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HeilSvenska 12-02-2008 06:42 PM

Mitsubishi Evo X FQ400 looks like a 13 year old's messy photoshop project
 
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....q400_small.jpghttp://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....q400_small.jpg http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....q400_small.jpghttp://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....q400_small.jpg A couple more here http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mitsu...fq400/1195183/
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Mitsubishi has resurrected the 400bhp Evo with this UK-only model, the Mitsubishi Evo X FQ-400. The new car, developed by Mitsubishi UK and its race team builder ADR Motorsport, promises to be the fastest and most expensive Evo yet. The 2.0-litre, four-cylinder turbo engine has been boosted with revised ECU programming and a new exhaust to produce around 405bhp, although Mitsubishi hasn’t finalised the figures. More important, it has around 400lb ft of torque, which will make the car significantly more useable than the last FQ-400, which was based on the Mitsubishi Evo VIII. Mitsubishi also says the car will be easier to drive because, unlike the old FQ-400, it doesn’t have a race clutch. The standard manual ’box can take the power, although the car will not be available with the twin-clutch SST transmission. The power and torque enable the car to crack 60mph in around 3.5sec - 0.6sec faster than the Evo X FQ-360. The car gets a new body kit with additional cooling intakes and vents, including a larger bonnet intake and cooling slots for the rear brakes. The brakes are also upgraded, with six-pot calipers at the front, and the car gets new 18-inch alloy wheels. It will come at a price, though. Mitsubishi indicates the car will cost between £45,000 and £50,000, up to £14,500 more than an FQ-360. And the firm is planning to produce just 100 of them, although it has indicated that it could build more if there is demand. -Autocar

styla21 12-02-2008 07:42 PM

What a great bang-for-buck performance car. Will have a serious set of balls i'm sure.

HeilSvenska 12-02-2008 07:49 PM

"bang-for-buck". That could explain the explosion in engine bay if you miss a full service every 3000 miles or something. ;-)

nthfinity 12-02-2008 10:04 PM

mitsubishi have been playing with grown ups for such a long time, you'd think they'd be an adult by now

04RCSTI 12-02-2008 11:44 PM

Look great.

pitfield 12-03-2008 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by HeilSvenska (Post 859898)
"bang-for-buck". That could explain the explosion in engine bay if you miss a full service every 3000 miles or something. ;-)

read the manual before commenting

HeilSvenska 12-04-2008 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by pitfield (Post 859930)
read the manual before commenting

Can't. There's a reason why it was UK only. I did ask a Mitsubishi sales manager though. He told me to put aftermarket turbo on a normal one. And I silenced him when I asked about the warranty.


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