The introduction of the tenth Lancer Evolution is a big milestone. Not
only for Mitsubishi Motors, but for everyone who loves high-performance
cars that are both functional and beautiful. This special book is an ode to
every aspect of the new Lancer Evolution.
As Ryugo Nakao, Product Executive, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, says:
‘The dramatic leaps forward in the evolutionary process of the Lancer
Evolution have been driven by the cutting-edge technology developed and
honed through our participation in the motorsport arena, fed back into
our production models. We invite you to experience for yourself the next
step up the evolutionary ladder.’
2. Preface
The introduction of the tenth Lancer Evolution is a big milestone. Not
only for Mitsubishi Motors, but for everyone who loves high-performance
cars that are both functional and beautiful. This special book is an ode to
every aspect of the new Lancer Evolution.
As Ryugo Nakao, Product Executive, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, says:
‘The dramatic leaps forward in the evolutionary process of the Lancer
Evolution have been driven by the cutting-edge technology developed and
honed through our participation in the motorsport arena, fed back into
our production models. We invite you to experience for yourself the next
step up the evolutionary ladder.’
3. Contents
CHAPTER ONE
Early living 6
A frank and colourful behind-the-scenes view of the actual design realization of the new Lancer Evolution.
CHAPTER two
Survival of the fittest 14
From 19th century Mitsubishi beginnings and successful rally history to nine successive generations of Lancer Evolutions.
A flight through time.
CHAPTER THREE
The expression of emotion 24
An emotional, visual tribute to the new Lancer Evolution.
CHAPTER FOUR
Science study 36
Food for petrolheads. All the facts and figures, technical specifications and elements that make a perfect driver’s car.
CHAPTER five
Natural selection 48
Portraits of Jackie Chan and other passionate people with big Evo-hearts.
CHAPTER six
Power of movement 54
The new Lancer Evolution is put to the test in the beautiful and rugged Black Mountain area of Wales.
CHAPTER seven
Evolutionary psychology 66
The innovative interior of the Lancer Evolution proves that function and beauty can go hand in hand.
CHAPTER eight
Reviews 72
What do international automotive journalists think of the Lancer Evolution?
CHAPTER nine
Varieties of species 74
Trim levels, technical specifications, equipment, colours, dimensions, accessories… Here you’ll find it all.
Index 86
4. CHAPTER ONE
Early living
With each new model created by Mitsubishi Motors, every millimetre
presents tough choices for its designers as they strive to balance form
and function while remaining true to the car and company’s heritage.
Despite the many obstacles that had to be faced, Mitsubishi’s passionate
design team came through gloriously. And so the tenth Lancer Evolution
was born. This is its inside story.
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Masaki Matsuhara, General Manager of Design at MRDE, Germany.
Matsuhara led the design development of the
Lancer Evolution (as he had for the Lancer).
He works at MRDE (Mitsubishi Research
Development Europe) and talks full of passion
about Mitsubishi’s latest creation: “The new
Lancer Evolution is now both a reality and our
company’s flagship. During the years I was in
charge of it, we stayed loyal to the following
three aims: First we had to improve function-
ality, so we pushed back the boundaries in all
areas, lengthening the wheelbase for greater
stability, lowering the centre of gravity and
widening the track. In the meantime we also
reduced the front and rear overhangs to make
the car more manoeuvrable both at speed and
in town. The second aim was to create an opti-
mal shape while taking the Lancer Evolution’s
aerodynamics to a new level. For the exterior,
in particular, our engineers completed an
exhaustive wind tunnel test programme. The
third aim was to give the car a design that
Norikazu Nakao (Clay modeller
exterior, MMC).
Hiroaki Matsunobu (Expert project
manager, MMC).
Tsuyoshi Imaizumi (Digital
modeller exterior, MMC).
These very first design proposals by exterior designer Norihiko Yoshimine ultimately
led to the new Lancer Evolution.
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Norihiko Yoshimine (Designer
exterior, MMC).
appeals to the customer, the toughest task of
all for any designer. But we believe there can
be real beauty in a shape designed to be
functional and if that design is executed with
real skill and emotion, it will possess the
power to ignite passion in those that see it.
Now that development is finished, we the
designers are confident that the Lancer
Evolution is a fitting flagship for Mitsubishi.
Please go and see it in real-life. Then feel it,
sense it. You will not be disappointed.”
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Two design proposals
The best way to underline Matsuhara’s words
is to explore two interesting phases in the
Lancer Evolution’s development and listen to
the designers closest to the project. The story
begins with the first ideas that were mere
sketches but which led ultimately to the
development of two design proposals in 2004.
Hiroaki Matsunobu, expert project manager for
Lancer/Lancer Evolution, explains: “As with
the Lancer, the initial design was based on a
MRDE proposal. Matsuhara was stationed
with MRDE and took the proposal with him
back to Japan, so we started the development
of the Lancer Evolution. Then two proposals
were developed at Okazaki, Mitsubishi’s RD
centre in Japan.” In Japan the exterior de-
signer Norihiko Yoshimine was responsible
for one of the two proposals and duly made a
40% scale model. Yoshimine: “The basic form
was unchanged, but the front fender was
different. My proposal was based on WRC
rally cars that adopt blister fenders for aero-
dynamic reasons and our goal became to
implement this feature into a passenger car.
I had the idea at the WRC ‘Rally of Japan’
where I heard people saying how the func-
tional beauty of such extreme shapes was
really cool. I thought we could apply this
thinking to a road car.”
The Decision
Designer Norihiko Yoshimine and clay-model-
ler Norikazu Nakao were in the the wind tunnel
day after day, refining Yoshimine’s model in
collaboration with engineers. Yoshimine: “The
rally inspired blister fender’s purpose was to
achieve functional beauty but it proved difficult
to scale down. In the wind tunnel with the 40%
model, we pursued pure functionality so had
no time for design refinement.”
The time had come to decide which of the two
proposals for the 40% model to choose. The
decision came when Yoshimine received a call
from Matsuhara himself: “Your proposal has
been selected. Do your best”.
The 1/1 model
The next stage was to make a 1/1 model of
Yoshimine’s proposal made of special clay.
Yoshimine: “In two weeks in the wind tunnel
we made sure everything would work as it
should while Norikazu Nakao shaped the clay
model according to the aerodynamic input. It
was the cold season, so his hands were numb
all the time. Nonetheless we managed it.”
Yoshimine, Nakao and the others turned to digital exterior modeller,
Tsuyoshi Imaizumi, for a final translation of all the hard facts to digital
data and vice versa.
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Carving the blister fender was one of the biggest obstacles to be overcome.
Clay modeller Norikazu Nakao doing his magic.
The exterior styling of
the Lancer (back) and
the Lancer Evolution
(front) took place at
almost the same time.
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Genuinely functional
The team now started to make a prototype
with a glass fibre body. Yoshimine: “It was
impossible to open an air duct in the bonnet of
the clay model so Tsuyoshi Imaizumi from the
digital group scanned the clay model. From
this data came the FRP (Fibre Reinforced
Plastic) body. Usually we don’t make a glass
fibre prototype at this stage but the Lancer
Evolution was different.” Matsunobu adds that
his team wanted to ensure at this point that
the design was genuinely functional. All the
lines, ducts and outlets should have a func-
tion - no ornaments would be allowed. The
team tested the design from every angle
through which airflow could pass. Yoshimine:
“Even the outlet behind the front wheels is not
simply for show but to let engine heat escape.
We made a shape in front of the hole so we
could improve its efficiency and even con-
quered the aerodynamic disadvantage of the
inverted slant nose. We were not going to be
beaten by a slant nose.”
Struggle
Now the toughest part of Yoshimine’s design
needed tackling: the construction of the fend-
ers that would provide both superior aerody-
namics and a distinguished look. This turned
out to be a mighty challenge. The ridge of the
front fender above the front wheels goes
fluently in a horizontal direction, but at the rear
a small but unavoidable problem occurred.
Yoshimine: “Door handles! To avoid these, the
rear fender had to be front sloping. The ideal
aerodynamic shape seemed impossible to
create, because it would cover the recess for
placing one’s hand on the door handle. We
tried all types of data—changing from concave
to convex, or a curve that would eliminate the
blister in the rear. Converting the CAD data to
the clay model proved almost impossible, but
finally we managed. The blister’s bulge is now
smoothly fused with the door.”
Beauty
With this important element conquered,
Yoshimine, Nakao and the others turned to
digital exterior-modeller, Tsuyoshi Imaizumi,
for a final translation of all the hard facts to
digital data and vice versa. The final parts like
the diffuser, the concave and convex surfaces
and the intake and outlets in the bonnet,
though complicated, were all gradually
finished. In line with the ideas of Matsuhara,
the Lancer Evolution had to be more beautiful
than ever and achieve this beauty through
functional shapes. Imaizumi: “I think,
together, we got it right, even down to the
smallest detail.”
There it is. The metal body work for the actual Lancer Evolution.
An end and a beginning.
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CHAPTER TWO
Survival
of the fittest
The new Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution didn’t just appear out of nowhere.
Its origins date even further back than its sporty predecessors
from the 1970s… In fact, its name speaks for itself: the Lancer Evolution
has been born after years of development and is part of a continuing
process for better, faster, more…
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If anyone living in 1870, the year in which
Yataro Iwasaki founded the Japanese
Tsukumo Shokai Shipping Company, had told
him that more than a century later his com-
pany would be producing the world’s best
rally cars, he wouldn’t have believed it. He
wouldn’t even have known what a rally was.
Or a car, for that matter. Maybe the crafts-
men on the big black and white photograph
would have believed it, because in 1917 they
built the Mitsubishi A behind them (see
image on page 15). The A was the first
series-produced motor car in Japan, built by
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co Ltd, a forerunner
of today’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
But even then there was still a long way to go
before the first genuine Mitsubishi rally car
would see the light of day.
First steps
It was not until the 1960s that Mitsubishi
produced another passenger vehicle, be-
cause Japan needed commercial vehicles
and buses in the preceding decades - intro-
ducing diesel engines in motor vehicles and
4-wheel-drive technology in Japan in the
process. Mitsubishi took its first steps in
international racing with the small 500 from
1960, basically an affordable and efficient
family car. Nevertheless, this two-cylinder,
493 cc car won its class at the 1962 Macau
Grand Prix while the other three 500s
entered came in second, third and fourth.
After this highly successful racing debut the
goals were set. The 600 from 1962, more
performance orientated than its predeces-
sor, followed the 500 and became firmly
established in motor sports after its fantastic
performance at the 1963 Malaysia Grand
Prix, where the first three places were taken
in the under 600 cc class, beating much
more established opposition. The following
year, the larger and all-new Colt 1000 took
the first three places in the Japan Grand
Prix. It was in 1966 that Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries Ltd. moved its motorsport activi-
ties from passenger car based ‘Touring Cars’
like the Colt 1000 to ‘Formula Cars’, open
monoposto classes. Here the new Mitsubishi
Colt F3A was competitive from the begin-
ning. Taking on the likes of Lotus and
Brabham, it won the Exhibition Class of the
1966 Japan Grand Prix. Circuit racing con
tinued all the way until 1971 when
Mitsubishi’s crowning achievement was to
win (first and second place) the Japan Grand
Prix overall with the Colt F2000. In parallel,
the car that can really be said to have laid
down the formula for success in rallying that
Mitsubishi has been enjoying ever since was
the 1967 58hp 1000F. Entered into the gruel-
ling Southern Cross Rally in Australia that
year, it came fourth overall despite its small
engine and won its class outright. The next
year, it earned Mitsubishi its first podium
position by coming third overall.
Lancer EX2000 Turbo at the 1981 Acropolis Rally.
Lancer Evolution at the 1999 Monte Carlo Rally.
Lancer WR05 at the 2005 Corona Rally Mexico.
11. This Colt 1000F can be considered as
Mitsubishi’s first genuine rally car and as
such, the first link to Lancer Evolution.
The ‘car-breaker’
The seventies and eighties prolonged
Mitsubishi’s success in motor sports, now
purely focused on the world of rallying. With
rally ace Andrew Cowan driving the 150hp
Colt Galant 1.6L GS, Mitsubishi gained its
first international rally victory in the 1972
Southern Cross. Then the Lancer came, saw
and conquered. It was 1973 and the sports
version, the 1600 GSR, took a remarkable 1-
2-3-4-victory in the Southern Cross. The
following year it ran its first World Rally
Championship (WRC) event: the extremely
tough East African Safari Rally, aka the ‘car-
breaker’. Finishing in one piece was difficult,
let alone winning. The 1.6 litre Lancer how-
ever, with Joginder Singh at the wheel, ran
straight to victory at its debut on the five day,
6,000 km rally, beating Björn Waldegaard’s
2.7 litre Porsche 911. Singh repeated his
success in the 1976 Safari Rally with other
Lancers coming home second and third,
while that same year Mitsubishi also took a
first in the Southern Cross Rally. After that,
Mitsubishi’s rallying victories became almost
countless, with the Lancer EX2000 Turbo and
the Galant VR-4 from the eighties being
amongst the most competitive cars in rally
championships all over the world.
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I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
TheNew
LancerEvolution
‘Evo’-mania
Enter the Lancer Evolution in 1992. What an
impact it had! This car was especially con-
ceived for Group A rallying, with the WRC in
mind. It owed both the 2.0 litre DOHC engine
and the 4WD technology to its predecessor,
the Galant VR-4, but the 2,500 mm wheel-
base of the Lancer was considered optimal
for a rally car and its much reduced weight
made it the perfect device to realise
Mitsubishi’s goal of becoming the dominant
force in world rallying. In its 1993 debut it
came third place in the Acropolis Rally and
second in the RAC Rally.
Its successor came in 1994. This Lancer
Evolution II, equipped with a new front spoil-
er, a larger one at the rear for greater stabil-
ity at high speed, and a new active 4WD
system, gained its first WRC win at the
Swedish rally in 1995. With every new Lancer
Evolution generation, Mitsubishi improved
the technology to meet the ever-changing
demands of the World Rally Championship
and tightened its grip on world rallying. The
rallying successes also had a tremendous
effect on Lancer Evolution sales, as produc-
tion cars were also equipped with state-of-
the art rally technology. By August 1996 an
absolute record sale of 7,000 cars had been
established for the street version of the third
generation Lancer Evolution. By this time it
was Evo-mania: the initial production run of
its successor, 6,000 cars, sold out in three
days!
World Rally Car
The 1996 season brought Mitsubishi its first
driver’s title thanks to the legendary Tommi
Mäkinen, a feat he repeated the following
year driving the all-new Lancer Evolution IV.
But it was the Lancer Evolution V which, in
1998, made the breakthrough everyone had
been working so hard for: the Manufacturer’s
Championship in the WRC, with Tommi
Mäkinen winning his third consecutive
Driver’s Championship. This all happened
despite the fact that the Lancer Evolution V
was still a Group A car, while in the mean-
time a special rally car class had emerged:
the World Rally Cars. These were still Group
A cars, but did not require homologation and
therefore could be more purpose-built for
rallying.
Therefore the Lancer Evolution VI was the
last genuine Group A car built by Mitsubishi.
The 2001 Lancer Evolution VII, based on the
larger Lancer Cedia platform, was
Mitsubishi’s first World Rally Car, introducing
Mitsubishi’s Active Centre Differential.
The Lancer Evolution VIII followed in 2003
and became the first Lancer Evolution to be
officially sold in Europe and the United
States, adding Super Active Yaw Control
technology to its already superlative
enablers. Last of the previous generation,
the 2005 Lancer Evolution IX featured more
sophisticated aerodynamics, light material
(aluminium) body construction, etc...
It’s been sixteen years since 1992 and
Mitsubishi Motors now presents the next
generation of the highly acclaimed Lancer
Evolution series. More than just another
iteration, the new Lancer Evolution breaks
the mould, reaching new frontiers in terms
of driving dynamics, but at the same time
responding better to market demands for
design, convenience features and long-
distance driving.
www.lancer-evolution.eu
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CHAPTER THREE
The expression
of emotion
Every angle, every line and every inch… The new Lancer Evolution breathes
pure emotion. Its totally new design embodies a rich rally history as well
as a timeless future. Looking at the car carefully, you can actually feel
the focus and commitment of its developers. What you see and feel is their
expression of emotion captured in one modern masterpiece.
Strength
of mind
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Engine performance curve
Torque(Nm)
Output(kW)
Engine speed (rpm)
217kW(295hp)
6500rpm
366Nm
3500rpm
CHAPTER FOUR
Science Study
The new Lancer Evolution has rightly earned praise from all four corners
of the earth for its rugged good looks and purposeful stance, but its beauty
is not simply confined to what you can see on the surface. Go beneath the
skin and you’ll find a car that is engineered like no other car on earth. In
every area, from its body, suspension and brakes to its engine, gearbox and
aerodynamics, the Lancer Evolution has benefited from the total engineering
integrity approach applied by Mitsubishi Motors’ engineers.
Technical Team
A small group of Mitsubishi’s
most experienced engineers
headed the team that devel-
oped the Lancer Evolution.
Led by Ryugo Nakao, he
explains how the philosophy
of the new car differs from
those which preceded it:
‘In developing the Lancer
Evolution series to date the
main thrust has been how
fast we could make them.
But in our view things have
now changed. Today’s new
generation of super high-
performance machines need
to deliver more than absolute
speed; they have to wrap
that speed in safety and in
comfort. Reconciling these
apparently contradictory
performance qualities
became our mission in de-
veloping the new model.’ He
continues: ‘It has been our
wish that customers who for
one reason or another gave
up their super high-perfor
mance machines now revisit
the passion they used to feel,
the excitement they used to
enjoy. That is the mission
that has driven the dramatic
progress achieved’.
The new Lancer Evolution
product manager was
Hideyuki Iwata and he
expands on these themes,
explaining the motivation
Evolution in terms of automo-
tive technology. We gave
much thought to what was
necessary to realize further
advances in Lancer Evolution’s
road performance qualities:
speed and acceleration,
cornering and handling and
braking. The answer: go back
to the basics. Our focus in
this process was not on
absolute speed or accelera-
tion but rather on-demand,
feel-good acceleration.’
behind the new direction
taken by the new Lancer
Evolution and how the benefit
can be seen not just on paper
but, most importantly, on the
road as well. ‘Firstly, while the
major advances made by
previous Lancer Evolutions
were mostly of a technological
and engineering nature, the
new Lancer Evolution has
leapt forward in the design
field too. Working in close
cooperation with the designers
who created a final shape that
has aerodynamic technology
built in throughout. There is a
purpose to every shape and I
believe that the new Lancer
Evolution’s functionally
appealing design makes those
reasons plain to see.
Secondly, we have the
advances seen in Lancer
Engine team: ‘Drive it and feel its performance and response yourself!’
The result is a car that’s not
merely faster but, more
importantly, better in every
important area. It’s easier yet
more fun to drive. It’s more
stable in a straight line and
quicker around a corner, yet
safer both in terms of avoiding
an accident and how it behaves
if the worst should happen.
It contains the sum total of
Mitsubishi’s unique engineering
knowledge and represents the
single largest step forward in
the entire 16 year history of the
legendary Lancer Evolution.
It is no exaggeration at all to
call it a technical masterpiece,
a car where everything has a
place and a purpose, a car
brimming with state of the art
technology, yet utterly devoid
of pointless gimmicks. This
chapter will explain in detail
the most important techno-
logical developments within
the Lancer Evolution, intro-
duce you to the people
responsible for them and
explain their importance to
the car.
Engine
The new Lancer Evolution is the
first in the history of the breed to
feature an aluminium engine block,
leading to a saving of 12.5kg.
The S-AWC development team: ‘Seamless control brings driving pleasure
and reassuring security.’
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Computer
Engine load
Cam angle sensor
Oil control valve
Exhaust MIVEC actuator Intake MIVEC actuator
4B11
495mm
Rearward facing exhaust manifold layout
4G63
10mm
downward
630mm
Power unit
The new 4B11 DOHC MIVEC turbocharged engine takes up the
mantle from the 4G63 and is now powering the new Lancer
Evolution. In developing the new power unit, efforts focused
on creating a high output engine that returned excellent fuel
economy with clean emissions.
The 4B11 uses a forward facing intake and rearward facing
exhaust ports. This change has eliminated the need to run the
exhaust pipe under the engine, allowing the engine to be lowered
by 10mm and contributing to a lower centre of gravity.
Engine and Turbo
To most ‘4G63’ is just a
collection of letters and
numbers, but to true Lancer
Evolution aficionados they
are a legend, for this is the
designated title of every
Lancer Evolution engine of
the last 15 years. But now
there’s a new name in town,
it’s called 4B11 and, in years
to come, it will become as
revered as its predecessor,
for it is the designation of the
all new engine used by the
new Lancer Evolution.
Although it retains the 2-litre,
four cylinder, twin-cam, 16-
only lighter as a result, but
more compact, allowing it to
be positioned 10mm lower
than in the Lancer Evolution
IX and so lowering the centre
of gravity.
Titanium Turbo
Crucial to the effectiveness of
any turbocharged engine is the
speed at which the turbo can
respond, and by using a
titanium turbine wheel in the
turbocharger, response times
have been improved by up to
18 per cent over the previous
model.
valve design architecture of
its illustrious forebears, it is
new, quite literally from the
ground up.
Most notable is that its block
is now made from cast
aluminium, saving 12.5kg
but at the same time it
produces more power (295hp
at 6500rpm) and more torque
(366Nm at 3500rpm) than the
engine it replaces.
It was designed to be
inherently smooth-running,
negating the need for the
secondary balancer shafts
found on the 4G63 and is not
Highly effective: a
titanium turbine
wheel with aluminium
compressor wheel.
MIVEC continuous VVT system
35° change in exhaust cam angle
At max. advance At max. retard
At max. retard
At max. advance
Cam phase angle Advance chamber Retard chamber
Valve overlap
At max. retard At max. advance Intermediate position
Crank angle
25° change in intake cam angle
To increase accuracy
and durability the new
4B11 employs a timing
chain instead of a
timing belt.
The variable valve
timing of the 4B11
changes the cam
angles on the intake
and exhaust cams,
depending on engine
speed and load.
New cylinder
head with double
variable valve timing
The 4B11 engine features a
truly innovative aluminium
cylinder head that helps to
save weight and to improve
cooling efficiency as well as
fuel economy.
Unlike its 4G63 predecessor,
the new engine features
direct valve activation rather
than employing a rocker
system to increase valve
response, to improve the
level of accuracy and
reliability, and finally also to
intake valve to maximise air
volume in the combustion
chamber. Similarly if optimal
low speed torque is asked for,
the intake valve timing is
advanced while the exhaust
valve timing is retarded.
allow higher engine speeds.
But most notable is that the
famed Mitsubishi Innovative
Valve timing Electronic
Control (MIVEC) which
continuously varies the valve
timing now operates on the
exhaust as well as the intake
valves. This improves torque
and output over the full rev
range, especially in the lower
and middle range.
In normal driving, this
ensures increased valve
overlap to maximise fuel
efficiency but as soon as
more power is required, it
will delay the closure of the
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Twin clutch system
The secret of the TC-SST is
that it is effectively two three
speed gearboxes – one for odd
numbered gears and one for even
ones – mounted on the same
output shaft.
New Lancer Evolution Lancer Evolution IX
5-speed M/T synchromesh comparison
Single synchromesh
Single
synchromesh
Multi-
synchromesh
(double)
4th5th
5th
4th
Shift fork 4
Shift fork 3
No.2 clutch (even gears)
No.1 clutch (odd gears)
Centre differential
Driving in 1st gear Driving in 2nd gear2nd gear pre-select
Shift fork 2
Transfer gear
Shift fork 1
Twin Clutch SST
Twin Clutch SST shifting mechanism (from 1st to 2nd gear)
Even gear
input shaft
Odd gear
input shaft
A toggle switch allows
the driver to choose
between Normal,
Sport and Super Sport
modes.
Twin Clutch Sport
Shift Transmission
(TC-SST)
Another all-new development
for the Lancer Evolution is its
Twin Clutch SST. This gearbox
not only offers the best
features of both automatic
and manual transmissions:
it exceeds them.
Apart from the steering
wheel-mounted paddles, it
appears just like a conven-
tional automatic: there are
two pedals and a centre-
console mounted gearshift.
However the six speed TC-
SST gearbox has no torque
converter making it more
efficient than a normal
automatic. Instead it uses two
clutches, one to engage the
gear in use, the other to pre-
select the next gear required.
That way, when the command
for the next gear is given
either by the driver or, in
automatic mode, by the on-
board computer, the change
takes place instantaneously.
Automatic mode – activated
when the gearshifter is in ‘D’
- leads to seamlessly smooth
gearchanges, but also when
the driver moves into manual
mode, either by using the
steering wheel paddles or
moving the gear lever into its
manual plane, the shift
quality is both quicker and
smoother than any human
could manage.
In addition to offering both
manual and automatic gear
selection, the TC-SST also
offers three distinct driving
modes, operated by a button
located behind the gear stick.
In ‘Normal’ mode, gears are
changed as smoothly as
possible at relatively low
revs, to maximise comfort
and economy. ‘Sport’ mode is
ideal for spirited country
driving and both quickens the
shifts and raises change
points. The ‘S-Sport’ (Super-
Sport) mode is really intended
for purely sporting environ-
ments like race tracks and
offers up the fastest con
ceivable shift times while
letting the engine reach peak
revs between changes, never
the well proven principle of
using inverted strut front
suspension and a multi-link
rear axle, all aspects of its
design from its geometry to
its spring, damper and roll-
bar rates have been rethought
from scratch. World-leading
Eibach springs complete with
Bilstein dampers are used at
each corner.
At the front, the suspension
has been modified to accom-
modate the 18” Enkei wheels
or even lighter BBS forged
alloy wheels with their 245/40
section tyres while improving
steering precision and,
through the extensive use of
aluminium, keeping unsprung
weight – one of the greatest
enemies of the chassis
engineer – to a minimum.
At the rear, forged aluminium
is used for both the upper and
lower arms while the entire
assembly is more rigidly
mounted to the car’s structure
to improve handling response
and minimise vibration.
Combined with the Lancer
Evolution’s added structural
rigidity, this suspension
system offers great wheel
control, superb grip yet added
ride comfort and refinement.
falling below 4500 rpm in
automatic mode. The TC-SST
allows the driver to achieve
the quickest possible accele
ration from rest, by removing
human error and therefore
consistently improving
acceleration times.
So if you can imagine the
smoothest automatic gearbox
and the quickest manual you
can think of in the same car,
you have an idea of what
Mitsubishi’s TC-SST gearbox
can achieve.
The new Lancer Evolution is
also available with a standard
five speed manual gearbox
designed to have a greater
torque handling capacity than
that in the car it replaces,
combined with a more
satisfying shift quality.
Suspension
Like the rest of the car, the
suspension of the Lancer
Evolution has been entirely
revised. Although it follows
Twin Clutch SST team:
‘Lightning-fast and
seamless
shifting feel.’
Steering wheel-mounted magnesium shift paddles.
The five speed manual
transmission of the
new Lancer Evolu-
tion uses multi-cone
synchronizer rings for
improved performance
and durability.
For a high-performance sedan to realize unrivalled handling and response it must have a superior suspen-
sion system that provides the maximum tyre/surface contact and grip. The Lancer Evolution’s suspension
system has been set up for outstanding cornering performance while at the same time delivering a quality of
ride comfort that befits a new generation sports sedan. BBS forged alloy wheel.
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Active Yaw ControlActive Centre
Differential
Active Stability
Control
Anti-lock Braking
System
Braking
Acceleration from standstill
Entering corner
Pulling out of corner
Oversteer
Understeer
component in operation
Active Yaw Control
AYC regulates the torque differential between the rear wheels
to enhance cornering performance and traction.
S-AWC System
The S-AWC system provides three
distinct strategies for the driver to
choose between, for use when the
car is being driven on snow, gravel
or tarmac.
Super All Wheel
Control
Super All Wheel Control
(S-AWC) is a short name for a
number of different electro
nic and mechanical devices
that work together to create
the way the Lancer Evolution
responds to the driver. It is
no exaggeration to call this
system unrivalled by any
other in existence and it
provides the latest Lancer
Evolution with the ability to
build further upon the already
staggering dynamic reputation
of the previous nine genera-
tions of Lancer Evolution.
Active Yaw
Control (AYC)
AYC remains a feature
unique among road cars to
the Lancer Evolution and
has been developed further
for this tenth generation.
As in previous versions, an
electronically controlled rear
differential takes informa-
tion about longitudinal and
lateral acceleration, steering
angle and wheel speed and
apportions torque between
the rear wheels according
to need. In addition the new
Lancer Evolution now has
the ability to compare the
attitude of the car to that
As before, the S-AWC can be
tailored to snow, gravel or
tarmac surfaces at the flick
of a switch.
Active Centre
Differential (ACD)
At the heart of the S-AWC
system lies an active centre
differential. Unlike passive
systems that react only to
the detection of a loss of grip
at either axle, the ACD also
takes electronic information
from the S-AWC system to
determine the optimal torque
split between the front and rear
axles and distributes it via a
hydraulic multi-plate clutch.
intended by the driver and,
using AYC, make the neces-
sary adjustments to ensure
the driver’s wishes are car-
ried out.
Active Stability Control (ASC)
Using sensors located around
the car, ASC allows wheel slip
at either end of the car to be
detected immediately and, by
strategically applying each
individual brake according
to need, prevents a loss of
control developing. The sys-
tem is so swift to react and
so smooth in its actions, the
driver is often unaware of its
operation.
Sports ABS
This system uses sensors
at all four wheels to prevent
wheels from locking even
under the most extreme
braking. The system has
been designed to be as
Active Centre Differential
ACD regulates the speed differential between front and rear wheels to enhance steering response and
traction.
S-AWC indicator on Multi-information display.
S-AWC’s vehicle dynamics control system
CAN cable
Electric lines
Hydraulic lines
ACD
transfer
Indicator
ASC OFF switch
ACD / AYC hydraulic unitSteering angle sensorWheel speed sensor
AYC differential
S-AWC mode selecter
Engine
TM
TM
ECU
ETACS
S-AWC
ECU
Engine
ECU
Integrated yaw G sensorASC / ABS hydraulic unit ECU
S-AWC system
ABS
Active Stability Control (ASC)
AYC (brake force control)
AYC (lateral torque vectoring)
Degreeofcontrol/benefit
ACD
Driving statusStable Critical
Activation of S-AWC components
non-intrusive as possible
and comes complete with
Electronic Brakeforce
Distribution (EBD) that
makes sure each wheel
has the maximum possible
braking power available at
all times.
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Roof
Fenders
Front bumper beam
Engine
bonnet
Use of aluminium panels
A V-shaped brace
greatly increases the
torsional stiffness of
the body structure.
Critically, the new Lancer
Evolution also has a wheel-
base that is 25mm longer
than the Lancer Evolution
IX and a track that is 30mm
wider, offering yet more
stable handling, better grip
and improved ride comfort.
Safety
With the Lancer Evolution,
safety is not something
that’s been added, it’s been
designed into the car at an
almost molecular level.
There is no more important
responsibility for any car
than to ensure the safety
of its occupants and, as
we shall see, whether you
measure a car’s ability to
avoid an accident or how it
performs if the worst does
happen, the new Lancer
Evolution is one of the safest
ultra-high performance cars
ever made.
Body and chassis
The key to making any car
handle properly is achiev-
ing first class structural
stiffness and the new Lancer
Evolution is over 50 per cent
stiffer than the Lancer Evo-
lution IX, providing a superb
platform for the suspension
systems to work. This has
been achieved through the
use of high and super-high
tensile steels in the car’s
structure, to maximise rigid-
ity while, at the same time,
keeping weight gain to a
minimum.
Aluminium is used extensively
in the construction of the new
Lancer Evolution, with the
roof, bonnet, front fenders and
front and rear bumper beams
being made from the ultra-
light material. This serves
not simply to keep weight to a
minimum, but also to con-
centrate mass in the centre
of the car and keep the centre
of gravity as low as possible
which is also critical to creat-
ing a great handling car.
equipped with force limit-
ers. For added pedestrian
protection, the bonnet is now
supported by a corrugated
rather than a conventional
beam structure to reduce
injuries.
Passive safety
Like all Lancers, the new
Lancer Evolution is built
around Mitsubishi’s cut-
ting edge RISE (Reinforced
Impact Safety Evolution)
monocoque structure. This
massively strong assembly
employs the strategic use
of ultra-high tensile steels
never seen before in any
previous Lancer Evolution
model to ensure maximum
crash protection from the
front, side and rear. The
body is designed to direct
impact forces away from the
occupants and for the car’s
extremities to deform in a
pre-programmed manner
while the passengers remain
safe within a steel safety
cell.
As well as this structural
strength, all new Lancer
Evolutions come with seven
airbags as standard – adding
a driver’s knee airbag to go
with the more usual front,
side and curtain airbags,
while the front seatbelts
are both pre-tensioned and
High rigidity body
Functional air ducts in the aluminium bonnet.
Seven airbags including a knee airbag
as standard.
Torsional rigidity +40%
Flexural rigidity +60%
(compared to Lancer Evolution IX)
Red parts: specially reinforced parts
for the new Lancer Evolution.
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Undercover Transfer cooling airflow
Brake cooling airflow
The airflow
underneath the
front of the car.
Bi-xenon headlamps
with cornering lamps.
Bonnet air intake
Bonnet air outlet
Fender vent
Fenders Side skirt
Large rear spoiler
Rear combination
lamp units
Front edge of
engine bonnet
Lower surface of front bumper
Front wheel arch rear lip
Front wheel arch airdam
Body parts with aerodynamic properties
The Lancer Evolution’s body has been developed to realize superior overall
aerodynamic performance both in terms of air resistance and downforce.
styled to decrease drag and
lift. Underneath the car, air
is channelled by diffusers
to increase downforce and
therefore grip and stability at
high speeds while, at the back,
the substantial rear spoiler
also plays an important part
in maintaining the car’s aero-
dynamic balance and handling
consistency at all speeds.
On its way past the car, the
airflow is also used to help
Airflow design
From front to back, every
surface of the new Lancer
Evolution, including the one
you can’t see under the car,
has been designed to exploit
the air flowing over it.
At the front, large air-intakes
ensure the engine receives
the cooling it needs while
the whole front bumper is
extract hot air from under
the bonnet, cool the brakes,
further reduce drag and lift
and cool the car’s trans-
mission. Even the exhaust
system has been strategi-
cally located so as to ensure
the most aerodynamically
efficient exit path for the
engine gases.
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Active safety
At a fundamental level, the
Lancer Evolution’s speed,
agility and all-wheel drive
system gives it a huge ad-
vantage over conventional
cars when it comes to avoid-
ing accidents. In addition to
this, all the functions of the
S-AWC system discussed
earlier do not merely make
the car more fun to drive,
they also make it far easier
to control in an emergency
situation.
And when it comes to the
simple business of slowing
the car, the Lancer Evolu-
illuminate your direction of
travel during manoeuvring
at speeds below 100km/h,
depending on the steering
angle.
tion has some of the best
equipment in the world to
help, in the shape of massive
Brembo brakes. With 350mm
ventilated discs with four
piston calipers at the front
and 330mm items at the rear
(up from, respectively, 330
and 310mm for the Lancer
Evolution IX), the new Lancer
Evolution offers massive
stopping power even before
electronic safety systems
like S-ABS and EBD need to
be triggered.
Another active safety feature
is bi-xenon headlamps with
cornering lamps which
The new Lancer
Evolution offers
massive stopping
power.
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CHAPTER FIVE
Natural
selection
What’s 295hp without feet on the pedals? What’s S-AWC without two
hands clasped around the steering wheel? A driver’s car without a driver?
Nothing. The Lancer Evolution is a car meant for enthusiasts – built by and
for passionate people. Men and women who appreciate every single second
in their Lancer Evolution. Time to introduce some of those Evoists.
Name: Uwe Nittel
Age: 38
Place of residence:
Adelmannsfelden, Germany
Occupation: Rally driver
My Lancer Evolution:
“The Lancer Evolution has become
a part of me since 1995 and
I’ve achieved a lot of success in
my sport with it. I trust it, both
professionally and privately.”
Best thing about the Lancer
Evolution?
“Performance, dynamics and
safety are the features that make
the Lancer Evolution the ultimate
driving machine. What I love about
the Lancer Evolution, is the good
inclination of performance. It has
an incredibly powerful torque band,
starting already in the low end
torque. The Lancer Evolution is the
personification of reliability. It’s
simple to handle, flashy and fast in
all ways.”
Most memorable Lancer Evolution
moment?
“During a gravel test in the south of
France in the spring of 1996, it was
my job to test the Lancer Evolution
under the hardest conditions close
“It’s simple to handle, flashy and fast in all ways”
to and over the limit. I tested the car
for 3 days as a preparation for the
world championship rally season
of 1996. To me it was unbelievable
how stable and robust it could be.
This experience was the foundation
for my lasting trust in the Lancer
Evolution.”
Extra remarks:
“With the new dual clutch
transmission in the new Lancer
Evolution, Mitsubishi takes a trend
setting step into the future and sets
high standards for the competition.”
26. Name: Rachel Chandler
Age: 38
Place of residence:
Gloucestershire, England
Occupation: Traffic Police Officer
Biggest passions and/or favourite
free time activities:
“My biggest passion is driving.
I relish the challenge of driving
different sorts of vehicles on
different sorts of terrains. My
most unusual vehicle driven was
a fully tracked Snowcat in the
Gloucestershire floods of 2007.”
Most memorable Lancer Evolution
moment:
“I have had many memorable
Lancer Evolution moments. Most
of these are when members of the
public drive stupidly and erratically
and I know that the next thing they
see when they look in their rear
view mirror is me right up behind
them. They do not escape from
being prosecuted.”
What I did or would do to
personalize my Lancer Evolution:
“I would like full harnesses in the
car. Often our pursuits are on the
back roads and we get thrown
around a lot. I also feel that a
lighting pod would be good because
at night often my speed is faster
than the headlights can illuminate
the road.”
Name: Gavin Crozier
Age: 46
Place of residence:
Gloucestershire, England
Occupation: Traffic Police Officer
Favourite place for driving:
“Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
England. It has many good, open
and demanding roads as well as
hazards to negotiate.”
Best thing about the Lancer
Evolution:
“ Its amazing acceleration and
handling: It’s the closest you can
get to driving a motorcycle.”
Extra remark:
“This was the Gloucestershire
Police’s best ever investment in a
vehicle and has been able to send a
message to the criminal fraternity
that they will not be able to evade
capture and prosecution”
“The criminal fraternity
will not be able to evade
capture and prosecution”
Name: Steve Woodward
Age: 43
Place of residence: Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, England
Occupation: IT Assistant
My Lancer Evolutions:
“Lancer Evolution VIII (FQ300), an
Evolution VIII (MR FQ340) and now a
Evo IX (MR FQ 360). Needless to say
bring on the new Lancer Evolution,
I can’t wait to see what it has to
offer.”
Biggest passions and/or favourite
pastime activities:
“A large part of my life is taken up
with my primary passion of Wing
Chun Kung Fu, a Chinese martial
art famously trained by Bruce Lee.”
Best thing about the Lancer
Evolution:
“The Lancer Evolution fulfils all of
my needs and it does everything
that I want it to do extremely well.
Lancer Evolution ownership is like
being part of an elite club which
means you have friends everywhere
that have a common passion. I
feel privileged to be able to drive a
Lancer Evolution whenever I want.”
What I did to personalize my
Lancer Evolution:
“My current car is still very new
and has a lot of items that I would
have bought if keeping my previous
“Lancer Evolution ownership is like being part of an elite club”
model. However I can see in the
future that I may wish to enhance
it more and on the list would
predominantly be performance
parts like new wheels and tyres, an
induction kit, ECU upgrade, turbo
boost controller and upgraded
suspension and brake calipers /
discs.”
Most memorable Evo moment?
“My first ever test drive of an
Evolution because that is what
started my passion!”
27. Name: Helmut Wendel
Age: 41
Place of residence: Darmstadt,
Germany
Occupation: Assistant Manager,
Overall Vehicle Testing, Mitsubishi
Motor RD Europe
Favourite place for driving:
“Small handling tracks with rally
characteristics, most preferably
covered with gravel or snow.”
Most memorable Lancer Evolution
moment:
“So many moments with the car,
but most memorable were the two
years working together with Mr.
Evolution, Hiroshi Fujii.”
What I did to personalize my
Lancer Evolution:
“If I would own a Lancer Evolution,
I would try to get signatures on
the bonnet from all my colleagues
involved in the development of this
car.”
Extra remarks:
“Now, after the development of
the new Lancer Evolution is done,
I am looking forward to start up
the development for the next
generation. Trying my best to bring
even bigger Evo-smiles on our
customers’ faces.”
Name: Ralph Hoffmann
Age: 58
Place of residence: Wiesbaden,
Germany
Occupation: Manager Function
Testing, Mitsubishi Motor RD
Europe
My Lancer Evolution:
“During my activities for MRDE it
was my task to evaluate and tune
the driving performance of many
Lancer Evolution generations. That
gives me the opportunity to observe
every new development.”
What I did or would do to
personalize my Lancer Evolution:
“I believe the new Lancer Evolution
is an allround highly-developed and
sporty sedan. Therefore I would
not make any modifications. Only
an engine with an even higher
performance would be suitable.”
Extra remark:
“Looking ahead I see a challenge to
develop the new Lancer Evolution
generation to the next level with
new technologies and with the
goal to reach continuous technical
innovations for the generations to
come.”
“I try my best to bring even bigger Evo-smiles on our
customers’ faces.”
Name: Jackie Chan
Age: 53
Place of residence: Hong Kong
Occupation: Actor, director,
producer, singer, businessman,
philanthropist
My Lancer Evolution:
“I’ve owned three or four generations
of the Lancer Evolution. The one that
I own now is a special Jackie Chan
Edition which I helped design.”
Biggest passions and/or favourite
pastime activities:
“I love making films, spending time
with friends, and of course driving!
When I’m not working, my biggest
passion is my charity work. My
Dragon’s Heart Foundation builds
schools in remote areas of China
and I travel to these locations when
I’m not filming. For me, charity
work is the best way to spend my
free time.”
Best thing about the Lancer
Evolution:
“The Lancer Evolution can either be
a gentleman or a devil. It’s classy
looking but it’s also powerful like a
sports car. It’s a Mitsubishi and it’s
the fulfilment of all the things I like
most in a car.”
“It’s a Mitsubishi and it’s the fulfilment of all the things I like most in a car”
What I did to personalize my
Lancer Evolution:
“My Special Edition Jackie
Chan Lancer Evolution IX has a
customized bonnet, side doors,
engine accents, seat covers,
wheels, etc. My ‘Dragon logo’ is
used to make the car uniquely
‘Jackie’.”
Extra remarks:
“I’ve been working with Mitsubishi
for over 30 years and the reason for
this is that I believe in their product.
They have supported me with
vehicles for my movies and I have
given them my loyalty.”
28. Power of
movement
Lancer Evolution. The perfect name for a car that morphed from a
mainstream mass production sedan when first launched in Japan in 1992,
into a fierce, purpose-built rally weapon and has relentlessly become faster
and more focussed with every passing year. Indeed in its tenth iteration,
the Lancer Evolution has taken another momentous step, transcending
its role as Mitsubishi’s rallying warrior and maturing into a sophisticated
high-performance sedan, as capable of tackling everyday life as it is
attacking the Col du Turini.
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29. Our Lancer
Evolutions are
making quite
a spectacle
as we power
through the
gloom
At the heart of our route is
Black Mountain. It sounds like
a foreboding place straight out
of Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’
and looks like it when there’s
a bank of brooding rain clouds
fast approaching the crags and
jagged pine-topped ridges of
this remote area of the Brecon
Beacons National Park. Yet it’s
also a place of rare colour and
beauty: a palette of greens,
blacks, greys dappled with
flashes of burnt browns and
rich yellows, that stretch to the
sky. It’s a scene punctuated by
It’s to another location steeped
in rallying history that we’ve
come to test the new Lancer
Evolution. As the modern
home of Great Britain’s World
Rally Championship round,
Wales boasts the fast forest
tracks that provide the world’s
best rally drivers with a unique
and unforgiving challenge,
while the endlessly varied and
often deserted public roads
that criss-cross the rugged
region are something mere
mortals can enjoy.
broad blocks of dark, impen-
etrable pine forests, the oc-
casional shimmering stream
and, most excitingly, solitary
and seemingly endless rib-
bons of tarmac that wind and
jump tantalisingly in and out
of view on their course to the
horizon. If you’re lucky enough
to be in a Lancer Evolution, it’s
a driver’s paradise.
Actually we have two new
Lancer Evolutions: one
equipped with Mitsubishi’s
new six speed Twin Clutch
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30. It’s in these
situations
that S-AWC
comes into
its own
various dynamic components
– Active Yaw Control (AYC), Ac-
tive Centre Differential (ACD),
Active Stability Control (ASC)
and Sports Anti-lock Braking
System (S-ABS) – and builds
a precise picture of how close
you are to reaching the limits
of cornering and braking, or by
how far you have overstepped
the mark. Then, and all within
tiny, imperceptible fractions of
a second, it will divert torque
or apply braking to individual
wheels to tidy your trajectory
or help you regain control.
Sport Shift Transmission (TC-
SST) with shift paddles, the
other with a five speed manual
gearbox. It’s going to be fasci-
nating to see how they tackle
Black Mountain, and how
the new Lancer Evolution’s
totally redesigned all-wheel
drive chassis copes with the
challenges ahead. This also
applies to the new Super All
Wheel Control (S-AWC) sys-
tem. This complex integrated
control system continuously
takes information from the
new Lancer Evolution’s
It is this unique synthesis of
mechanical and electronic
driving aids that gives the new
Lancer Evolution a feel unlike
any other car on sale.
For now though it’s time to
enjoy more simple pleasures.
Our pair of Lancer Evolutions
make quite a spectacle as we
power through the gloom.
Their bright headlights
reflecting in the road’s wet
sheen, plumes of spray lifting
as we cut through deep
puddles of standing water.
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Lancer Evolution’s progress.
It’s also a strange sensation
to be enjoying the tactility and
feedback from the powerful
Brembo brakes and precise,
responsive steering first hand,
yet also seeing the experience
played out before you (or be-
hind you) like a movie. Broad
and muscular, yet compact
enough to make sense on
tight, twisty roads, the new
Lancer Evolution is supremely
suited to the conditions. With
plenty of smooth, progressive
power on-tap from the lighter,
Out here in the wilds of Wales
there’s gravel too, which gives
us the perfect excuse to switch
the all-wheel drive system’s
differential settings from
‘Tarmac’ to ‘Gravel’ mode via a
switch on the centre console
(MR version) or mounted on
the steering wheel (GSR
version), underlining the
feeling that whatever you
throw at it, the new Lancer
Evolution has the answer.
Whether leading or following,
it’s huge fun to watch the other
cleaner, all-new, all-alloy
2.0-litre turbocharged MIVEC
engine you can choose to enjoy
the Lancer Evolution’s broad
spread of torque, or drop a
gear or two and unleash all
295hp.
Unsurprisingly we’re having
a fantastic time, but on these
difficult and unforgiving roads
it pays to remember that
there’s always the possibility
of an unseen crest, standing
water or a tricky, tightening
corner. It’s in these situations
Time and
technology
have certainly
broadened
the Lancer
Evolution’s
everyday
suitability
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that is exactly how the Lancer
Evolution encourages you to
drive on the road. Driven thus
there can surely be no swifter
or safer way to slice along
such a demanding stretch of
road. Yet were you to take it
to a track and really throw it
around, you know the Lancer
Evolution would indulge its
driver, respond like a true
thoroughbred while always
keeping a watchful eye open
for that moment when the
driver’s enthusiasm extends
further than his talent.
that S-AWC comes into its
own. It’s like having an invisible
expert riding alongside you, a
confidence-inspiring friend to
smooth your inputs and hone
your progress. Of course it’s
not a licence to abandon com-
mon sense – indeed if you get
too ragged or overly ambitious
S-AWC emphatically stamps
its authority – and with time
you realise that the most fun
and the quickest, safest way
from point to point is to drive
smoothly and deftly, not by
being overly aggressive. And
But back on the mountain, the
Lancer Evolution is revealing
more of its strengths. The all-
new Twin Clutch SST delivers
breathtakingly smooth and
rapid shifts, not to mention
uncannily intuitive progress
when used in automatic mode.
It uses two clutches, one to
engage the gear in use, the
other to pre-select the next
gear to be required. S-AWC
employs incredibly complex
electronics to deliver a subtle,
safe and supremely organic-
feeling experience. Yet despite
Confidently
battling
through fast
terrains and
foul weather
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It’s the Lancer
Evolution’s
sense of
completeness
that leaves
the most
enduring
impression
rocket out of a tight corner, or
feeling the S-AWC trim your
line as the car flows across
fast and flowing terrain, it
always feels at home, in and
under control. Time and
technology have certainly
broadened the new Lancer
Evolution’s everyday versatil-
ity, but still if you show this
latest generation Lancer
Evolution an amazing road, it
will deliver you an amazing
experience in return. Deliver-
ing an experience few cars at
any price can deliver, every
these exceptional elements
it’s not one single facet that
stands out, rather it’s the
Lancer Evolution’s sense of
cohesion and completeness
– not to mention its towering
point-to-point performance -
that leaves the most enduring
impression.
Perhaps the best way of
conveying the feeling is to say
that the new Lancer Evolution
always feels in its element. It
doesn’t matter if you’re using
the all-wheel drive system to
time you climb aboard the
Lancer Evolution and head off
down a favourite road, it
creates the impression that
Mitsubishi’s engineers have
been down the same stretch of
tarmac and tailored the car
precisely to its requirements.
They didn’t of course, but that
all-round ability is the magic
that has defined the Lancer
Evolution breed since its incep-
tion 16 years ago. And now it
has been reborn on a new
plane: faster, more enjoyable
and safer than ever before.
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CHAPTER SEVEN
Evolutionary
psychology
The Lancer Evolution’s interior is characterized by clean and crisp surfaces,
it’s free of superfluous gimmicks, only using high-quality materials and is
marked by careful attention to detail. Some of these details merit special
attention. Not only because of the innovations in the areas of safety,
comfort and technology but also because they just look beautiful.
Split second shifting
The Twin Clutch Sport Shift Transmission (TC-SST) can be operated
manually using the lightweight magnesium shift paddles mounted on
the steering column. The paddles allow the driver to shift between gears
without taking his hands off the steering wheel. Changing gears manually
using the shift paddles is possible even when the TC-SST is switched to
automatic mode.
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Concert hall on wheels
Fitted as standard to all Lancer Evolution MR models is the Rockford
Fosgate premium sound system, capable of reproducing music at
outstanding quality that has rightly won universal praise. The system
uses a 650-Watt 8-channel power amplifier and nine speakers including a
subwoofer in the rear to deliver awesome high-fidelity sound. It’s assisted
by the use of acoustic and damping material to seal off openings inside the
doors and turn them into speaker boxes. The layout for the premium sound
system was carefully planned at the start of the car’s development and
design process. Thanks to the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) the system
delivers crystal-clear clarity, concert hall-like sound and awesome deep
bass notes.
Gigabytes of functions and fun
The Lancer Evolution MR models also feature the Mitsubishi Multi
Communication System with HDD navigation and music server with a 30Gb
hard disk. The 7-inch LCD screen offers excellent clarity and touchscreen
convenience while the controls of the unit are readily accessible for
optimum ease of use. The system’s large capacity hard drive offers ultra-
fast search and route-finding capabilities. It also provides a wide range of
entertainment sources: FM/AM radio, DVD drive (CD/CD-R/CD-RW/DVD
video compatible) and a music server with a capacity to store up to 2,000
tracks. The latter also boasts a CD database music recognition service that
supports MP3/WMA players, which can be directly connected to the system
via an auxiliary input port in the front centre console. The steering wheel
features remote controls for the audio system and Bluetooth hands-free
telephone operation.
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The perfect seats
The front seats in the new Lancer Evolution have once again been
developed by Recaro — a company with a legendary reputation for making
seats that provide excellent body location and support. The new Recaro
seats guarantee to keep your body safely and comfortably positioned in all
circumstances – even when you’re driving on a race track. Yet they are also
extremely safety conscious offering robust construction and side airbag
compatibility. But these seats are not just designed to keep you firmly in
place during extreme cornering – they are also unfailingly comfortable
over long journeys. When you arrive at your destination still feeling fresh
and without any aches or pain, you’ll know these seats don’t just look good
– in all respects they are among the best in the business.
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CHAPTER EIGHT
REVIEWS
In a constant stream of new cars introduced yearly, the Lancer Evolution
has always been one of the most eagerly awaited. With the arrival of
the new Lancer Evolution, the hearts of motoring journalists
around the world are starting to beat faster and faster. Everyone’s waiting
to test drive the most anticipated car of 2008. A happy few already have.
Here’s a compilation of their reactions.
“EXPLOSIVE - Mitsubishi has retained the explosive performance while adding a
new-found level of refinement.”
Source: evo (UK)
“FINE-TUNED FOUR WHEEL DRIVE - Almost without any
understeer the Mitsubishi cuts through every corner.”
Source: Autobild (Germany)
“WORLD-BEATER - The Evo’s looks, performance and high-tech chassis
should deliver the most sensational Evo yet.”
Source: Car Magazine (UK)
“IMPRESSIVE - Scalpel-sharp handling, astonishing grip, strong linear
performance and a twin-clutch gearbox that shifts amazingly quickly. A more accessible,
user-friendly Evo, and all the more rapid as a result.”
Source: Autocar (UK)
“EVO REVOLUTION - The wildest, grippiest, most awesome Evo they’ve
ever made.”
Source: Front (UK)
“DIAMOND FEVER - Mitsubishi, the brand with the logo sporting three
diamonds, has introduced a new edition of the Lancer Evolution. The four-wheel-drive sports
sedan should make the hearts of fans beat faster, starting this spring.”
Source: Autozeitung (Germany)
“GOING FAST - The new Evo spills not even a single brake horsepower. The
entire power span is translated effectively into speed – whether it’s in a straight line or
through a corner. This car has only one goal: going fast. With the new Evo, Mitsubishi once
again shows the world what it’s capable of.”
Source: Autovisie (The Netherlands)
EVO
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CHAPTER NINE
Varieties of
species
The tenth iteration of the Lancer Evolution is more versatile and
more complete than ever before. The eight chapters prior to this one
focused on almost all aspects. But still not everything has been covered.
There is more to tell. Trim levels, equipment, colours, accessories, technical
specifications, dimensions... In Varieties of Species you’ll find an overview of
everything that goes into the new Lancer Evolution.
GSR
Key features
• Front grille with silver mesh and chrome
frame
• Colour-keyed air inlet and outlets on
bonnet and colour-keyed air outlets on
fenders
• 18” BBS forged alloy wheels
• Brembo disc brakes 350mm 4-pot
(2-piece, front) and 330mm 2-pot (rear)
• Upgraded high performance suspension
- Eibach upgraded springs (front rear)
- Bilstein upgraded shock absorbers
(front rear)
• Twin-Clutch Sport Shift Transmission
(TC-SST)
• Leather wrapped steering wheel with
- Bluetooth hands-free controls
- Audio remote controls
- Cruise control
• Active Centre Differential (ACD) switch on
centre console
• Recaro bucket seats, leather/alcantara
type, with front seat heating
• Mitsubishi Multi Communication System
with HDD navigation with music server,
AM/FM radio and CD/DVD/MP3 player
(30GB, touch screen, TMC)
• Rockford Fosgate premium audio system
with 9 speakers and 650W amplifier
• Keyless Operation System (KOS)
• Silencer upgrade
Key features
• Front grille with black mesh and black
frame
• Black air inlet and outlets on bonnet and
black air outlets on fenders
• 18” ENKEI alloy wheels
• Brembo disc brakes 350mm 4-pot (front)
and 330mm 2-pot (rear)
• Aluminium rear spoiler
• Black air diffuser in the rear
• Chrome plated large dual exhaust pipes
• Bi-xenon headlamps with cornering lamps
and headlamp washers
• Super All-Wheel Control (S-AWC)
• Twin-Clutch Sport Shift Transmission
(TC-SST) or Manual Transmission
• Leather wrapped steering wheel with
Active Centre Differential (ACD) switch
• Aluminium pedals
• Recaro bucket seats, fabric type
• Keyless entry system
MR
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3
4
5
6
1
2
Model GSR MR
1 Cool Silver (M) A31 ● ●
2 Lightning Blue (P) D06 ● ●
3 Stone Grey (P) A39 ● ●
4 Phantom Black (P) U02 ● ●
5 Frost White (S) W37 ● ●
6 Orient Red (M) P26 ● ●
EXTERIOR COLOURS
● available
(M) Metallic
(S) Solid
(P) Mica/Pearl
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STANDARD EQUIPMENT
Model GSR MR
Safety and Security
Driver’s and front passenger’s SRS dual stage front airbags (with cut-off switch for passenger) ● ●
Driver’s and front passenger’s SRS side airbags ● ●
Curtain airbags for first and second row ● ●
Driver’s knee airbag ● ●
Sports ABS (Anti-lock Braking System) with Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist (BA) ● ●
Active Stability and Traction Control (ASTC) with switch-off function ● ●
Front 3-point ELR seatbelts with force-limiter and pretensioner x2 ● ●
Second row 3-point ELR/ALR seatbelt x3 ● ●
Seat belt warning (visually and acoustically) ● ●
Tether anchor for ISO-FIX child seat x2 (for second row seat) ● ●
Reinforced Impact Safety Evolution (RISE) body ● ●
Height adjustable seat belt anchors for front seats ● ●
Front strut tower bar ● ●
Emergency door unlock system ● ●
Exterior
18” ENKEI alloy wheels with 245/70R18 tyres ● -
18” BBS forged alloy wheels with 245/70R18 tyres - ●
Black beltline moulding ● -
Chrome beltline moulding - ●
Front grille with black mesh and black frame ● -
Front grille with silver mesh and chrome frame - ●
Black air inlet and outlets on bonnet and black air outlets on fenders ● -
Colour-keyed air inlet and outlets on bonnet and colour-keyed air outlets on fenders - ●
Colour-keyed electronically controlled door mirrors with defoggers ● ●
Chrome plated large dual exhaust pipes ● ●
Black air diffuser in the rear ● ●
Aluminium rear spoiler ● ●
Interior
Leather wrapped steering wheel and shift knob ● ●
Leather wrapped hand brake - ●
Key cylinder illumination ● -
High contrast meter panel ● ●
Magnesium shift paddles for Twin-Clutch Sport Shift Transmission (TC-SST) ● ●
Aluminium sport pedals (throttle, brake, clutch) ● ●
Cooled glove box ● ●
Floor console box with centre armrest ● ●
Front passenger’s vanity mirror ● ●
Front cup holders with lid x2 ● ●
12V socket in centre console ● ●
Metallic pattern interior decoration panel ● ●
Air outlet panels with chrome accent ● ●
Model GSR MR
Comfort
Cruise control (including steering wheel remote control switches) - ●
Multi-mode keyless entry system with two transmitters ● -
Keyless Operation System (KOS) with two transmitters - ●
Indicator with comfort mode ● ●
Height adjustable steering wheel ● ●
Fully automatic air-conditioning ● ●
Auto-light and rain sensor with auto variable intermittent wipers ● ●
Front and rear anti-trapping power windows ● ●
Heat reflecting green glass for all windows ● ●
Audio and Communication
AM/FM radio, CD player, MP3 compatible, 6 speakers ● -
Rockford Fosgate premium audio system with 9 speakers, 650W amplifier - ●
Mitsubishi Multi Communication System with HDD navigation and music server, AM/FM radio, CD/DVD/MP3 player (30GB, touch screen, TMC) - ●
Audio remote control on steering wheel - ●
Bluetooth hands-free car kit (including voice control and steering wheel remote control switches) - ●
Trip computer LCD type ● ●
Aux plug plus video - ●
Seats
Recaro full bucket seats ● ●
Black Fabric seats and black leather door trim ● -
Black Leather/Alcantara seats with front seat heating and black leather door trim - ●
Second row seats
- Centre armrest with two integrated cup holders ● ●
- Height adjustable headrest x3 (rear) ● ●
Light and Visibility
Bi-xenon headlamps with cornering lamps and headlamp washers (pop-up type) ● ●
Headlamp auto-levelling ● ●
Front fog lamps and rear fog lamp ● ●
Front room lamp with delay function and map lamp ● ●
Rear room lamp and cargo room lamp ● ●
Performance and Handling
Front 350mm ventilated discs, 4-pot (Brembo) ● -
Front 350mm ventilated discs, 4-pot, 2-piece (Brembo) - ●
Rear 330mm ventilated drum-in-discs, 2-pot (Brembo) ● ●
Eibach high performance springs (front rear) - ●
Bilstein high performance suspensions (front rear) - ●
Active differential switch on steering wheel ● -
Active differential switch in centre console - ●
Super All-Wheel Control (S-AWC) ● ●
● Standard
- Not available
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
140
equipment highlights
2 Rockford Fosgate premium audio system with 9
speakers and 650W amplifier
3 Leather wrapped steering wheel with audio re-
mote control switches and Bluetooth hands-free
car kit with voice control
4 Aluminium bonnet with air inlet and outlets
5 Aluminium rear spoiler
6 Mitsubishi Multi Communication System with
HDD navigation and music server, AM/FM radio
and CD/DVD/MP3 player (30GB, touch screen,
TMC)
7 Chrome plated large dual exhaust pipes with
black air diffuser
8 18” BBS forged alloy wheels with air outlets
9 Chrome plated entry guards
2
1
3 4
5 6 7
8 9
Model Lancer Evolution
GSR MR
5 M/T TC-SST TC-SST
Engine Type 2.0 litre 16-valve DOHC MIVEC with Intercooler and Turbocharger
Total displacement cc 1998
Emission level Euro-4
Max. output (EEC net) kW (hp) / rpm 217 (295) / 6500
Max. torque (EEC net) Nm / rpm 366 / 3500
Fuel system Fuel supply equipment Electronically controlled direct injection
Fuel type (octane) Premium Unleaded / RON98
Fuel tank capacity lit 55
Transmission Clutch 5-speed manual 6-speed Twin Clutch SST
Gear ratio 1st 2.857 3.655
2nd 1.950 2.368
3rd 1.444 1.754
4th 1.096 1.322
5th 0.761 1.008
6th - 0.775
Reverse 2.892 4.011
Final 4.687 4.062
Drive system Full-time 4WD
Performance Acceleration (0-100km/h) sec 5.4 6.3
Max. speed* km/h 240 242
Minimum turning radius m 5.9
Fuel consumption
Urban lit/100km 13.6 13.9
Extra urban lit/100km 8.3 8.5
Combined lit/100km 10.2 10.5
CO2, combined g/km 243 250
Suspensions Front McPherson strut - upside down
Rear Multi-link
Brakes Front 350 mm ventilated discs, 4-pot (Brembo) 350 mm ventilated discs, 4-pot, 2-piece (Brembo)
Rear 330 mm ventilated drum-in-discs, 2-pot (Brembo)
Steering Type Rack-and-pinion (electric power-assisted)
Loads Kerb weight kg 1560 1590 1600
Gross vehicle weight kg 2040
Seating capacity persons 5
4505
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935920
4505
140
935920
* Measured by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
All measurements in millimetres
1 Bi-xenon headlamps with cornering lamps and
headlamp washers (pop-up type)
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PIMP your ride
1 Handbrake lever - Alloy/leather wrapped with Lancer
Evolution logo
2 Rear corner extension kit - Reduces aerodynamic drag (CD)
by 0.3%
3 Exhaust heat shield kit - Stainless steel decoration plates with
Ralliart logo
4 Rear spoiler extension - 5kgf downforce (front - 1kgf) at
100 km/h and 16kgf downforce (front -4kgf) at 180 km/h
1
2 3
4 5 6 7
5 Brake air duct - For enhanced front brake cooling
6 Front airdam - 6kgf downforce (rear -2kgf) at 100 km/h
and 19kgf downforce (rear -7kgf) at 180 km/h
7 Gear shift knob - Alloy/leather wrapped with Lancer Evolution
logo
Side airdam shown in main image reduces aerodynamic drag (CD) by 0.8%.
For more accessories available, please see the Accessories catalogue.
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More than 2500 Mitsubishi Motors Authorised Service Points
in Europe are committed to helping you wherever you are.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICING
Even new cars require regular maintenance and servicing.
Not just to guarantee your mobility, but also for the safety
of you and your passengers. Trained professionals using
specialist diagnostic equipment and original parts at your
Mitsubishi Authorised Service Point are ready to oblige.
You’ll be advised about the cost beforehand, so there will be
no unpleasant surprises when you return to pick up your
vehicle.
MITSUBISHI MOTORS GENUINE PARTS
Even the smallest technical faults can lead to accidents.
Therefore, all Mitsubishi Motors genuine parts have been
developed and tested to stringent quality standards. It is
recommended to use Mitsubishi Motors Genuine Parts in
order to maintain the safety and integrity of your vehicle and
that of your passengers. Mitsubishi Motors Genuine Parts
are available at all Mitsubishi Authorized Service Points.
We are proud to regularly score top in After Sales quality
surveys.
COMPREHENSIVE WARRANTY – OBVIOUSLY
All new Mitsubishi vehicles come standard with a com
prehensive 3-year warranty up to a maximum of 100,000 km
(61,000 miles), whichever comes first. The anti-corrosion
perforation warranty covers rusting through for the first
12 years, depending on the model you purchase. The
reliability statistics for Mitsubishi vehicles are impeccable,
but in the unlikely event that you do need help, we offer MAP.
MAP - FREE BREAKDOWN ASSISTANCE
In order to demonstrate our commit-ment to your mobility
and the faith we have in the reliability of our vehicles, you
will receive a free MAP card valid for three years with your
new Mitsubishi. MAP stands for Mitsubishi Motors Assist
ance Package, and with the MAP card in your pocket, your
mobility is guaranteed in more than 30 countries throughout
Europe. Should you ever need assistance in the event of
breakdown, accident, theft or vandalism – wherever you are,
24 hours a day, 7 days a week – just call the number on your
card and the problem will be fixed on the spot. If it’s more
serious, your car will be taken to the nearest Mitsubishi
dealer and you’ll be offered services such as a hotel,
continuation of journey, a replacement car and vehicle
repatriation. And if you continue to have your vehicle
serviced at a Mitsubishi Authorised Service Point after the
first three years, your mobility will be guaranteed for an
additional year or up to the next service interval (whichever
comes first) until your vehicle is 10 years old.
DRIVESTYLE
Accessories by Mitsubishi Motors - everything’s got
“Drivestyle”. They are the perfect products for your car’s
individuality. It’s the style that goes with the sensation.
Drivestyle is the individual enhancement of your Mitsubishi.
It covers all your car care needs: from Wax Shampoo and
Polish to Wheel Rim Gel, from Cockpit Lotion to Leather
Treatment and from Insect Remover to Screen Wash - all
have been produced using new ingredients designed
specifically for your new Mitsubishi. They’ll ensure it looks,
feels and smells brand new for years to come.
Please ask your Mitsubishi Authorised Sales/Service point
for the Drivestyle Car Care brochure containing more
detailed information.
AUTO-LIGHT AND RAIN SENSOR
The auto-light sensor au
tomatically activates the
headlamps as soon as it gets
dark. The rain sensor activates
the windshield wipers auto
matically when moisture is
detected on the windshield.
KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM
Makes it possible to lock and
unlock the doors and trunk,
and to close the windows with
the remote key.
KEYLESS OPERATION SYSTEM
The clever keyless entry
and start system allows you
to open the front doors and
trunk, and start the engine,
without the key leaving your
pocket.
INDICATOR WITH COMFORT
MODE
When the indicator lever is
tapped briefly, the indica
tor will flash three times and
then stop - allowing you to
concentrate on manoeuvring
and therefore making driving
easier and safer.
OPEN DOOR ALARM
If any door is still open while
the car is moving, a buzzer will
alert you.
HEADLAMP AUTO-OFF FUNCTION
After you have turned off the
ignition and got out of the car,
the headlamps are automati
cally switched off, prevent
ing the battery from being
drained.
POWER WINDOW TIMER
After taking the key from the
ignition, the windows may still
be opened and closed from
inside for up to 30 seconds.
SPEED SENSITIVE WIPERS
When the front wiper is set to
intermittent, a speed sensor
changes the wiper interval to
suit the car’s speed for better
visibility.
Mitsubishi Motors’ customizable Electronic Total Automobile Control System (ETACS) allows you
to personalize the operation of a wide range of features for added safety, comfort and convenience.
Certain ETACS comfort functions can be customized either by yourself or by your Mitsubishi Motors dealer.
For a complete list of ETACS functions, please consult your Mitsubishi Motors dealer or refer to your owner’s manual.
RECYCLING OF OLD VEHICLES
It is our duty to protect the environment. Mitsubishi Motors designs and produces high quality vehicles and components aiming
to provide its customers with durable motor vehicles, and excellent services to maintain your vehicle in an optimum running
condition. We have the highest respect for the environment and use materials which may be recycled and re-used after your
Mitsubishi Motors vehicle has come to the end of its economical life. After a long working life we will take your vehicle back and
recycle it in an environ mentally friendly manner in accordance with the EU Directive on End-of-Life Vehicles and any applicable
national statutory provisions.
All Mitsubishi Motors vehicles (up to 3.5t GVW) sold after 1st July 2002, will be taken back free of charge from the last owner,
at one of the designated take back points, provided the vehicle contains all major components and is free of waste.
From 1st January 2007, this applies to all Mitsubishi Motors vehicles irrespective of the sold date. A network of collection points
is available to receive Mitsubishi Motors End-of-Life Vehicles, to ensure your vehicle will be recycled in an environmentally
friendly manner. At the same time, the possibilities for the recycling of vehicles and vehicle components are continually being
evaluated and improved, aiming to the achievement of even higher recycling percentages in the future.
The European End-of-Life Vehicles Directive and the free take back of End-of-life Vehicles is applicable in all European Union
member states. The transposition of the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive into National law in each member state might not have
been completed at the time of putting this publication to print.
Please refer to www.mitsubishi-motors-europe.com and select the web site of the Mitsubishi Motors service network in your
country of residence, or call the National Mitsubishi Motors Customer Assistance Center for further details.
OUTSTANDING AFTER SALES FOR CAREFREE MOTORINGETACS, YOUR PERSONALIZED ASSISTANT
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Index
1/1 model..........................................................11
4B11............................................................38, 39
Accessories.................................................82, 83
Acropolis Rally............................................19, 22
Active Centre Differential (ACD).................42, 59
Active safety......................................................46
Active Stability Control (ASC)...........23, 42, 43, 59
Active Yaw Control (AYC)..................23, 42, 43, 59
Airbags..............................................................45
Air duct........................................................12, 44
Airflow.............................................................. 47
Aluminium panels ............................................44
BBS.............................................................41, 80
Bilstein dampers...............................................41
Bi-xenon headlamps...................................46, 80
Body and chassis..............................................44
Brembo............................................................ 46
Clay model..................................................10, 11
Colt 1000F...................................................18, 20
Colt Galant 1.6L GS...........................................20
Cowan, Andrew.................................................20
Design proposal............................................9, 10
Dimensional views............................................81
Differential settings ...................................42, 60
Driving modes.............................................40, 41
East Africa Safari Rally...............................16, 20
Eibach...............................................................41
Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD)....43, 46
Electronic Total Automobile Control
System (ETACS).................................................84
Engine performance curve...............................36
Enkei.................................................................41
Equipment...................................................78, 79
Equipment highlights.......................................80
Exterior colours..........................................76, 77
Galant VR-4.......................................................20
Glass fibre body................................................12
HDD navigation..................................... 68, 69, 80
Iwata, Hideyuki..................................................37
Imaizumi, Tsuyoshi.......................................9, 12
Iwasaki, Yataro..................................................18
Lancer 1600 GSR.................................. 16, 17, 20
Lancer Evolution I - IX................................22, 23
Lancer EX2000 Turbo..................................19, 20
Mäkinen, Tommi.........................................22, 23
Manual gearbox................................................41
MAP...................................................................85
Matsuhara, Masaki.......................................8, 10
Mitsubishi A................................................15, 18
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.......................18
Mitsubishi Multi Communication System.....68, 80
MIVEC................................................................39
Music server...............................................68, 80
Nakao, Norikazu...........................................9, 10
Nakao, Ryugo................................................3, 37
Passive safety...................................................45
Press reviews....................................................73
Recaro................................................... 70, 71, 75
Recycling...........................................................86
Reinforced Impact Safety Evolution (RISE).......45
Rockford Fosgate.................................. 68, 69, 80
Shift paddles......................................... 40, 66, 67
Singh, Joginder.................................................20
Sports ABS..................................................43, 59
Super All Wheel Control (S-AWC)......42, 43, 59, 63
Suspension........................................................41
Synchromesh....................................................41
Technical specifications....................................81
Titanium turbine wheel.................................... 38
Trim levels.........................................................75
Tsukumo Shokai Shipping Company................18
Twin Clutch Sport Shift
Transmission (TC-SST)....................40, 41, 63, 66
Yoshimine, Norihiko......................................9, 11
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Drive alive is our motto
It’s the reason our designers and engineers go to work everyday.
Statistics show that you are going to spend ‘years of your life’ in your car.
We want those ‘years’ to be as pleasurable and as rewarding for you as
possible. We want to ensure that every time you’re driving and put your
foot down on the accelerator, or catch a glimpse of yourself reflected…
you will want to smile. Smile to really feel alive… to really drive alive.
Mitsubishi Motors Europe BV
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