Click either image for a full gallery of the brochure.
A member of the Lancer Register forum apparently scanned a 14-page brochure revealing a host of details about the 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. The only rub: it's in Japanese.
Although our Kanji decoder ring is in our other pair of pants, the pictures that accompany the text show a revised exterior that tones down the styling concepts that we've seen in the past. Gone are the LED headlights and integrated fog lamps, while new side vents and mirrors will be fitted to the production GSR model that makes its debut in Japan this October.
On the inside, we see a much more production-ready interior, complete with paddle shifters that control the dual-clutch gearbox, along with a revised instrument cluster with an integrated LCD displaying all manner of pertinent information.
Far easier to decipher are the power figures, which reveal that the new 4B11T engine produces 206 kw (or 276HP) at 6,500 RPM and 311 lb.-ft. of torque at 3,500 RPM. The dyno chart on the right shows the torque curve getting upwardly mobile around 2,000 RPM and then plateauing until 4,100 RPM before the power band smoothly drops off.We expect the official horsepower figures to crest the 300 mark when the Evo makes it Stateside next year, but we'll wait for official confirmation when we're on hand in Tokyo less than two months from now.
[Source: Lancer Register via Motor Authority]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MastrCake @ Aug 27th 2007 9:20AM
Where is the Deck? It wasn't in the interior photo!
Hagetaka @ Aug 27th 2007 11:44AM
So is this interior's quality going to be a significant upgrade from the normal Lancer's? Because even the GTS model had horrible interior plastics, and even the shift boot felt like paper.
tfr @ Aug 27th 2007 11:45AM
Just like the German companies have an agreement to speedlimit their cars to 250km/h, the Japanese have one to cap their cars in home market to 280hp.
So the horsepower figures should definitely not be taken as final - it's quite likely that they'll be around 300 in Europe/US.
bokuchin @ Aug 27th 2007 12:20PM
The front facia is "inspired by jet turbine engines".
stefan @ Aug 27th 2007 3:00PM
@tfr
That agreement ended in 2004, lots of new japs have more thab 280BHP.
SPG @ Aug 27th 2007 4:01PM
The last Lance and EVO looked so different from each other because the basic Lancer and even the Ralliart were so tame that a tastfully kitted Evo had a huge visual impact. You instantly knew that this was the fire breathing EVO.
Mitsubishi did such a good job making the current Lancer look severe and aggressive that the Evo model does not pack the same punch. The flared fenders are hardly noticible and the hood looks teenager designed.
Lee @ Aug 27th 2007 5:49PM
Why can't Mitsubishi make more cool cars like this? Everything else they build is fat and stupid. And I mean that in the most intellectual way possible.
Lancerion @ Aug 27th 2007 9:35PM
what happened to the stopwatch?
RockStoneSteel @ Aug 27th 2007 10:33PM
What's with the huge friggin' seam across the front of the hood? Why not extend the hood fully to the grill and eliminate that gap resembling the Grand Canyon.
Doesn't matter anyway, it's a 4 door sedan. Whether it has 100 hp or 500 hp, it will always be stodgy with more than 2 doors.
bokuchin @ Sep 7th 2007 12:58AM
I can kinda read Japanese. The cover does say lancer evolution x manual, but on the top right it says "prohibited to the public".