Mitsubishi Lancer ES Complete Report Manual

With all the hype over the Evolution VIII, the Lancer Ralliart, introduced in 2004, has been overlooked as a sporty little competitor against Sentras and Imprezas. The Ralliart, named after Mitsubishi's motorsports arm, boasts the following: a 162-hp, 2.4-liter four-cylinder with variable valve timing; shift linkage borrowed from the Lancer Evolution; four-wheel disc brakes with ABS; bucket seats from the Japanese-market Lancer Evo GT-A; a sport-tuned suspension; and 16-inch wheels. The base ES and O-Z Racing edition continue with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder that pumps out 120 hp. A five-speed manual transmission is standard on all models, and a four-speed automatic is optional. For 2005, a Rally package including a scuff plate and exhaust tip is offered. The O-Z Racing edition gets restyled 15-inch alloys, while the mid-level LS has been eliminated from the lineup.
Rocked by a scandal in Japan and shaken by falling sales in the U.S., Mitsubishi is trying to dig its way out with two new models. The first is a complete redo of the popular and always stylish Eclipse, which is longer, wider, and roomier than the previous generation. The second is the company's first pickup that's based on the Dodge Dakota. Called the Raider, it comes with either a V-8 or V-6 in two- or four-wheel drive and a couple of cab configurations.
Unchanged: Endeavor, Lancer, Lancer Evolution, Outlander, Galant, Montero.
Future: Mid-size model off Chrysler Sebring/Dodge Stratus platform, expected by late summer 2006. Remember the musical remedy used by Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark? Just when everything looked so dark? Taking a page from that same songbook, Mitsubishi, though tossed on stormy economic seas, chooses to accentuate the positive, and eliminate the negative.
The positive is the Lancer Evolution VIII, a low-volume, high-performance compact sedan that's already become a cult car in the U.S. The negative? Well, for all its boyish insouciance and rip-it-up verve, a weekend of Michigan back-road banditry in an Evo leaves you feeling like you've gone a couple rounds with Jackie Chan.

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