The company started with a Lancer EVO 9 with just 1,500 miles on the odo and stripped it down to the bare bones. The body shell of a London Taxi Cab was then dropped on top creating the most innocent EVO we have ever seen to date. Follow the jump to watch it in some awe-inspiring donut action.
As you can see in the two videos after the jump, (the exterior photo was shot before the light modifications), Vilner replaced the standard Lancer EVO X's headlamps and tail lights with brand new LED units.
Inside, the Bulgarian studio gave the Lancer a black leather upholstery treatment with white colored accents and stitching, along with a black alcantara roof lining and carbon trim on the steering wheel and gear lever. A pair of OMP front bucket seats and the piano black decorative trim round off the interior changes.
On its part, Overdrive fitted the Japanese sports sedan with carbon elements on the outside along with 18-inch Weds Sports alloy wheels, a Greddy exhaust system, an adjustable K-sport suspension and finished up with a power kit that boosts the 2.0-liter turbocharged engine's output to 400-horses.
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As you can see in the two videos after the jump, (the exterior photo was shot before the light modifications), Vilner replaced the standard Lancer EVO X's headlamps and tail lights with brand new LED units.
Inside, the Bulgarian studio gave the Lancer a black leather upholstery treatment with white colored accents and stitching, along with a black alcantara roof lining and carbon trim on the steering wheel and gear lever. A pair of OMP front bucket seats and the piano black decorative trim round off the interior changes.
On its part, Overdrive fitted the Japanese sports sedan with carbon elements on the outside along with 18-inch Weds Sports alloy wheels, a Greddy exhaust system, an adjustable K-sport suspension and finished up with a power kit that boosts the 2.0-liter turbocharged engine's output to 400-horses.
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The Mitsubishi Lancer nobody really wants but almost everyone gets across the pond has become a bit more desirable in the UK with the launch of a new special edition, which as usual translates to additional equipment at a more competitive price. The new edition is called Juro and is based on the Lancer 1.5 GS2 hatchback, which is powered by a 1.5-liter petrol engine gasping out 107-horses and 143Nm or 105 lb-ft of peak torque.
The Lancer Juro comes equipped with black leather seats and an integrated Kenwood multimedia system that comprises Garmin Satellite Navigation, Parrott Bluetooth, iPod connection lead and reversing camera as standard.
Other standard features include 16-inch alloy wheels, climate control, alarm, leather steering wheel with audio controls, electric windows, mirrors and locks, and a color-keyed rear spoiler to keep all those ponies close to the ground.
In the UK, the Lancer 1.5 Juro hatch is priced at £14,749, which includes free metallic paint and VAT.
Mitsubishi President Osamu Masuko today announced that the automaker will kill most of its current lineup of U.S.-made vehicles by 2014, as part of the company's “Jump 2013” mid-term business plan. The decision affects the Eclipse and Eclipse Spyder sports cars, Endeavor crossover and Galant sedan, which are going to be replaced with global vehicles built at the manufacturer’s Illinois plant. The Outlander crossover, Outlander Sport small crossover and Lancer sedan will provide the underpinnings for the new models.
According to Mr. Masuko, these changes won’t affect U.S. sales. In fact, he predicted that sales and production numbers will increase, albeit no target has been specified.
“Our sales in North America will increase”, Masuko said. “We'll still be selling cars brought in from Japan, and we'll be adding the global small car as well”.
When it comes to combined sales, Mitsubishi expects the Japanese, North American and European markets to register a jump of 90,000 units over the next three years.
Furthermore, the company is exploring other possibilities to gain much needed market share as well.
One plan of action will see Mitsubishi rolling out no less than eight electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles by early 2016, including a small commercial truck version of the i-MIEV and plug-in hybrid SUV based on the Px-MiEV concept car shown at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show.
Mitsubishi also wants to bring its new global small car to the U.S. and target emerging markets with new models, such as a 1-ton pickup truck that could be jointly developed with Nissan.
Dynamometers, or dynos for short, are a useful tool in any racer’s arsenal. By applying some basic physical principles, a dyno can calculate the amount of horsepower and torque being transferred from the wheels to the track, without ever needing to leave the safety of the garage.
So here’s the scoop (according to the posters): some students at Mech-Tech College in Ponce, Puerto Rico were putting a Lancer Evolution VII through its paces on the school’s dyno, when disaster struck. Everything seems normal until 16 seconds in, when the Lancer careens to the left and slides off. Of course, it was all captured on video for our edification.
According to the EvolutionM forum, the vehicle was improperly strapped down. It has something to do with the fitting of a Blow Off Valve (BOV) dump tube which changes the way the vehicle behaves both on the track...and on the dyno. Of course, nobody seems to have taken this into account when tying the Evo down.
Check out the vid and let us know what you think in the comments section below.
So here’s the scoop (according to the posters): some students at Mech-Tech College in Ponce, Puerto Rico were putting a Lancer Evolution VII through its paces on the school’s dyno, when disaster struck. Everything seems normal until 16 seconds in, when the Lancer careens to the left and slides off. Of course, it was all captured on video for our edification.
Read more »Cars line maintained previously submitted a thumbnail. Mitsubishi Lancer X 2008 model year includes exhibition features Mitsubishi Concept-X and Concept-Sportback represented in the year 2005.
Mitsubishi Lancer X
The new Mitsubishi Lancer X has more body than a model which is conveyer. The total length is 4570 mm (more than a 35 mm), width-1760 (higher by 65 mm), height - 1490 mm (more than a 60 mm). Wheelbase is now equal to 2635 mm to 2600 mm from the previous model, which is in production.
Mitsubishi Lancer X
Cars built on the platform of Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi), "Project Global", a flexible structure which will enable it to share even with the new Outlander.
Mitsubishi Lancer X
Perhaps the most colorful external details of its new car is the front part, especially the radiator layout grid.
Mitsubishi Lancer X
While concept-car (CZ2, Tarmac Spyder, Pajero Evolution, etc.) or serial cars (Colt, the current Lancer, Grandis, a new generation Outlander, etc.) to clearly identify the main element forming a triangle logo with the three diamonds, a model for the North American market Eclipse and Raider has presaged a change in the style of the firm. Now he is focused on making a grid format air jet fighter.
Mitsubishi Lancer X Interior
Mitsubishi Lancer X
Chromed and divided in two, with the center located emblem Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi), it indicates a new step in the firm style. Building on ideas and Concept-X Concept-Sportback, Mitsubishi intends to give their cars a predatory sharks face deeply planted with "eyes".
Mitsubishi Lancer X Engine
Mitsubishi Lancer X
Producer new Lancer position in Europe as a model with 35 years of history in the motor. In light of the Old he can be a decent alternative for buyers, selecting Mitsubishi Lancer X ready. Creators represent Lancer as "excellent" from the other Mitsubishi Lancer X, which is "proud of its heritage, while not an overly massive brands, but has a very reasonable price."
Mitsubishi Lancer X
In Europe, Mitsubishi Lancer X sales will begin in the fourth quarter of 2007. Lancer H will be offered on four levels of power: the base, middle, top and "Porsche." They involve the installation of one of the five engines, including 2-liter diesel, common-rail injection system with a capacity of 140 hp These are already equipped with diesel Grandis and Outlander model in Di-D kit.
Mitsubishi Lancer X
At the North American market with a vehicle to present a more powerful engine in the base version. 2-liter MIVEC engine with the top two camshafts location and capacity of 152 hp In addition, it will be equipped with 6-step SportronicR CVT transmission. This is the first Japanese Mitsubishi Lancer X company on the U.S. market, which will be equipped with ER. Some provide for the installation kit SMT switches velocities.
These include an ECU re-map along with the addition of a high performance exhaust and downpipe, an intercooler piping kit, racing suction pipe, and upgraded CAT, all of which help deliver an additional 36 bhp and 22 lb ft over the FQ-300 SST, for a total output of 329bhp at 6,500 rpm and 437Nm (322-lbs/ft) at 3,500 rpm.
The result is a 0 to 100km/h (62mph) sprint time of 4.4 seconds, or 0.3 seconds faster than the FQ-300 SST, and a top speed of 250 km/h or 155mph.
In the UK, the FQ-330 SST is available immediately for order. Buyers can choose among four different colors - Cool Silver (M), Orient Red (M), Lightning Blue (P) and Phantom Black (P), all of which are included in the basic price of £35,999, which is £3,000 more than the standard FQ-300 STT variant.
source: http://carscoop.blogspot.com
| FQ-300 SST | FQ-330 SST |
Max. output (bhp) / rpm) | 295 / 6500 | 329 / 6500 |
Max. torque (Nm (lb ft) / rpm) | 407 (300) / 3500 | 437 (322) / 3500 |
0-62 mph (secs) | 4.7 | 4.4 |
Max. Speed (mph (kph) | 155 (250) | 155 (250) |
Price | £32,999 | £35,999 |
Standard equipment:
source: http://carscoop.blogspot.com
Of the six cars tested under the new ratings system, four managed to achieve Euro NCAP's maximum award of five stars: the Mazda 6, Mitsubishi Lancer, Toyota Avensis and Toyota iQ. Citroen's C3 Picasso minivan and the Subaru Impreza were both awarded four stars.
According to Euro NCAP, with the exception of the Subaru Impreza, all the other cars failed to impress on pedestrian protection.
After the announcement of the results, Mitsubishi and Subaru both said that they would change their ESC (electronic stability control) fitment policies for the Lancer and Impreza, as variants of these models without optional ESC were offered in some Euroepan countries.
Euro NCAP's new rating scheme requires all safety equipment, including ESC, to be standard on 85% of volume sales and at least optionally available on every variant.
The Lancer Sportback Ralliart will come with the EVO's all-wheel control (AWC) with Active Center Differential (ACD) and six-speed Twin Clutch-Sportronic Shift Transmission (TC-SST). Pricing and detailed information on the U.S.-spec Lancer Sportback will be announced nearer to its summer on-sale date.
