Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution CZ4A

Mitsubishi released the Evolution X in Japan on 1 October 2007; cars with the Twin Clutch SST were due toward the end of November. The new 2.0-litre MIVEC engine has an aluminium block. On 9 October 2008 Mitsubishi revised the car, raising output at high revs on the GSR and RS and adding the GSR-Premium. The Final Edition followed in 2015: reservations opened on 10 April, and Mitsubishi's history page dates the launch to April, while deliveries began on 20 August 2015. Use the build date.

The brochure lists GSR-Premium, GSR and RS under CBA-CZ4A. All GSR cars have S-AWC; the RS has ACD only. The GSR-Premium adds BBS wheels, Bilstein dampers, Eibach springs, Brembo two-piece front discs and leather Recaro front seats with heaters.

Catalogue weights are 1,600 kg (Premium TC-SST), 1,580 kg (Premium manual), 1,550 kg (GSR TC-SST) and 1,530 kg (GSR manual). The RS is five-speed only. The brochure also lists a rear-spoiler-delete option, so a missing wing is not necessarily a modification.

The 4B11 is a 1,998 cc MIVEC turbo with an 86.0 × 86.0 mm bore and stroke and 9.0:1 compression. In October 2008 Mitsubishi rated it at 221 kW (300 PS) at 6,500 rpm and 422 N·m (43.0 kgf·m) at 3,500 rpm, net. PistonHeads notes that it uses a timing chain instead of the belt of the 4G63. Mitsubishi describes the TC-SST as a six-speed automated manual with two clutches and offered a new five-speed manual alongside it.

The Final Edition was a limited run of 1,000 cars based on the GSR five-speed manual. Mitsubishi rates it at 230 kW (313 PS) at 6,500 rpm and 429 N·m (43.7 kgf·m) at 3,500 rpm and calls it the most powerful Evolution. MOTOR CARS reports that all 1,000 were sold, reservations opened on 10 April 2015, deliveries began on 20 August and were scheduled to run in sequence until March 2016, and production of the Lancer Evolution ended with it. PistonHeads adds that Mitsubishi announced in spring 2014 that production would finish after the 2015 model year. The 1,000 is a Japanese allocation.

Mitsubishi's Japanese recall 2499, filed on 8 April 2010, covers manual-transmission cars only. The clip holding the clutch hydraulic pipe is too weak, so the pipe can come off and clutch operation be lost. The remedy replaces the clip.

The recall lists frames CZ4A-0000211 to CZ4A-0200630, built 7 September 2007 to 10 February 2010, 2,407 cars. Mitsubishi notes that the range includes numbers that are not affected, so check the individual frame. The earliest build date comes from a recall population and does not show when production started.

PistonHeads' UK guide says non-upgraded fuel pump relays can let the engine run lean, timing-chain stretch can be an issue, and slipping when cold can point to premature wear in the SST clutch. It also reports that the ACD/AYC pump can fail from corrosion to its housing and gasket. The guide's warranty extension to 10 years/100,000 miles in the US and 5 years in the UK describes those markets; cover for a Japanese-market import is not established here.

The US 25-year rule runs from each car's date of manufacture (49 CFR 591.5(i)), so a launch date does not make a car eligible. EPA's exemption at 21 years requires the original engine design and configuration, or an equivalent or newer EPA-certified engine with its emission-control system. Canada counts 15 years from the month and year of manufacture. State registration is a separate step that this page does not cover.