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Mitsubishi Cars

We could tell you about the long and distinguished history behind Mitsubishi cars. We could tell you how they were responsible for many firsts in Japanese automobile manufacturing. We could mention how Mitsubishi cars were the first to feature Traction Control, thus eliminating troublesome wheelspin so you didn’t have to spend so much money buying new rubber. But we don’t want to. What we want to talk about is how they managed to get 345 brake horsepower out of a 2 litre engine. We want to talk about the Lancer EVO IX.

This is the car that gets more bhp per litre than God, or at least a Koenigsegg CCR which is the next best thing. This is the car that can get you to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds – that’s half a second faster than the Porsche 911Carrera S for about half the price!

If we take a look at the other available Mitsubishi cars we quickly decide we don’t want to. Yes, the Shogun is a very good Range Rover alternative. Yes, Mitsubishi cars also come in the ‘competent, sensible people carriers’ variety. But if you tell your friends you’ve bought one of these, none of them will beg for a blast round the block in it.

So, ignore the other Mitsubishi cars. If you want to know what it feels like to drive a car that measures its country-road speed in terms of counties-per-hour, you need to get the top of the range EVO IX.