That big red rope signals preparation. A symbol, if you will, of security. A sign that your pride and joy is in loving, trained and sympathetic hands.

We imagine however, a very small but vitally important bit of red rope remains in its packaging somewhere out back. Because when this tuned 450bhp Evo 8 goes for a little fitness test, something goes wrong.

Watch the video. It'll buff out, surely?

Tags: lancer evo x, mitsubishi