It has been said, the Subaru is no longer a “Sub” without the four flat-cylinder boxer competing in pairs. Since 2005, it is still a 2.5 liter supercharged, which passes by 280 to 300 hp. This symbolic partly explained by a new exhaust system and improvements made here and there: we now note the presence of a timing system variable intake and exhaust valves, which allows greater flexibility and a little more availability at low rpm. Indeed, the gain on this chapter is fairly low, but the force with which the turbocharger is activated quickly to reconcile us with one of the engines most demonstrative of its kind. What a catch! At full load, the hum of mechanics adds to the feeling and each passage of the report is an opportunity to tickle the red zone with delight. The conventional manual gearbox, she displays strong locks and hangs sometimes when the mania on the fly, including downshift. As before, then.
In this chapter, the Mitsubishi innovative new box with a controlled six-speed sequential controlled via paddles on the steering wheel, named Sportronic Shift Transmission, or SST. This new facility, designed by specialist Getrag, uses two clutches, which allows a clear and responsive gear changes almost seamless torque, especially in choosing the Super Sport mode. And if we had enough of playing with paddle shift, automatic mode is precisely calibrated to draw the quintessence of the new four-cylinder sporty driving. Brand new, in fact, despite its capacity almost identical to the previous generation (1998 cm3), this block is a partnership between Chrysler, Mitsubishi and Hyundai, and is the basis for different versions more or less specific.
On the Evo X, the block is actually shared by other models, but the sharing stops there.Mitsubishi has indeed put together a very special version with its own head, manifolds and its own specific devices. It is powered by a turbocharged “this big” blowing a storm of 1,6 bar, 1,1 bar cons on the Subaru, which largely fills the gap displacement relative to its competitor.
Delivering 295 hp at 6,500 rpm, it also uses a system of variable valve timing on intake and exhaust valves, which makes it more flexible but also less sharp and less communicative than before, despite noise level can be very invasive! However, its revving without inertia give the impression of having an inexhaustible reserve of power, regardless of the regime. Oh, by the way, in Chapter consumption, we are dealing in a case like the one in the sacred greedy! Do not expect to fall below 10 liters in reasonable conduct, nor under 20 liters of medium in sporty driving. And it can even climb up to 28 liters for Mitsubishi!
Despite this defect, which is important at a time when Audi S4 has a 333 hp only consumes 9.7 liters of medium, it remains difficult to separate these two Japanese on their preferred terrain, winding roads! Mechanically more communicative, more rustic and less precise in his responses, particularly because a few direct management, the Subaru Impreza WRX STi is a gambler, a term that can apply to the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, most effective when one leads to the limit. The presence of a dual clutch box with sequential control adds even more feeling tool built for performance and efficiency. Again, the imperfections of the Subaru make it ultimately more endearing …
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