Best Evo Ever?

[LateNightCable]

Originally Posted by bleh on an interesting note: i see evo8s, newer e36, e46 m3s all the time, even ferarris lambos, austin martins, nsx's regularly every summer but i have only seen one e30 m3 in my life. odd

That is odd, and something I've noticed myself. In my neck of the woods, I've never seen an Aston, but there have been a handful of Ferrari's, a few Lambo's, Porsche Turbo's, some Viper's, NSX's, Lancer Evo's, newer M3's, and I must mention this particulary georgeous cherry M5 that parks downtown. But I too have seen only one E30 M3 in my town of 300,000. Unless all of them are red. No wait, make that three counting the white one and the black one I saw years ago. But still exceptionally rare considering.

[Speedster25]

As a non-tuner Evo, I would prefer the new Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII MR FQ-400, 400bhp, 0-60 3.5s. Amazing.

[wEstSide]

The FQ-400 isn't a "real" Evo, its more like a show of force. Only 100 units built and only in Britain.

[LateNightCable]

I think it's funny the way competiton for world's fastest econo box is so hot. And they're not even economical.

But yeah, FQ400 is more like a no holds barred special edition. Not really fair game.

[skyline_r34v]

I still say the Evo RS or EVO WRC01 will be the best evo's that are made to date.

[Speedster25]

Either way its an Evo. Just because only 100 were built doesn't mean its not an Evo.

[skyline_r34v]

Well the topic title DOES say best Evo ever and not best Evo production car ever, so I guess you can say the FQ400 is the best Evo Ever.

[LateNightCable]

It could be the fastest, but fastest in a straight line is not always the best of course. Although someone may very well prefer it, and for good reason.

[skyline_r34v]

The FQ400 has the same skidpad rating as the MR except with more tuning for power, so it's skidpad is .96g's. That's a pretty awesome handler if you ask me

[LateNightCable]

But as stated before, skidpad grip isn't everything though. Packing a major power punch can throw a car out of balance. I would bet that the FQ400 is pretty friggin' raw, especially in it's power delivery compared to more conventional Evo's. In this case, which Evo is best would probably come down to what driving experience a person is most comfortable with.

Besides that, what is the purpose of this thread anyway? It's not a poll, a topic like this could run in circles forever.