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2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (EVO) IX Preview

If it wasn't for Canada's five mile-per-hour bumper restriction, which does nothing to enhance safety, Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) would offer its world-renown, best-in-class EVO series of Lancer compacts north of the forty-ninth parallel. As it is, however, the car, which integrates an oil-cooler into the front fascia, doesn't pass the regulations and therefore, stays out of our market. Still, it's fun to dream about a super sedan that is on most automotive journalists' personal wish list.