Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Review :Rahul

One of my friends bought a used Lancer Evo 7

Specs: 2 Litre turbo (Intercooled Top Mount)
Transmission: 5 speed manual
Drivetrain: All wheel drive
Brakes: Brembo brakes
Tyre: BBS alloys 18" wrapped in Michelin Rubber


The car was fully stock,nothing aftermarket except the muffler, TEIN coilovers and the Sony headunit.

Ride Quality

The Ride as you expect bit bumpy because of stiff suspension it has. The car has the grudge of the turbo and the exhaust is bit loud too.
Recaro seats - Not so comfortable

Performance

The car features a Turbo charged 2 Litre standard engine that has about 165 Kilowatts distributed to the 4 wheels of the car using a Manual transmission. 0-100 KMPH is quiet fast it is somewhere between 5-6 seconds. 1st gear goes upto 60 KMPH and I must say 2nd gear carrys a lot of potential and that takes the car to astonishing 110 kmph with no problems.

The engine it has is a high revving engine means if your driving the car slower at about 60 kmph , you cannot use the 4th gear it starts to stall.

Handling

All wheel drive system in the car is the highlight of the car. The car is so quick on the corners that you don't have to worry about slowing doing at sharp bends the car just cuts through the edges.
Car has three modes in it Tarmac, Gravel and snow.
Traction control works accordingly with different values so be wise when you chose one.
I would give 9 out of 10 for handling , I can say one of the finest rides I have ever driven.

Mileage

2 Litre engine turbo, you must be thinking its just 2 litre and must be economical. I will say it depends.

If you push the car harder and kick in the turbo whilest on the road this thing is going to drink the juice like a v8 beast.

Drawbacks:

-Bumpy ride
-Interior isn't that great
-Turning circle is big (unless you drift like a pro)
-Steering is bit heavy (compared to my skyline )
-Stalls at 4th-5th gear and seems bit underpowered at some stages

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Evoo is gud. Cheap sport. I heard it beats ferrari in handling on corners????

it sure can....but it comes at the price of its ride, and stiff chassis not to mention its huge turbo lag, but you can't go faster for this kind of money

its fast enough for what he paid for

paid abt 17-18K

handling is 8 out of 10 and on the same scale skyline goes at 7

performance as Dhhawal said it has big turbo lag for sure since its stock, you can feel gear change 1 st gear 60 kmph and then speed drops and then it picks up to 100 kmph .. there is a need of bit extra
on that I would rate 7 where as for my skyline that particular i had was somewhere 8.5 on the same scale.

IF it was me , I would have bought a Skyline R33 GT-R for same price tag

that is a much better choice...but comparing a brand new skyline with a brand new evo(even at that time), even the skyline's of the same year as the evo will be more expensive

Not really bro
It depends

Evos 7-8's are over priced since they are 99-2002 models
you end up paying about 17-18K for it
and in 99 they introduced Skylines R34 GTST and GTR's

GTST go for about 12-16 K
GTR goes for 25K+

you're talking about resale values right? what about the retail prices when they were sold in 99'?

Retails were expensive bro .
When I got my skyline R33 repaired that guy told me that back in 2000 he used to sell those 96 model GTST's over 25K

see what i mean? skylines were tuner fav for a reason bro..they were cheap to buy and readily modifiable, the evo on the other hand was already maxed out..you couldn't eke out any more power from it