Evo ... Wagon?

Fuck.

Yeah.

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Evo’s great estate blasts off

Could this be the ultimate in practicality and performance? Spotted on test in Japan, it’s Mitsubishi’s soon-to-be-launched Evolution IX Estate - and Auto Express’s spy photographers got the first-ever pictures.

Making a surprise debut on a wet Tsukuba race track near Tokyo, ahead of its unveiling next month, the newcomer completed three fast laps before disappearing from view. Sources said the car was undergoing its final phases of testing and running back-to-back with the saloon to establish a series of quick lap times for comparison.

At the end of the day, Mitsubishi’s research and development test team declared the results were

far closer than expected. Originally, they’d anticipated the estate’s extra 100kg bulk would add at least two seconds’ time difference around the two-kilometre track.

But the gap was less than one second. According to a spokesman, the carrier’s rear end actually improved its weight distribution, which gave better traction than the saloon.

Just 2,500 Evo IX Estates are to be made, and the car will only be available here as a grey import priced from around £20,000. It shares the same chassis, six-speed manual gearbox and 2.0-litre turbocharged engine as the saloon. Expect a 0-60mph sprint time of around five-and-a-half seconds.
Peter Lyon

looks like shit in silver … but the black rocks

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eh… not a fan of the wagon.

haha thats awesome :tup:

i love it. but i’m a huge wagon enthusiast. i want an audi avant so bad.

I too am a fan of wagons, but I am not sure I like this Evo. I would have to see it in person.

volvo makes taillights for mitsubishi now? :stuck_out_tongue:

Well, even people who don’t like wagons like that Avant…

I want one really badly also

an S4 :stuck_out_tongue:

Ugghhhh

I didnt see an evo wagon coming :gotme:

ill have to see more pics or see it in person untill i decide if i like it or not

couldnt agree with you more.

there fuccilloesque.

but awd wagons do sell… why else would there be so many SUV’s out there.

thats going to make alot of ppl cry when they lose to it :rofl:

ewww, thats just ugly.

evo :tup:
evo wagon :tdown:

My thoughts exactly…

I definitely prefer the Evo wagon over the current sedan model… no offense intended for any current owners.

The body lines seem to flow more in the wagon…

Hell… If I wasn’t such a chevy fan, I’d buy one :tup:

:jawdrop:

I’d rock an EVO wagon :tup: