Evo X All day long I will never sell any of my evos.. I had fun driving it today I'll have fun driving it tomorrow I will have fun driving it forever 👍 for sharing the video.
I bought my evo x 2015 with 4 miles on it brand new! Now I have over 60,000 miles on it with 440whp. It's my daily and I absolutely love that car. Milford, Michigan
I left an 09 BMW M3 behind and bought a brand new 2011 Evo X GSR and put about $5,000 in modifications into it. The M3 was good fun but wasn't anywhere near as competent or sure-footed in the mountains and twisties. My GSR is semi retired in a climate controlled garage space alongside my 93' RX-7 Turbo. They get to play on perfect weather track days!
GS Alien that’s the awd confidence right there. I found the e9x bmws were solid chassis and handled well if you drove it properly but I’ve yet to really drive a evo so I can’t compare the two. Kind of surprised to be quite honest you liked the evo more than the m3 but then again I don’t know what you put into it in terms of mods. Solid collection of cars tho dude
AWD fucking sucks period. Have fun with three differential fluid changes and over $1,400 just labour on a clutch. Yea, and no EVO owner ever changes their own shit, they don't even change their own oil. FWD motor layout AWD electronic horseshit is the worst car to work on period.
@@SixCylinderSamurai I didnt suffer the lack of spanner inability as you and managed to service my own Evo VI? The only time i needed assistance was the ayc rear diff that needed a specialist tool, everythings really easy to do on them because they use standard bolts and theres plenty of space to work around !
@@oof771 You know I never gave the A4 a second look in 2004 because I was 11yrs old. But you’re totally right. I was always into Evo’s as a kid and the X was the first car Ide ever paid attention to with a grill like that and that stuck with me as “the first” ever since. I stand corrected.
I drove one of these (a 2008 standard UK specification model as opposed to a 2015 Final Edition) back to back with a 2008 Impreza WRX STI on a track at the end of last year, and the Lancer Evolution was much, much better in every way. The Impreza may have been slightly faster in a straight line, but in terms of styling, interior quality, gearchange, easy of driving and handling, the Evo X was simply miles better.
Alot of people hate the evo x because its the cool thing to do. Those same forza experts will probably never drive one or any of the older generations either.🤣
@@JayTac1 which makes no sense since the x out handles the 8 and the 9. In the US atleast. Yeah the car is pretty quiet inside since it probably has more sound deadening. They seem to confuse lack of road noise for lack of ability. 🤪
I had a 9 GSR with around 400bhp and it was great. Very fast, great handling, fun and safe. Easiest car to oversteer I've ever driven bar my Triumph Herald(!)....reviews at the time say the 10 lost this trait almost completely.
Jay you'll have to come drive my Evo 5RS at some point, it's a track build, but road legal, 450bhp 450fltb and it's that era where everything is super raw and a lot of fun. My dad has an ISF also which you may be interested in.
Bought mine last month US #1145. Had been dreaming of owning one since I was in high school and now I finally get to have my own after such a long time it's made me love the Evo name even more :)
@@rahgawd4533 I wish you the best! I too wanted an Octane blue or diamond white Evo. A stock diamond white one appeared in my state so I decided to pick it up. Octane blue was my first choice too!
The Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X and 9/8/7 was always sharper and faster around the tarmac/asphalt track corners than the equivalent year Subaru Impreza WRX STi. Was always a great performance value much like the much more expensive Nissan GT-R was back in 2008. Comparing this Mitsubishi Evo to the newest Honda Civic Type R FK8 is always interesting because it’s a AWD to FWD comparison but there’s something to be said about these manual Japanese turbo-charged machines that abandoned their rally aspirations for utter track supremacy in a family grocery getter shape with 4 doors and genuinely useable rear seats.
The Stis were always setup for a tonne of oversteer from v1 to the end. I have no idea why they didn't just tune it out, it's like the first thing you do to a subaru is tune the anti dive geometry out, a rear sway bar on the sti makes it dead even round corners
I live in the Pacific northwest where it's all wrx or sti. I can count about 10 per a day, in the end I still love my Evo X with the recaro not that 15 with grandpa seats
@@Djhinn yes but why spend extra 1,000 on it when 14 and below already has it. At that point your not even looking at recaros, you be looking to buy bride
@@SixCylinderSamurai and spark plugs and the exhaust and the turbo and having to replace the pistons and it's easier to modify and the clutch isnt 1,000 pounds, but yeah other than that.....
The CA-spec Final Editions had the best standard options of the lot. Though it's mostly cosmetic. Compared to the US, the Canadian FEs still had Recaros (leather + Alcantara mix) , BBS' (but with gold - lettered center caps instead of silver), 10"subs with premium (amplified) Fosgate head unit, and sunroof. Basically Evo MR bits sans chrome window trim, aluminum door still plates, and cup holder cover lid. Performance is 100% the same (Don't recall if the shocks are MR Bilsteins or regular MMC GSRs, though I believe even that is of MR fare.)
Makes me chuckle when owners fit a "Cold air induction kit" Which draws in surrounding hot air from the engine bay. Unlike the original. which has a snorkel to the outside cooler air.
@@Chrissy-H If you see the cone is 75% exposed and therefore open to hot air. Plus heat soaks into metal and when the engine runs for long enough,It will have generated heat under the bonnet just about everywhere. Hot air is the enemy of good combustion. That's why turbo charged engines have Inter coolers.
My first year EVO 10 has Recaro seats, they went cheap on the final editions. Mine is silver, I would not want white, shows the dirt to much. Mine has 125,000 miles on it and has been very reliable. My clutch was replaced about 90,000 miles.
My brother has a red one with that aero package and I have a grey one w/o the aero kit. I swapped in Recaro seats in place of the crummy and ass-pain Lancer seats.
Hey man I just wanted to let you know that I just stumbled across the very car you reviewed for sale right now I just thought it was crazy bc I’m currently in the market for one again and I was looking at videos for it and yours caught my eye as well as the car itself online
@@JointheKultt ETS Extreme Catback, ETS race testpipe, Cobb EBCS, ETS upper and lower IC piping, ETS Intake, pulled the stock turbo and rebuilt it to a 20G. Street tuned! Still need a downpipe and injectors. Have my E85 pump sitting in my car not installed yet. Upgraded rotors and pads.
The USA got short changed with the seats for the 2015/FE. Due to a change in side airbag regulations the recaros weren't supplied for the final year. The FE got a 12hp bump.
EVO 5 in yellow is the best! I loved mine and miss it everyday but had to sell due to moving overseas, evo 10 mivec engine not as good or strong as the 4G63 found in earlier models, make sure you drive an early model you will not regret it! Much better than the 10.
If you want the best possible EVO experience then drive the early models. from my experiences the 4B11T hasn't been as much as a hit with tuners as the 4G63 with a few horror stories however the 4B11T is a newer build where as the 4G63 has been around a long time. Either way the lighter more nimble earlier cars will always drive and look better plus the early 5 speed was a much stronger box, stock for stock there is no contest.
@@freshjive818 there are alot of 4b11t builds running around. The 5speed in the x is good to 800hp which the majority of owners wont build for. Any evo from the 6 and later all handle extremely well. In the US the X outhandles the 9 because the US 9 doesnt have all the handling options from the factory. Every motor has horror stories. That variable depends on the tuner, not the motor.
@@RealAnthonyJones in the UK the 10 has not been so much of a hit, it's not a bad car at all im not saying that but quite often there are complaints and people swapping for earlier cars, from what i have gathered aswell with my experience being in various EVO and JDM clubs that most have found they are just not as raw, designed more to fit the US market as mitsubishi were so desperate to sell cars for there dwindling US sales which made it a heavier car than its predecessor's, there are improvements in areas but there are also issues that shouldn't be there for a newer model which is frustrating and disappointing, one step forward and 2 steps back. Many people are still punching holes through the block having major problems with centre diffs, premature AYC failure (much worse than predecessors) clunky and failing SST's (however 5 speed is still good) over 90% suffering from bad shocks and bad build quality in general, it begs the question why buy a 10 over say a 9? if your from the US you probably wouldn't know just how good the 5 and 6 are and as for handling, every single evolution model handled extremely well but the 4, 5 and 6 will always have the edge due to there lighter weight combined with those sophisticated AYC differentials and were closer to the racing car they were bred from with the 5 having the best racing history, they look better, go better and have that rally history which adds a special factor to them. 1 to 9 were all fantastic models but the 10 was just a bit of a disappointment.
I have owned most Subaru models mainly the rare jdm spec c and S cars R type r a ect . 90s to 2011 . I now have a Jdm import manual Evo x what a car is all I can say it needs a few mods and a map to come alive. whoever says it’s not playful is lying it’s an incredible chassis, it’s a heavy car that hides its weight like a magic trick,fit a nice big rear arb and turn the assists off and tell me another car that dances like a 10 this car was too far ahead of its time for its own good the recognition will come and values will rocket in these coming years 5 speed for me personally is the car to have. it was and still is the best car of that era it was never a GTR and lost its recognition due to the R35 being launched at this time which was a incredible car on a super car slaying level . Yaris GR is years later and is getting the recognition it deserves the X did not sadly but I think it will .
Adore both cars but I'm an Impreza man (currently STi Type RA) having owned several of both during my years living in Japan. However, it does somewhat bother me that people stack an Evo up against a WRX; they should really be compared with an STi, and preferably a JDM car with equivalent power. An EVO is always going to be stacks better than a WRX in pretty much every area, as it should be.
The wrx owners cause that on themselves. Especially the guys with the FA motor wrx. They swear up and down that they can beat evos stock and then when they get their stage 1 ots tune they run away from any evo. Meanwhile a "stage 1" wrx in the real world still makes less power than any stock evo.🤣
I've missed too many of your videos, on a major catchup session, glad you've reviewed the Evo though. I had a VI gsr before my merc and have to say its probably the fastest b road blaster in the UK, i dont think much would stand with it running about 400 brake. Not sure about the X's though, ive read too often they dont handle as well as their predecessors? The seats do look a lot less supportive than the VI recaros!
Yea the standard seats are a letdown over the Recaros they got. I had one with the SST trans. And 390ish hp. Was perfectly reliable to 80k miles when i traded up.
Great videos BTW. Only just discovered these videos. You're one of the UA-camrs in that weird area where you'd obviously easily get a job on TV were it not for the date! In 2019 you can't get a TV job even if you're the obviously excellent LindyBeige, who by all rights shook have a permanent BBC presence and easily in the 90's would have become a national institution! Horrid histories would have been his baby. You'd have fit in perfectly on 5th Gear back in the day. Maybe have your own show, something akin to wheeler dealers. It's such a shame that TV has turned to shit. Anyway, love the videos and I'll post links wherever I'm able.
I've been considering an Evo X as a replacement for my Golf R... JM, what are your views in comparing the two? Keep in mind I would need to go for the auto box (thanks to my smashed up left leg) so I know it may be hard to judge fairly...
What could other youtubers do to match this video ? First, try sticking more cams all over the car. Easy, having multiple POVs is a piece of cake (even though very few "London Boys" do). Second ? Well, sorry for being rude, but this is the difference between Jeremy Clarkson and Chris Harris (/May/Hammond): JC is a writer/author when CH is a driver/drifter: If you can't verbalize what it feels like to drive a car, then when your drift is done, you're out of steam. Anyway, summary of this long rant: JayEmm is a writer,and that's what matters.
Thankyou Also glad someone appreciated the multiple angles - I get so many comments complaining videos are "just my face" when clearly that is not the case!
Should a 2015 car really be classed as old school? Are you saying this simply because of the engines character? Is it genuinely laggy like something such as a YB turbo in a Cosworth or a Rover T-series turbo in the 2-4-6-8 hundred series cars? Had Mitsubishi not developed forced induction engines a bit beyond the old school by 2015 just in the course of building whatever else was in their line up at that time? Love the vid by the way (as always). Keep em coming.
In 2015 this was already a fairly old car. It drives like one too and that's not a bad thing. It does boost like an older car too - delivering boost higher in the rev range unlike modern cars which tend to give it up earlier
The T16 was not laggy at all. It had a tiny turbo that was on song very early in the rev range (boost threshold) that when you changed gear it was back on boost very quickly. The T3 turbo on the YBT was more laggy and had a higher boost threshold but wasn't that bad. Don't confuse lag with boost threshold.
If you're going to critique or discuss a vehicle it would probably be a good idea to do a bit more research and background on the vehicle and its other trims/features. Alot of what you said was off or wrong.
Have to disagree. I owned one. Actually, I owned two because the first SST box broke after only 10,000 miles. It was clunky and unpredictable.It may have been made by Borg Warner but it was made by them in China out of leftover pieces of chocolate.
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@ Yeah its a lady owned car like the Dodge Charger that he test drove and we all know the outcome of that drive 😂, thankfully he liked this car though so no forfeit to pay!!
I've never understood why so many people like impreza. Maybe because it naturally sounds like a fart can? I have a ton of road and track mags dating back to 2002, in the back they compare cars performance. The Mitsubishi was always faster then the sub, it doesn't matter which year mag I grab. Also one dirt test on UA-cam where evolution stomped the impreza because of of the yaw control I think it was
@@machidaman that's a good point I didn't think of that. I was talking North American cars sorry, road and track is american. Funny gran turismo reference. Gt1 is where I got my love for cars too, I've done 14,000 races in gt4 lol
Not sure what magazines you were reading but plenty of imprezas were very heavily regarded and beta evos in tests whilst not requiring servicing every 4k miles.
The boot was tiny because they put the battery and the screen wash bottle between the rear seat back and the boot, and then crammed a sub woofer to one side as well! Filling up that screen wash bottle and not spilling it all over the boot carpet took some doing! As for the question, if you could have the Subaru engine and 6 speed box in an Evo, that'd be perfect. The Subaru has so much more character and the gearbox felt unbreakable. Having said that, neither my STI 330S or my X FQ330 were reliable. In fact, they were shockingly unreliable for Japanese cars. Stick to Honda or Mazda!
I own one and a GTR R35 at the same time.My Evo X was tuned to 400 bhp with a FQ 400 rego plate.My GTR killed it on a track day.Clalk and cheese.Loved them both,for different reasons.
The upgrade any 30s guy would do after owning a wrx-sti converted bug eye shit car. Sure, it doesnt make as much power as your subie friends, but its definitely slightly less in the garage than your friends let me tell you that much! This is the car that your dads would see speeding on the street and think its just another corolla type, whilst you would expect it being some bright-eyed whiteboy who still thinks evo just means a turbo and a simple AWD system and that's spoiled by his parents with this- ah oh this is a real evo. My cousin owned an evo, he was I think 22 when he realized his turbod EG civic wasnt very fast on the highway. So he leased a first year evo 10. He ended up giving up the lease to someone else who didnt know the 450+hps he put into the car also broke the clutch :/ that said, my cousin was laughing his ass off. I'll come with more monologues :)
The final edition in USA is shit, without recaros is not an evo and the owner of that car clearly has no idea about mods. That air intake is taking only hot as its not properly covered. The performance is affected.
@@jackthehat8593 I must take myself out into the shed and shoot myself in the face. Yes. The VI. My most sincere apologies. I'm so so terribly, horribly sorry. I don't think I'll ever be forgiven for this lost treasonous, most horrendous, most unforgiveable errors. And who starts a comment with "that moment when..."? In 2019?! 😂 Jesus.
Geezz, you can tell this dude is a subaru guy when he talked that crap about the evo. Do your home work man before talk about the evo over.here, he doesn't even know in his own country they called fq400 and not fq440...
Evo X All day long I will never sell any of my evos..
I had fun driving it today
I'll have fun driving it tomorrow
I will have fun driving it forever 👍 for sharing the video.
MoreBooostRacing that’s what I love to hear !
I bought my evo x 2015 with 4 miles on it brand new! Now I have over 60,000 miles on it with 440whp. It's my daily and I absolutely love that car. Milford, Michigan
I left an 09 BMW M3 behind and bought a brand new 2011 Evo X GSR and put about $5,000 in modifications into it. The M3 was good fun but wasn't anywhere near as competent or sure-footed in the mountains and twisties.
My GSR is semi retired in a climate controlled garage space alongside my 93' RX-7 Turbo. They get to play on perfect weather track days!
GS Alien that’s the awd confidence right there. I found the e9x bmws were solid chassis and handled well if you drove it properly but I’ve yet to really drive a evo so I can’t compare the two. Kind of surprised to be quite honest you liked the evo more than the m3 but then again I don’t know what you put into it in terms of mods. Solid collection of cars tho dude
must be nicee to have such a garage :)
Evo over Impreza ALL DAY LONG......I’d love the Tommy Makennin 5 or 6
almost, Mäkinen. Fantastic cars anyhow
AWD fucking sucks period. Have fun with three differential fluid changes and over $1,400 just labour on a clutch. Yea, and no EVO owner ever changes their own shit, they don't even change their own oil. FWD motor layout AWD electronic horseshit is the worst car to work on period.
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Litchfield Type 25 over any Evo for me.
@@SixCylinderSamurai I didnt suffer the lack of spanner inability as you and managed to service my own Evo VI? The only time i needed assistance was the ayc rear diff that needed a specialist tool, everythings really easy to do on them because they use standard bolts and theres plenty of space to work around !
Justin Uehara You have absolutely no idea.
The Evo X changed the game when it came out, even Subaru's wrx newer models started copying the Evo X style
Evo X also pioneered the giant open front grill. Now every car/SUV/crossover has it.
@@oof771 Audi open grill followed the X’s
@@oof771 You know I never gave the A4 a second look in 2004 because I was 11yrs old. But you’re totally right. I was always into Evo’s as a kid and the X was the first car Ide ever paid attention to with a grill like that and that stuck with me as “the first” ever since. I stand corrected.
@@oof771 What are some examples of vintage cars with open grill design? Out of curiosity
@@oof771 Im from the states. Was the b7 ever released in the US?
Please can you review that shirt.
I drove one of these (a 2008 standard UK specification model as opposed to a 2015 Final Edition) back to back with a 2008 Impreza WRX STI on a track at the end of last year, and the Lancer Evolution was much, much better in every way. The Impreza may have been slightly faster in a straight line, but in terms of styling, interior quality, gearchange, easy of driving and handling, the Evo X was simply miles better.
Owned both and totally agree
Alot of people hate the evo x because its the cool thing to do. Those same forza experts will probably never drive one or any of the older generations either.🤣
Yea, try working on one. They are fucking dogshit.
@@SixCylinderSamurai They're not bad to work on. It's mainly just the turbo and the timing chain that are a pain in the ass.
It's actually usually the guys with Evo 8s or 9s that hate on the X for being too soft in comparison to the older generations.
@@JayTac1 which makes no sense since the x out handles the 8 and the 9. In the US atleast. Yeah the car is pretty quiet inside since it probably has more sound deadening. They seem to confuse lack of road noise for lack of ability. 🤪
@@SixCylinderSamurai ive done minor stuff on mine, it isnt any harder than any other 4 cylinder.
I had a 9 GSR with around 400bhp and it was great. Very fast, great handling, fun and safe. Easiest car to oversteer I've ever driven bar my Triumph Herald(!)....reviews at the time say the 10 lost this trait almost completely.
Always the insecure Evo 8 and 9 harping about the X not being liked the 8s and 9s. If they were so great why didnt they sell comapre to the WRX?
Jay you'll have to come drive my Evo 5RS at some point, it's a track build, but road legal, 450bhp 450fltb and it's that era where everything is super raw and a lot of fun. My dad has an ISF also which you may be interested in.
Bought mine last month US #1145. Had been dreaming of owning one since I was in high school and now I finally get to have my own after such a long time it's made me love the Evo name even more :)
Raphtalia ' same here congratulations on achieving your goals and dreams my dream is to get an octane blue evo X
@@rahgawd4533 I wish you the best! I too wanted an Octane blue or diamond white Evo. A stock diamond white one appeared in my state so I decided to pick it up. Octane blue was my first choice too!
Evo 100%, everyone and his dad's had/got a wrx/impreza of some kind over here... there not even a head turner anymore whereas an evo demands a look.
The Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X and 9/8/7 was always sharper and faster around the tarmac/asphalt track corners than the equivalent year Subaru Impreza WRX STi. Was always a great performance value much like the much more expensive Nissan GT-R was back in 2008. Comparing this Mitsubishi Evo to the newest Honda Civic Type R FK8 is always interesting because it’s a AWD to FWD comparison but there’s something to be said about these manual Japanese turbo-charged machines that abandoned their rally aspirations for utter track supremacy in a family grocery getter shape with 4 doors and genuinely useable rear seats.
You seem to have forgotten the iii, iv, v, vi , vi.5
The Stis were always setup for a tonne of oversteer from v1 to the end. I have no idea why they didn't just tune it out, it's like the first thing you do to a subaru is tune the anti dive geometry out, a rear sway bar on the sti makes it dead even round corners
I live in the Pacific northwest where it's all wrx or sti. I can count about 10 per a day, in the end I still love my Evo X with the recaro not that 15 with grandpa seats
Seats can be swapped.
@@Djhinn yes but why spend extra 1,000 on it when 14 and below already has it. At that point your not even looking at recaros, you be looking to buy bride
@@LancerXDS Lol, not really. Bride is like $3k+ after you get seat rails. Vs $1k for some plug n play OEM recaro seats.
Got a 15 here in canada and it comes with recaros
@@Nawlege1 The Recaros were only excluded in the U.S.
I have an 08 evo x and I absolutely love it!!! I used to work for Subaru and the sti and WRXs were nothing compared to my evo
Except easier to work on with the exception of a timing chain, head gasket, or sparkplugs.
@@SixCylinderSamurai and spark plugs and the exhaust and the turbo and having to replace the pistons and it's easier to modify and the clutch isnt 1,000 pounds, but yeah other than that.....
I own one of these and love them. Jay I released a video yesterday explaining how the cars awd system works if you want to know a bit more
The CA-spec Final Editions had the best standard options of the lot. Though it's mostly cosmetic. Compared to the US, the Canadian FEs still had Recaros (leather + Alcantara mix) , BBS' (but with gold - lettered center caps instead of silver), 10"subs with premium (amplified) Fosgate head unit, and sunroof. Basically Evo MR bits sans chrome window trim, aluminum door still plates, and cup holder cover lid. Performance is 100% the same (Don't recall if the shocks are MR Bilsteins or regular MMC GSRs, though I believe even that is of MR fare.)
Yikes a Sunroof. Ewwwww
Makes me chuckle when owners fit a "Cold air induction kit" Which draws in surrounding hot air from the engine bay. Unlike the original. which has a snorkel to the outside cooler air.
No mate they totally work. You know that thin metal plate between the filter and the engine blocks 100% of the heat doesn’t it 🤣
@@Chrissy-H If you see the cone is 75% exposed and therefore open to hot air. Plus heat soaks into metal and when the engine runs for long enough,It will have generated heat under the bonnet just about everywhere. Hot air is the enemy of good combustion. That's why turbo charged engines have Inter coolers.
My first year EVO 10 has Recaro seats, they went cheap on the final editions.
Mine is silver, I would not want white, shows the dirt to much.
Mine has 125,000 miles on it and has been very reliable. My clutch was replaced about 90,000 miles.
My brother has a red one with that aero package and I have a grey one w/o the aero kit. I swapped in Recaro seats in place of the crummy and ass-pain Lancer seats.
My X MR has the 6spd SST gearbox that has been trouble free for over 300,000km.
My FE has only 3k miles on the clock. I just love it sitting in the garage staying perfect. So many X's have been destroyed over the years...
6k on mine, clean title and all. Its unfortunate to see how many has a blemish on their title....... but hey, cheers to us having even rarer cars :)
Its a bigger travesty that you don't drive it. That's what its there for. No enjoyment sat in the garage.
Hey man I just wanted to let you know that I just stumbled across the very car you reviewed for sale right now I just thought it was crazy bc I’m currently in the market for one again and I was looking at videos for it and yours caught my eye as well as the car itself online
Love my Evo X! Such an amazing car for the price. Sold my WRX for a 14 X GSR and it's been great to me.
What mods?? I love mine too!
@@JointheKultt ETS Extreme Catback, ETS race testpipe, Cobb EBCS, ETS upper and lower IC piping, ETS Intake, pulled the stock turbo and rebuilt it to a 20G. Street tuned! Still need a downpipe and injectors. Have my E85 pump sitting in my car not installed yet. Upgraded rotors and pads.
@@CO_EVO_8 Nice! You plan on going E85?
@@JointheKultt yup just reach my 400whp goal on E85. Will hopefully be pushing 500ish next year if I go big turbo.
@@CO_EVO_8 Im sitting at 420whp now im planning my build. Im going to go 6466 and shoot for mid 700s
Cracking video Jay 😉
The USA got short changed with the seats for the 2015/FE. Due to a change in side airbag regulations the recaros weren't supplied for the final year. The FE got a 12hp bump.
EVO 5 in yellow is the best! I loved mine and miss it everyday but had to sell due to moving overseas, evo 10 mivec engine not as good or strong as the 4G63 found in earlier models, make sure you drive an early model you will not regret it! Much better than the 10.
Yeah thats been proven false.
If you want the best possible EVO experience then drive the early models. from my experiences the 4B11T hasn't been as much as a hit with tuners as the 4G63 with a few horror stories however the 4B11T is a newer build where as the 4G63 has been around a long time. Either way the lighter more nimble earlier cars will always drive and look better plus the early 5 speed was a much stronger box, stock for stock there is no contest.
@@freshjive818 there are alot of 4b11t builds running around. The 5speed in the x is good to 800hp which the majority of owners wont build for. Any evo from the 6 and later all handle extremely well. In the US the X outhandles the 9 because the US 9 doesnt have all the handling options from the factory. Every motor has horror stories. That variable depends on the tuner, not the motor.
@@RealAnthonyJones in the UK the 10 has not been so much of a hit, it's not a bad car at all im not saying that but quite often there are complaints and people swapping for earlier cars, from what i have gathered aswell with my experience being in various EVO and JDM clubs that most have found they are just not as raw, designed more to fit the US market as mitsubishi were so desperate to sell cars for there dwindling US sales which made it a heavier car than its predecessor's, there are improvements in areas but there are also issues that shouldn't be there for a newer model which is frustrating and disappointing, one step forward and 2 steps back. Many people are still punching holes through the block having major problems with centre diffs, premature AYC failure (much worse than predecessors) clunky and failing SST's (however 5 speed is still good) over 90% suffering from bad shocks and bad build quality in general, it begs the question why buy a 10 over say a 9? if your from the US you probably wouldn't know just how good the 5 and 6 are and as for handling, every single evolution model handled extremely well but the 4, 5 and 6 will always have the edge due to there lighter weight combined with those sophisticated AYC differentials and were closer to the racing car they were bred from with the 5 having the best racing history, they look better, go better and have that rally history which adds a special factor to them. 1 to 9 were all fantastic models but the 10 was just a bit of a disappointment.
I have owned most Subaru models mainly the rare jdm spec c and S cars R type r a ect . 90s to 2011 .
I now have a Jdm import manual Evo x
what a car is all I can say it needs a few mods and a map to come alive.
whoever says it’s not playful is lying it’s an incredible chassis, it’s a heavy car that hides its weight like a magic trick,fit a nice big rear arb and turn the assists off and tell me another car that dances like a 10 this car was too far ahead of its time for its own good the recognition will come and values will rocket in these coming years 5 speed for me personally is the car to have.
it was and still is the best car of that era it was never a GTR and lost its recognition due to the R35 being launched at this time which was a incredible car on a super car slaying level . Yaris GR is years later and is getting the recognition it deserves the X did not sadly but I think it will .
Agreed! Evo > sti. I. Can't get enough jdm, even while be stationed here in Japan!!!
I have a WRX and i love it, i would also love to park one of these next to it on my drive.
Adore both cars but I'm an Impreza man (currently STi Type RA) having owned several of both during my years living in Japan. However, it does somewhat bother me that people stack an Evo up against a WRX; they should really be compared with an STi, and preferably a JDM car with equivalent power. An EVO is always going to be stacks better than a WRX in pretty much every area, as it should be.
The wrx owners cause that on themselves. Especially the guys with the FA motor wrx. They swear up and down that they can beat evos stock and then when they get their stage 1 ots tune they run away from any evo. Meanwhile a "stage 1" wrx in the real world still makes less power than any stock evo.🤣
Really great cars for what they are .
Not driven the Evo X but much preferred the Evo 9 over the WRX STI.
Evo all damn day
Good fun cars, I have an old imported Evo 4 and it's great for UK roads. Those seats don't look good in the X! Earlier ones are pretty decent
They got better and better up to the 6. Peaking with the now insanely desirable, almost perfect Tommy Makinen edition.
They got worse after that.
@@ThunderChunky101 the TM was an evo6 ;)
2019 still talking about evo x. 👍
Imho evo x was the precursor to modern euro awd hot hatch stuff. Dual clutch, moderate turbo on a 2L 4cyl
Thank you for going to America in a shirt made from old jeans pockets! I don't mind the yanks thinking we're nuts 😆😆 thanks for the video.
Coming from an Sri, Evo 9 MR all the way.
Mitsubishi all day ❤️
Mitsubishi is working on a new Evo! News got out just today, it will be related to the Megane RS apparently.
So it'll be a Mitsubishi A45 AMG?
No its not. They're focussing on electrification and their business model
What version did the evo x have? Was there an se or are they all the same?
You really need to get into a uk FQ model to appreciate the later evos
Great car. Thumbs up.
They removed the Recaro seats in the U.S. Market only. In Canada and the rest if the world all Evo's have the Recaro seats in GSR, MR and FE
I prefer the color octane blue or white , my fav version is the FQ400 evo
No contest the EVO 5 6 and the 9 was good as well .
I've missed too many of your videos, on a major catchup session, glad you've reviewed the Evo though. I had a VI gsr before my merc and have to say its probably the fastest b road blaster in the UK, i dont think much would stand with it running about 400 brake. Not sure about the X's though, ive read too often they dont handle as well as their predecessors? The seats do look a lot less supportive than the VI recaros!
Yea the standard seats are a letdown over the Recaros they got. I had one with the SST trans. And 390ish hp. Was perfectly reliable to 80k miles when i traded up.
Tradded up? Impossible lol jk
2012 pearl blue gtr black edition.. and an aw11 mr2 :)
@@JimCraig_riced Thats my next car but I wont be getting rid of the evo haha
@@JimCraig_riced Thats my next car but I wont be getting rid of the evo haha
Gran turismo has a lot to answer for
Such a pretty car 😍
Great videos BTW. Only just discovered these videos.
You're one of the UA-camrs in that weird area where you'd obviously easily get a job on TV were it not for the date! In 2019 you can't get a TV job even if you're the obviously excellent LindyBeige, who by all rights shook have a permanent BBC presence and easily in the 90's would have become a national institution! Horrid histories would have been his baby.
You'd have fit in perfectly on 5th Gear back in the day. Maybe have your own show, something akin to wheeler dealers.
It's such a shame that TV has turned to shit.
Anyway, love the videos and I'll post links wherever I'm able.
Much appreciated
Evo anyday unless it's a 22b we're talking but then even then I'd go for the Evo TME instead.
Looks like a transverse engine? I expected longitudinal with a centre diff like the subarus?
When has an evo ever had longitudinal?
it have a center diff. But the engine is transveral.
Love my 2011 MR.👍👍👍
Yall got finessed with the final edition on the US market
I've been considering an Evo X as a replacement for my Golf R... JM, what are your views in comparing the two? Keep in mind I would need to go for the auto box (thanks to my smashed up left leg) so I know it may be hard to judge fairly...
I'd stay with your Golf in your case
Stay with vw. The mitsu autobox isnt as capable stock vs stock
I`d get rid of the Golf its a disaster waiting to happen, like all products made by the VW group.
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So, you're either a troll trying to get a rise or someone that doesn't stay current with the automotive world.
stick with the Golf, DSG is just way too good.
The fq440 is a sst box
I know
If you had managed to slip into an older year you would be sitting in some decent recaros like mine
What could other youtubers do to match this video ? First, try sticking more cams all over the car. Easy, having multiple POVs is a piece of cake (even though very few "London Boys" do). Second ? Well, sorry for being rude, but this is the difference between Jeremy Clarkson and Chris Harris (/May/Hammond): JC is a writer/author when CH is a driver/drifter: If you can't verbalize what it feels like to drive a car, then when your drift is done, you're out of steam. Anyway, summary of this long rant: JayEmm is a writer,and that's what matters.
Thankyou
Also glad someone appreciated the multiple angles - I get so many comments complaining videos are "just my face" when clearly that is not the case!
The evo 5 and 6 are clearly the high point of the range
I wish Mitsubishi still made the evo..
Be glad they don't, they'd only of made it into an SUV of sorts ..
Alex Baker oh yeah I remember that rumour in the car mags. Thank god they didn't
They're not in a position to do so. They need to make money first, which Evo's don't lol
Tom Richards Car and Driver confirmed that a new sedan/hatchback evo will be made with awd and a Renault engine
@@carhecz4200 not yet confirmed. Just speculation from a "Reliable Japanese Source".
Evo no question
Should a 2015 car really be classed as old school? Are you saying this simply because of the engines character? Is it genuinely laggy like something such as a YB turbo in a Cosworth or a Rover T-series turbo in the 2-4-6-8 hundred series cars? Had Mitsubishi not developed forced induction engines a bit beyond the old school by 2015 just in the course of building whatever else was in their line up at that time? Love the vid by the way (as always). Keep em coming.
In 2015 this was already a fairly old car. It drives like one too and that's not a bad thing. It does boost like an older car too - delivering boost higher in the rev range unlike modern cars which tend to give it up earlier
The T16 was not laggy at all. It had a tiny turbo that was on song very early in the rev range (boost threshold) that when you changed gear it was back on boost very quickly. The T3 turbo on the YBT was more laggy and had a higher boost threshold but wasn't that bad.
Don't confuse lag with boost threshold.
If you're going to critique or discuss a vehicle it would probably be a good idea to do a bit more research and background on the vehicle and its other trims/features. Alot of what you said was off or wrong.
Please give me some examples and I will correct it in future Evo X videos
The dsg 6 speed is underrated ....Matt Farah liked it a lot
It's awesome I got one
Have to disagree. I owned one. Actually, I owned two because the first SST box broke after only 10,000 miles. It was clunky and unpredictable.It may have been made by Borg Warner but it was made by them in China out of leftover pieces of chocolate.
@@AliTaylor777 they are made by getrag
@@rowanlewisuk : my mistake. Still outsourced to China, though.
@@AliTaylor777 getrag is german my friend head company to magna PT ...... They supply transmission system to BMW ,mini,volvo,porsche , Renault and Ferrari ....you probably got a crap transmission ....... July 2015 magna PT brought getrag for 1.9 billion
Need the recaro seats bro
How much would it cost for you to burn that shirt?
reminds me of something the fresh prince of bel air would wear 😂
Go to claudioluglishirts.com, get JayEmm’s unique 15% ambassador discount (JAYEMM15) and burn all the shirts you’d want 😄👍
Hahaha... but you're right: That is one piece of atrocious looking cloth! :-D
I have a 300ish wheel Evo Fe if you wanna drive it in Ohio
Tyler Napolitano lol
If Mitsubishi gonna bring back the Evo line might as well bring back the regular Lancer line
Getting tired of the Mirage line up
At least after this review of a lady's car you didn't have to be wary of the huge blue pick up coming out to play 😂
@ Yeah its a lady owned car like the Dodge Charger that he test drove and we all know the outcome of that drive 😂, thankfully he liked this car though so no forfeit to pay!!
Cosmetically completely disagree. This is my favourite looking generation and look best in black 😈
I've never understood why so many people like impreza. Maybe because it naturally sounds like a fart can? I have a ton of road and track mags dating back to 2002, in the back they compare cars performance. The Mitsubishi was always faster then the sub, it doesn't matter which year mag I grab. Also one dirt test on UA-cam where evolution stomped the impreza because of of the yaw control I think it was
Not so for JDM cars though. The UK spec cars I agree were never quite up to the job.
@@machidaman that's a good point I didn't think of that. I was talking North American cars sorry, road and track is american. Funny gran turismo reference. Gt1 is where I got my love for cars too, I've done 14,000 races in gt4 lol
Not sure what magazines you were reading but plenty of imprezas were very heavily regarded and beta evos in tests whilst not requiring servicing every 4k miles.
@@tracktimevideos5164 yea they just needed new head gaskets.. I just listed it, it was road and track
@@MrPorsche91730 watch some best motoring videos at Tsukuba . Plenty of imprezas beating evos and vice versa.
Jay been hitting up all the ladies! Jealous... haha
The boot was tiny because they put the battery and the screen wash bottle between the rear seat back and the boot, and then crammed a sub woofer to one side as well! Filling up that screen wash bottle and not spilling it all over the boot carpet took some doing!
As for the question, if you could have the Subaru engine and 6 speed box in an Evo, that'd be perfect. The Subaru has so much more character and the gearbox felt unbreakable. Having said that, neither my STI 330S or my X FQ330 were reliable. In fact, they were shockingly unreliable for Japanese cars. Stick to Honda or Mazda!
Not the Mazda MPS though. They break as well.
Well, Toyota Corolla, Camry is reliable. If s that’s your only concern.
@mhffc : NSX? And the S2000 might not be as quick but it was leagues more fun.
@@tkangwei I'd rather own a car that broke down every time there was a Tuesday in the week than own a Camry.
Subaru engine would be a downgrade. Only the transmission is supposed to be better. But since theres alot less high hp subarus then evos who knows.
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1 to 9 were Evo's , 10 a bit bloated and refined
Jonathan Stringer based on a different chassis to the previous 9 cars, that's why.
The company that made evos called it an evo. Your point is invalid.
@@RealAnthonyJones people are idiots unfortunately
Evoooooooo 👌❤
I own one and a GTR R35 at the same time.My Evo X was tuned to 400 bhp with a FQ 400 rego plate.My GTR killed it on a track day.Clalk and cheese.Loved them both,for different reasons.
Wonder why that one has those terrible seats. Normally they come with nice Recaros.
Wtf is going on with the seats???? Earlier models had recaros
22B
Worst seats I have ever seen in a Final Edition. Must be a regional thing, as the Canadian Evo X Final Edition had leather and suede Recaros.
sounds like a hoover
The upgrade any 30s guy would do after owning a wrx-sti converted bug eye shit car.
Sure, it doesnt make as much power as your subie friends, but its definitely slightly less in the garage than your friends let me tell you that much!
This is the car that your dads would see speeding on the street and think its just another corolla type, whilst you would expect it being some bright-eyed whiteboy who still thinks evo just means a turbo and a simple AWD system and that's spoiled by his parents with this- ah oh this is a real evo.
My cousin owned an evo, he was I think 22 when he realized his turbod EG civic wasnt very fast on the highway. So he leased a first year evo 10. He ended up giving up the lease to someone else who didnt know the 450+hps he put into the car also broke the clutch :/ that said, my cousin was laughing his ass off.
I'll come with more monologues :)
Why did the owner put that little spoiler on the big spoiler. That's some dumb shit.
Evo MR
The final edition in USA is shit, without recaros is not an evo and the owner of that car clearly has no idea about mods. That air intake is taking only hot as its not properly covered. The performance is affected.
I had #747
There was blue white red and grey
the worse evo x verion you could of got in normal GSR would of been better or get it a british GSR fq400 much better everything
EVO
They only got worse after the peak - Tommy Makinen edition evo 7.
Makinen was an Evo VI.
bollocks
Agree the Tommi Mak is regarded as the best Evo.
That moment when you post something on YT as fact when actually you're talking out of your arse 😂😂😂. TME Evo 7 😂😂😂
@@jackthehat8593
I must take myself out into the shed and shoot myself in the face.
Yes. The VI.
My most sincere apologies. I'm so so terribly, horribly sorry. I don't think I'll ever be forgiven for this lost treasonous, most horrendous, most unforgiveable errors.
And who starts a comment with "that moment when..."?
In 2019?! 😂
Jesus.
Evo
Thats a hideous looking shift knob... On second thought, the interior is hideous. Two toned plastic in silver and black really looks cheap.
You dont buy an evo for its interior...if you want interior go with a Mercedes or something lol not an evo
evo
Geezz, you can tell this dude is a subaru guy when he talked that crap about the evo. Do your home work man before talk about the evo over.here, he doesn't even know in his own country they called fq400 and not fq440...
Why don't you do yourself a favour and google FQ440
Japanese made is not equal to JDM
I know, I did address that in another video
"Final Edition" 😠😢
...?
Can't wait for the evo11 and hopefully doesn't look as bloated like the evox
"ImpreTza" 🤢