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Mitsubishi has unveiled the final edition of the current generation Lancer Evolution supercar. Just one version of the new Evolution IX MR (‘Mitsubishi Racing’) will be available, powered by a tweaked version of the familiar 2.0L turbo motor. Final output is a massive 366bhp, and only 200 units are expected to be produced for sale in the UK. The Evo IX MR is the final version of the popular Lancer Evolution series that’s soon to be replaced with the upcoming Evo X, and marks 14 years of continuous development since the original model was launched back in 1992. The...
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Mitsubishi shares production Evo X sketches
It looks like Mitsubishi is going to be milking all the (justifiable) interest in the new Lancer Evolution for all its worth. It’s just released sketch images of what the actual Evo X will look like. The previous concept that’s been shown was just a taste of some of the styling cues...
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Mitsubishi unveils all-new Lancer
Mitsubishi has released pictures and information of its next-generation Lancer sedan before its official unveiling at the Detroit auto show in January. The 2008 Lancer is based on the Concept-X shown by Mitsubishi in 2005 and features a more aggressive look compared to the previous model. The 2008...
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Mitsubishi Readies New Lancer Sports Sedan For Detroit Auto Show
Mitsubishi will debut its second car based on its new global platform at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, in the form of the all-new, four-door Lancer small sedan. The first car built on the global platform was the second-generation Outlander crossover, but the Lancer is much more significant as...
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Production ready EVO X revealed
Images of a production ready Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X have turned up, revealing that the final version will stay true to its concept’s form. The scan was taken from the latest copy of Autocar magazine, which went on to reveal crucial details about the new car including the fact that...
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New Evo X concept earmarked for Detroit Show
With all the excitement going on in Paris we have some news concerning next year’s Detroit Motor Show. Mitsubishi motors will wait for the Detroit show to display a new prototype version of the Evolution X. This new model will be a near production concept of the forthcoming Evo, unlike the...
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In a coup for Mitsubishi North America, the Evo X will be released in the US before being launched anywhere else, even before it’s released in the Japanese automaker’s homeland. Launch date for the Japanese market is in the 2nd half 0f 2007 while the US will get their first taste of the new car a full six months earlier. This means some time in early spring. The US is responsible for the bulk of Evo and Lancer sales with annual estimates of 50,000 vehicles for the new Lancer model. The other reason is that cars of this size are falling out of popularity over in Japan. People there...
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Mitsubishi Evo X Rally Concept
The Evo X is one of our most anticipated cars of next year due to its intoxicating mixture of performance, handling, good looks, and for the first time, even a little bit of comfort. Mitsubishi’s Evo X concept is a clear indicator of the styling for the new car, and they’ve built a new...
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