GlobeCLK

iTrader: (5)

Sup guys.

So I was driving home from school today, around 2:30pm on the 605 heading North, near Cerritos Auto Square. I spotted this weird looking EVO-VII, the weird interior caught my eyes. RHD, mechanical differences from EVO-VIII.

Before I merged onto the 91 freeway, I snapped a few pics with my trusted DC (I always keep it handy in my car now). Here are the pics:

Exterior of an EVO-VII:


Closer:


Side view:


dual exhausts (why the 1 inch tips?)


new-Lancer looking interior?


RHD. Fake driver on the passenger side (or is that the driver side?)


Weird bulge on the hood.



I don't know, seems like an EVO-X but with EVO-VII sheet metals. What do you guys think?

ElitistK

iTrader: (4)

that thing does not look like an evo x at all...even chassis-wise. it has dual exhaust though and RHD, but either way it doens't look like an evo x at all.

whoster

i think that's a wannabe jdm evo--not a EvoX in disguise. it's a totally different vehicle.

ToyotaFan

Look carefully, blue manufacturer plates. This is an Evo X test mule.

The other giveaways are the unusual RHD dashboard, crude-looking flared wheel arches & bulge on the hood.

Stage3

iTrader: (3)

Bingo... exactly what I was about to post. Blue plate and the crudeness of the car is a giveaway.

Here is a picture of the 2008 Lancer interior. I can't really tell if there is a difference or not, but they don't look too similar on first glance...



It's definitely different than the 2006 interior though...

whoster

why would this be a test mule when the Evo-X is already close to production and various journalists have driven it already. the platform is shared with the Outlander which has been out for a good year now.

i saw the blue plates, but the reason why i don't see why this is a evo x is because the evo x is a bigger car, and those tailpipes--that such narrow pipes on a performance car that REQUIRES good breathing for its turbos... doesn't seem likely that this is a real evo x in disguise. if anything we should be seeing the real Evo x cars testing--not these.

tmf2004

iTrader: (15)

Looks like a test mule and the lancer interior looks nice..

Nextourer

maybe it's the FQ model? or the RS model?

GlobeCLK

iTrader: (5)

Nissan tested the new GT-R chassis/engine inside a G35 coupe shell before, so having an EVO-X hiding inside a VIII shell isn't all that impossible. If the car isn't even officially reveiled as the production model, they might well be testing it in a shell.

Plus, dual exhausts on a 2.0 can't get much bigger. Look at the exhausts on the EVO-X sample model. It's not any bigger than the test mule, with chrome tips.



The interior looks NOTHING like the current Lancers so I don't think it's just a wannabe JDM EVO. If anything it resembles the new Lancer interior more.

chrispy

iTrader: (21)

Interesting. The new Lancer is really ugly IMO.

kit cat

iTrader: (6)

dude, you could sell those pics for a good price.

cspec

At least they are finally coming to Canada.

whoster

no--the Evo X IS a production model.

it's no longer a concept.

Richie

Ray, you should have sold these pics to the magazines man!!

mitsuguy

iTrader: (2)

thats some jdm evo wanna-be...

interior - who knows - maybe a jdm version of the EVO, or even Lancer...

the Lancer Evo10 is final - has been for a while... there would be no reason to have one disguised any more... especially as RHD...