Evolution X

The new Mitsubishi Evo X. This picture was fowarded to me by a colleague of mine. To be honest, it is a radical design that the boffins at Mtisubishi have taken. I mean, gone are the traditional looks of a normal sedan being pumped up by testosterones. The headlights have been completely redesigned with LED and a widebody wheel arches. Yen has always commented on the wing being too high or big. Well, I believe Mitsubishi has found the perfect formula.

This Evo has different headlights as compared to the newly launched Lancer. You can truly say that the Evo is all grown up now. From the very first Evolution that rolled off the production line in 1992. Back then, even up till the Evo IX, I felt that it was very much a boy racer's car. It was your ordinary Lancer being stuffed up with so much technology that it is basically as Jeremy Clarkson quotes, "A Pentium processor on wheels!"

This car has truly evolved into on of the most menacing street machines on the road. On stock factory specifications, this car churns out quoted figures of 280bhp. A lot of motoring journalists have suggested that in true figures, it exceeds that of the JDM limitation. I mean, to be honest 280bhp is worth nothing nowadays. The Germans are going through the 400bhp treshold. Sure their cars are still electronically limited, but with a huge V8 engine, it'll bash any JDM machine inside out and finish it before breakfast.

Sure, it's not about speed. People argue, why do we need so much horsepower anyway? Well for me I'd say that it's an ego thing. Who cares how fast your car goes, do you have as much horsepower as I do?

But still, the Evolution continues to evolve...