At present’s Good Value or No Cube EVO X represents the final hurrah for Mitsubishi’s long-running rally automobile for the road. We’ll must determine if this one’s price ticket warrants any applause.
In response to another sources across the Internet, the $39,500 requested for the appreciably uncommon 1998 Panoz AIV Roadster we checked out final Friday was market-correct. As reported by the vast majority of you, nevertheless, the market is mistaken. That’s the almost certainly takeaway we are able to glean from the 69 % No Cube loss the Panoz suffered.
Should you watch the net hijinks of our buddy Tyler Hoover, purveyor of the self-described “dumbest automotive channel in all of YouTube,” you probably know that one in every of his most up-to-date purchases is the jankiest last-generation Mitsubishi EVO he may discover. That beat-to-hell EVO was made even jankier by the actions of the supply transporter, who ripped the exhaust off the automobile throughout unloading, destroying the O2 sensors within the course of. The result’s a automobile that runs like crap as soon as it will get off the chilly idle circuit. Fortuitously, Hoovie managed to nurse the automobile over to the Automobile Wizard’s store the place, hopefully, it is going to be wrenched again into fairly good well being.
This 2008 Mitsubishi EVO X GSR doesn’t look to be janky within the least. Actually, other than some proof of damage on the driving force’s seat bolsters, it doesn’t present any indicators of use or abuse in any respect. These seats, it must be famous, are the non-obligatory and fascinating Recaro buckets, one thing Hoovie’s beat-box lacks.
Each his and our automobiles have the handbook, nevertheless, and ours spices issues up within the cabin with an A-pillar gauge pack and aftermarket large-screen head unit within the sprint. There are different mods beneath the hood, the place the turbo 2.0 4 has been gifted a chilly air consumption and aftermarket pop-off valve. That’s all been mated with what appears to be like to be a bigger intercooler wedged behind the bumper.
Inventory, the EVO made a wholesome 291 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque, placing these numbers to good use through Mitsubishi’s torque traffic-controlling AWD system and a few fats low-profile meats at every nook. With its delicate engine mods, this automobile probably produces a number of extra ponies than inventory, however probably not sufficient to get observed.
The automobile will get observed, although, because it’s pretty-damn good wanting on the surface, and wears sizable aero aids on each ends. The silver paint isn’t essentially the most expressive, however it appears to be in completely serviceable form, and matches effectively with the again roof and carbon fiber trim. The Kansei KNP alloys additionally seem like stable residents.
In response to the advert, this EVO sports activities a clear title and comes with a middle-of-the-road 126,000 miles on the clock. It’s dealer-offered and is laughably marketed in typical dealer-speak: “absolutely loaded!” “Financing out there!” The advert doesn’t inform us something in regards to the automobile’s possession historical past or situation however does checklist all of the anticipated choices and supplies numerous useful footage. It additionally notes the worth, which is $19,999.
Now, Hoovie paid lower than half that quantity for his EVO X. Nevertheless, as soon as all of the repairs have been made, it is going to be someplace within the neighborhood—say, two doorways down—from this one’s asking. And that doesn’t even cowl his automobile’s bodywork and inside points. This EVO seems to be a turn-key automobile that avoids all of the YouTube monetization alternatives Tyler’s automobile presents. That’s simply high-quality for you and me, however is that this EVO price that $19,999 asking to show that key?
What do you say? Is that this a greater deal than a less expensive however approach jankier version? Or is that an excessive amount of to ask for even the nicest Gen-X?
You determine!
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