07/25/2026
Ten generations, one badge, and everybody’s got a favorite 🖤
The whole thing started as a homologation special, a rally car Mitsubishi had to build for the street just to go racing. For some people, those early cars are still the purest version of it. For others, nothing touches the VI, especially in Tommi Makinen trim.
A ton of us grew up on the VIII and IX, and who can forget watching the red Evo IX slide across the screen in Tokyo Drift. Kind of surreal seeing an Evo go sideways for the camera instead of clawing through a rally stage, but the decision to RWD swap one and use it for the hero car was iconic.
And if you were a kid when the X dropped, that 4B11T is probably the one that got you, even if trading away the 4G63 that ran the first nine generations still starts arguments today.
Which one you pick usually comes down to when you fell in love with cars. So which Evo takes it for you, and what makes it the one? 👇
