| In recent years, Mitsubishi has touted its sports cars | | | | the 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 singing | | | | weekly driver, is the most expensive of three |
| and smiling and zipping around under flashing city lights | | | | Evolution editions.As if its predecessor didn't perform |
| and through tunnels somehow equipped with | | | | adequately, the 2006 Evolutions were given a |
| multicolored lasers.The women seemingly don't have | | | | 10-horsepower boost to 286 horsepower, a further |
| a care in the world. They're on the town. They're | | | | jolt for the 2.0-liter, turbocharged, DOHC engine. The |
| having a grand time. They're driving really fast and | | | | speedster has a six-speed manual transmission and |
| techno-pop tunes are blaring.Combine that group with | | | | all-wheel drive. (Automatic and five-speed manual |
| young male drivers with the same wont to go fast | | | | transmissions are available in other Lancers.)The |
| and a likely desire to catch-up to their female | | | | Evolution is simply about speed, and in that capacity, |
| counterparts somewhere at the end of the tunnel | | | | it's impressive. Prestigious car publications have |
| and you've got a captive audience ready and willing | | | | described it as the greatest-performing car buy |
| to buy Mitsubishi's speed demon, the Lancer | | | | available. |
| Evolution.Now in its ninth edition and commonly called | | | | |