Mitsubishi Lancer, 2007: The Weekly Driver

In recent years, Mitsubishi has touted its sports carsthe Evo9, the Evolution is the most expensive of
with a series of overproduced television commercials.four Lancers available. And the MR edition, my
In one spot, several pretty young women are singingweekly driver, is the most expensive of three
and smiling and zipping around under flashing city lightsEvolution editions.As if its predecessor didn't perform
and through tunnels somehow equipped withadequately, the 2006 Evolutions were given a
multicolored lasers.The women seemingly don't have10-horsepower boost to 286 horsepower, a further
a care in the world. They're on the town. They'rejolt for the 2.0-liter, turbocharged, DOHC engine. The
having a grand time. They're driving really fast andspeedster has a six-speed manual transmission and
techno-pop tunes are blaring.Combine that group withall-wheel drive. (Automatic and five-speed manual
young male drivers with the same wont to go fasttransmissions are available in other Lancers.)The
and a likely desire to catch-up to their femaleEvolution is simply about speed, and in that capacity,
counterparts somewhere at the end of the tunnelit's impressive. Prestigious car publications have
and you've got a captive audience ready and willingdescribed it as the greatest-performing car buy
to buy Mitsubishi's speed demon, the Lanceravailable.
Evolution.Now in its ninth edition and commonly called