{"id":24308,"date":"2011-12-15T17:36:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T17:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=24308"},"modified":"2025-09-17T22:49:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:49:51","slug":"evolution-of-the-evo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/evolution-of-the-evo\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Evolution is the right word. The look of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution has nothing whatsoever to do with latte-sipping men in black rollnecks and everything to do with dirty-handed blokes in overalls.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This purposeful product started as a porridge, three-box Japanese saloon with a wing and got progressively more steroidal as its power multiplied. It has always been as ugly as it is fast, but like a broken nose or a cauliflower ear, its deformities have always signalled its intentions and been part of its appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The Evo was actually an evolution from the Colt 2000 Turbo, whose badge it wore at the beginning of the journey in 1981. The looks have a clear link to the Evo, but the engine is the real bond; this was the first to use the legendary, endlessly tunable 4G63 2-litre turbo four which would remain an Evo constant until the introduction of the Evo X in 2007. It made around 168bhp here, but eventually would be stretched to over 800bhp. Mirror-script lettering on the front spoiler \u2013 \u2018Turbo 2000\u2019 in this case \u2013 urgently needs to make a comeback.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evo I<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This model was built as the basis of the World Rally Car, and the first to carry the Evo name and number. It arrived in Japan in 1992, making around 240bhp. The II and III were pretty similar (to non-Evo geeks, anyway).<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/12\/lancer-evo-5-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/12\/lancer-evo-5-.jpg\" alt=\"Rally car Evo driving down the road\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Evo anoraks take note: what follows is just a few of our personal highlights, and not an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/mitsubishi-evo\/\">exhaustive history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evo V<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Evo IV introduced in 1996 was an all-new car and the basis of the Evo V and VI, but it was these later cars that started to arrive in Europe in numbers, first from grey importers and, eventually, officially through Mitsu\u2019s importers here. It sparked the Evo-Impreza wars that dominated car magazine covers in the late nineties and early noughties.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/12\/lancer-evo-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/12\/lancer-evo-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two Mitsubishi Lancer Evos parked next to each other in a car park\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Evo VII<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another all-new car in 2001; it was heavier but kept getting quicker and cleverer. The short-lived GTA automatic version \u2013 which came with an auto gearbox and could be specified with a luxury leather interior, chrome door handles and without a wing \u2013 was a personal lowlight. Deservedly rare.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/12\/lancer-evo-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/12\/lancer-evo-6.jpg\" alt=\"Lancer Evo in a show room\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Evo VIII FQ400<\/strong><br \/>\nHaving resisted importing the Evo for too long, the UK distributor then embraced it a bit too enthusiastically with the FQ \u2013 or effing quick \u2013 series. It was an extraordinary name for a big corporation to give a car, but it was an extraordinary car. It was a hard-tuned Evo with a warranty that you could order from a showroom; as the name suggests, it had 400bhp and could nut out a three-second 60mph dash. With 200bhp per litre, very regular servicing was essential.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/12\/lancer-evo-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/12\/lancer-evo-2.jpg\" alt=\"Evo driving down the road\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Evo X<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All change, again. This time, the Evo gets a bespoke body, its looks defined by fancy designers in Europe but with due deference shown to the past. All change under the bonnet too: emissions regs finally killed the 4G63, but the 4B11 is a worthy replacement and proved robust enough for the loons at Mitsu UK to offer another FQ400. The SST sequential-manual gearbox is the other big departure.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/12\/evo-x-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/12\/evo-x-1.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of a white Evolution X, rear view\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Evo XI?<\/strong><br \/>\nProbably not. It\u2019s been around a decade since the last Evo was produced, and not a word about an XI since. Sure, there have been some fan-made designs and renders, but nothing from the top dogs at Mitsubishi. They\u2019ve made it clear that they want to focus on electric vehicles and crossovers, which is bad news for die-hard Evo fans. We\u2019re still holding out hope that they change their minds\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Oliver tells a tale of Darwinian natural selection&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":63712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779,1781,1928,6],"tags":[1059,251,2077,1177,303],"class_list":["post-24308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cars","category-culture","category-edition","category-features","tag-evo","tag-japan","tag-japanese","tag-japanese-cars","tag-mitsubishi","manufacturers-mitsubishi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The History of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo - Influx Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We cover all the best bits of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo\u2019s history, from the Evo I to our hopes for an Evo XI.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/evolution-of-the-evo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The History of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo - 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