Mitsu UK has greenlight to produce 400hp Street legal Evo X
 

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9081016....for-the-street

Mitsubishi UK has given the green light for a street-going FQ400 following a successful campaign at the recent Britcar 24hr race at Silverstone by ADR Motorsport - the team which already builds and runs the two-works Mitsubishis currently competing in the British Rally Championship.

According to AutoExpress, the 400hp flagship EVO X will hit the UK market some time next year at a price of at least £45,000. No engine details have been given but AE loosely speculates a larger turbo, exhaust manifold, fuel system and of course heavy ECU tweaking would be necessary to achieve the 400hp the FQ name indicates.

The all-wheel-drive FQ400 would slice through 60mph in 3.5 seconds and reach a top speed over 170mph. Like previous FQ generations, an upgraded suspension, brakes and subtle exterior modifications would distinguish the package.

Holy Sh*t

I wonder if this will have the dual clutch trans or the 5sp stick...

I love the name :lol2:

45k pounds = ~$80k USD

I'm sure it'll be fast, but $80k for an Evo?

wasnt there an evo 8 fq-450 in the uk? or maybe it was just the 400. its in one of my old sports compact magazines. but man, and evo x fq, too bad we dont get those here... give the gtr a run for its money

^ Yes, in the UK there were FQ300, FQ320, FQ340, FQ400 versions of the Evo 8 with the 3-digit number being roughly the power output.

but its still a lancer...

that's a lot of $$$! Then again driving an AWD turbo'd Evo with 400 hp (out of the box) must be a thing of beauty

Cars are generally more expensive over there for the most part. An R3 RX-8 is like 25k pounds which is almost $45k US and counting but yeah, that's still expensive considering you could probably eventually mod a standard one and get almost the same performance for less money...