A peine, ils nous sortent un modèle que la suivante arrive, ça devient un peu énervant !!
Berf, voici l'Evo 9, en version FQ-320, pour les Anglais uniquement, ça aussi c'est encore plus énervant !!!
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The Evo IX has full Bilstein suspension, various Momo bits inside and some visual differences, most obviously on the front bumper where you'll find a pair of nodules like blinded xenons that ram air over the intercooler's in-and-out pipes. It looks a bit more like the WRC car (if you squint) and there's new-to-Evo variable-valve-timing (VVT and MIVEC) and shorter ratios but, to be honest, without a last-generation car with which to compare it, I couldn't really feel the differences very much. Similarly, there are alterations to the electronics like the 'Super AYC' active yaw control and the ACD (active centre differential), but not so you'd notice. So the IX is really an eight-and-a-half. Cherry on top and all that.
The version we have here is the 320, and as usual it provides enough go to remind you why Evo drivers are hard to lose on a country lane. The biplane wing and Chunnel-entrance rear pipe give the game away somewhat, but you don't buy an Evo if you're shy and retiring. Still, it'll charge around the British countryside like a low-flying Burberry jet, swearing and spitting.
There's the usual ghosted awareness of a suspension and drivetrain that's sacrificed a few chickens to the voodoo god of grip, and the suspicion that they could make the turbo more progressive (it waits until 3,000-3,500rpm to pull your lips out to your ears), but it wouldn't be so much fun. Launch is the usual faff of either slipping the clutch or getting off the line and then nailing it, the two-litre, four-cylinder using that blower and new breathing to tarmac-gobbling effect.
