27 May 2009 - 10:00
Fast and very, very furious
Run for the hills. Mitsubishi has unleashed the
fastest Evo X yet – the FQ-400 – and it’s frankly beserk.
Let’s start with the numbers: 403bhp, 387lb ft of torque and a 0-62mph time of
just 3.8 seconds. That’s faster than a Ferrari F430, Aston DBS and Porsche 911 Turbo. That’s fast.
And all from a two-litre engine. The FQ-400 gets the same basic turbo four-pot
as the, er, standard Evo X, but bumped up to fighting weight with high flow
injections, a bigger intercooler and exhaust, a revised ECU and, of course, a
massive new hybrid turbocharger.
Naturally, you get all of Mitsubishi’s clever four-wheel-drive gubbins – Super
All-Wheel Control, Active Centre Differential, Active Yaw Control and, er,
Active Volcano Monitoring (OK, we made the last one up) – along with bigger
brakes and stiffened suspension.
Visually, it’s even pointier and more aggressive than the FQ-330 and FQ-360,
with revised lightweight front and rear bumpers, and new side skirts and a rear
wing that, says Mitsubishi, echoes the styling of the legendary Evo VI.
All of which we like. The only bugbear is the FQ-400’s price: a significant
£50,000 when it goes on sale in the UK next month, edging the Evo dangerously
close to Nissan GT-R territory. Then again, it’s dangerously close to GT-R
performance… and if you order one, you’re more likely to receive it before,
say, 2018.
Tempted?
Now watch the boys try to make a family car quicker than an Evo with just a few homemade mods:
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How fast can it go round Nurburgring?
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wow! looks awesome
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How do they do that!? 400hp from a 2 litre! Awesome, get it rallying
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Do you have to take every opportunity to shove old clips down our throats?
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Let me guess, does the press release leave out the service intervals...?
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Let me guess, does the press release leave out the service intervals...?
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Two words: 'Turbo' and 'Lag'.
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Close to the GT-R in terms of price and performance? Time for a duel...
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it has a hybrid turbo, so lag should be low, still like the gt-r though =)
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i think the GTR has a competitor
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Nice! See if subaru had kept to a saloon, they could have done something similar. And in my opinion i would have picked that. But i think the choice of the NEW models are clear - go mitsubishi
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The cap on Rally cars is 300hp isnt it? or am i still in the past. If im right this wouldnt be able to go rallying :(
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If it go around your track I think it can be faster tha the Evo IX FQ400. It looks better as wel.
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Ireckon this goes round a track faser than a Murcielago.
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I mean 'I reckon this goes round a track faster than a Murcielago.'
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It looks good and probably goes well too, but is it really necessary? I remember when Jeremy tested the evo x against the new impreza and he amazingly said he would have the less powerful one because its still got the same handling. so what's the point of this one?
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that rocks like cheeze and cheeze is super cool
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is it like the larst one with ridiclos turbo lag and only run on bp think and rs is beter in the real would and haft the price to sound good though
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The Evo, whether it's been an VIII, IX or X has never suffered from turbo lag, as for the service intervals, 4000 miles has always been the norm for all Evos. Whether it's the quickest or the fastest is open to conjecture; when I worked for Mitsubishi, the official (in-house) 0-62 time for the original VIII 400 was 3.2 secs, and the fastest we recorded (on the Mitsubishi Computer) was 187 mph and that was in an VIII 330!
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Whoa!!!! 3.8 secs.....I bet the Stig is itching to test this one! Would love to see what the Nurburgring figures will be, better still, figures for the Top Gear track. The GT-R however, is still No.1 in my books!!
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Subaru Impreza, you've utterly had it. The GT-R should be nervous - I want to read TopGear's verdict on which is best post haste! I daresay the Nissan is more useable, as the last FQ-400 had an abysmal fuel economy and only ran on Shell Optimax. Still, that's one mean car. Hopefully this comes with a gearstick, much unlike the FQ-400 Concept I sat in at MPH 08...
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Agreed with Mikeado, the Impreza's had it. Not sure about the GTR though - a hot version of the Evo might well keep pace (just) with a bog standard GTR, but the new hot version of the GTR (the V-Spec)? Not a chance. Give it a week or two, Subaru's bound to catch up sooner or later. They always do (or try to).
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Nice car but 50k is ridiculous. This is still a mitsubishi. I would much rather have a CTS-V.
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it is a very sharp and agile car, for everyone out there that talks about the lag should drive on of these, the figures tell the story. 3.8 sec. i think it would be far feched to compare it to the new R35 GTR but one can say that it is coming awfully close and would give it a good run for its money. i love it because i own it and know the car. it takes petrol by the truck loads and requires responsibility and care but when you leave that blod Fabio in his Ferrari behind it all of a sudden becomes worth it. (i dont mind Ferraris) over all i would describe it as freaky on the initial drive and just satisfying on every day afterwards. Top Gear UK is the best show. thank you
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its going to be hard to beat the evo x
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Yeah, I think the limit on curren WRC cars is 300bhp. Shame! It would be so cool to see this on the stages!
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Depends if the car will have any turbo lag, bu
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t if it doesn't it will be amazing and a serious contender for the Nissan GT-R, but I'd still have an audi RS4 for the same price!
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BRILLIANT. CAN'T WAIT FOR A ROAD TEST ON THAT
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What's Mitsubishi up to? F1?
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A CTS-V !? i think your reading the wrong forum, try womans weekly.lol.
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I read elsewhere that there shouldn't be much turbo lag because the torque is from 3500 rpm. So it should have pretty good pulling power in higher gears. (So claims Mitsubishi) I wish i lived in Britain now! 400 hp and almost equal torque out of a 4 pot is INSANE. (WAAAAAANT)
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So when will we see the GT-R vs. FQ-400 test?!
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Probably when pigs fly. The one show they did with the Evo X neglected to test the FQ they had at that time. People want to compare the Evo X to the M3, the IX, the GTR, the RS4, the GT2, the R8, and so many others now it would be a show devoted to sports cars, and super cars only, but only Mr.Clarkson and I would approve of that.
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Probably when pigs fly. The one show they did with the Evo X neglected to test the FQ they had at that time. People want to compare the Evo X to the M3, the IX, the GTR, the RS4, the GT2, the R8, and so many others now it would be a show devoted to sports cars, and super cars only, but only Mr.Clarkson and I would approve of that.
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CCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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27 May 2009
hmmmm. i like. Thats what we need in the WRC now. Group N meets Group B. SWEEET
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