The rear spoiler is a tasty pice of kit, making use of weight reducing carbon fibre-reinforced plastic for both horizontal and vertical wings - a world-first for a production 4-door sedan. Sticking with the stock 235/40-zr17 size, we upped the stick with a set of pirelli pzero corsas, which we had mounted at stokes tire in santa monica, california. Well, this new evolution viii also owes its inspiration to a rally car and similarly has a 2 litre turbocharged engine. Mitsubishi motors uk will, of course, offer fq-300 and fq-330 models for those customers who still want that little bit extra under the bonnet.

True, it's not a car for everyone but a car everyone should test-drive. Subtle aesthetic enhancements differentiate the fq-400 from the rest of the mr range and improve its high-speed stability. )It wasn't until after testing that we discovered a tweak that should have a large impact on slalom speeds and is, subjectively, the single biggest improvement in handling precision and driving enjoyment of anything we've done. The car has a fairly neutral balance when cornering under hard acceleration, where the evo vi tme would often break into power oversteer on full throttle.

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