Top Gear: Evolution FQ400

[inferno]

I click submit, wait five minutes for it to go through, press the stop button on my browser, and then click submit again. and what do I get?

DOUBLE POST!!!​

 

[daan]

I may not know what I'm talking about

No, you don't.

Please correct me however if that is not the case.

OK

I like the part with the milk jug where he says " the British engineers at Mitsubishi have managed to extract 400 horsepower out of something smaller than this."

The FQ400 was built to celebrate 30th anniversary of Mitsubishi Motors in the UK.

Engine modifications were developed by Mitsubishi Motors UK with specialist assistance from Rampage, Owen Developments and Flow Race Engines, all British companies

Therefore they are British engineers from Britain.

but unless FQ is a tuner based in brittan those engineers are japanese buddy.

FQ is the cars designation. Not any tuning company. It supposedly stands for ******* Quick.

 

[inferno]

Despite the lightly aggresive nature of that response, thank you for the correction, Daan.

EDIT

I tried, I couldn't leave that alone. I never said FQ was a tuner, I said unless FQ is a british tuner, then theirs nothing in the name to suggest that it was built by anybody other than mitubishi, which is a japanese company. Hence, figuring the Mitubishi Lancer Evolutuion FQ400 was an in house deal, and given the opinion stated in the quote in my last post, I had every reason to belive, despite the hosts statments, that the FQ400 was a japanese engineered car. You provided information I previously was without, and now I know that, although not credited in the name, several british companies had a hand in extracting this cars performance. I stand corrected, My previous post rendered Invalid. please accept my ignorance.

 

[gt3 drifter]

First off GT3 Drifter (ha-ha), not everybody gets access to Top Gear. That means Top Gear might not be available around your area as a result some people have not seen it yet. Why would I put it on this site? Because I can, and not everyone has seen it, just because you have don't mean nada.



Ha-ha! How can I take this guy seriously when his avatar is of "The Fast and Furious", and his immature additude. He also can't spelled "annoy" correctly.

Sorry dude, depart back to your drifter forum now.

Is this sentence scientific? rollanz has mdae an asre of gt3 deritfr. if you cant understand this you are the retard.

 

[rollazn]

Is this sentence scientific? rollanz has mdae an asre of gt3 deritfr. if you cant understand this you are the retard.

I have been waiting for your response sir. Ha-ha. Hilarious. Go back to the drifting forum dude you are an annoyance to everyone. Go away.

He called me a retard… Ha-ha. “Sentence scientific!” HA-HA!

 

[pimp racer]

I have been waiting for your response sir. Ha-ha. Hilarious. Go back to the drifting forum dude you are an annoyance to everyone. Go away.

He called me a retard… Ha-ha. “Sentence scientific!” HA-HA!

You two take it to the conv forum or go on AIM I have a feeling that this thread will be closed if you guys keep on going.

 

[the Interceptor]

To get back on topic - I've seen that one bit too, and I'd like to give you my opinion on it. I really like Evos, and the FQ400 sure is a rocket. But it depends on which way you see it. For a family saloon, it's not comfortable, not economic, quiet or whatever. And you can understand it as a family saloon, cause it's based on one.

But if you see it as a proper sportscar in a family saloon suit, you have everything you wish for. Now "Top Gear" likes to point out the things their tested cars can't to well, like this highest gear acceleration test. Of course that is not a piece of cake for a highly tuned turbo, it's doomed to fail. And I mean a 1.6 liter Fiat is not a rocket in any way, especially not in the highest gear. If it still pulls away, the FQ400 must be very slow.

On the other hand you could do that with every car that was specialised for a single purpose: put it in a test it was not made for, and it will fail. You can't expect this car to be comfortable, quiet and economic, cause that's just not what it was made for. It's a proper racer, and if you use it like that it's a very good car. But you must be able to filter the tests you watch and read from information that doesn't belong there. "Top Gear" wants to entertain people, so they do reports like this one. On other cars they don't criticise stuff like that, and on some they do. But if you know about cars, and you want an FQ400, you know what you can expect of it and what you can't.

Cheers,
the Interceptor

 

[Gabkicks]

I have been waiting for your response sir. Ha-ha. Hilarious. Go back to the drifting forum dude you are an annoyance to everyone. Go away.

He called me a retard… Ha-ha. “Sentence scientific!” HA-HA!

ROLLAZN, just ignore em. show ur the better man. 👍

 

[Bocha]

*confused and a little anoyed* that was on topgear 2 weeks ago, why would you put it on this site.

Here in Argentina we can't watch Top Gear and this was a great opportunity to watch a beautifull car on an amazing TV show.
And rollazn put it on this site because is the thread of Videos & Photos.

On Topic

Thanks for the vid, man

Sorry for my english

 

[NEO-EP3R]

On the other hand you could do that with every car that was specialised for a single purpose: put it in a test it was not made for, and it will fail. You can't expect this car to be comfortable, quiet and economic, cause that's just not what it was made for. It's a proper racer, and if you use it like that it's a very good car. But you must be able to filter the tests you watch and read from information that doesn't belong there. "Top Gear" wants to entertain people, so they do reports like this one. On other cars they don't criticise stuff like that, and on some they do. But if you know about cars, and you want an FQ400, you know what you can expect of it and what you can't.

Cheers,
the Interceptor

Agree to some certain extent. Fact still remains is that JC is nothing more than a badge 'snobering' git. Did you see the episode that featured the new Golf GTi?
Yep it's slower than Honda Civic Type-R around their test track and JC had the pleasure to point that if you buy a Golf you got a VW, if you buy a Civic then you got a Honda. What does that mean to you?
Oh yes, the NSX-R feature was one of my favourite not to mention all the past Top Gear episodes that featured Skylines and past generation of Evos and Impreza, you just gotta love his cristicism.

Top Gear = comedy chat show
5th Gear = real enthusiasts motoring program

 

[the Interceptor]

Agree to some certain extent. Fact still remains is that JC is nothing more than a badge 'snobering' git. Did you see the episode that featured the new Golf GTi?

Yup!

Yep it's slower than Honda Civic Type-R around their test track and JC had the pleasure to point that if you buy a Golf you got a VW, if you buy a Civic then you got a Honda. What does that mean to you?

It means to me that he doesn't like Honda as much as VW. Sometimes you gotta read between the lines to see the car. That's what I meant with filtering. The guys are all biased towards special countries and manufacturers (like we all are, although a true journalist shouldn't be), and you must be able to ignore that to see the car review only.

Oh yes, the NSX-R feature was one of my favourite not to mention all the past Top Gear episodes that featured Skylines and past generation of Evos and Impreza, you just gotta love his cristicism.

Yeah, when Richard Hammond said to Honda "Move on! Build something else (than the NSX)!", I only thought "Yeah sure, now Honda's gonna stop building the NSX and develop a new supercar immediately.". There are some things about cars the guys just don't or maybe don't want to understand. Sometimes they can be pretty ignorant.

Top Gear = comedy chat show
5th Gear = real enthusiasts motoring program

Ok, but I still like Top Gear better. I think it's a good combination of comedy and cars. You just mustn't take the show too seriously. I like 5th gear too though, and I always watch it as well.
They're both way better than the very few, crappy german car shows by the way.

Cheers,
the Interceptor

 

[Gordonfan24]

*confused and a little anoyed* that was on topgear 2 weeks ago, why would you put it on this site.

Here in the US, I don't get TopGear either, but I do get 5th Gear, which I'm starting to like more & more. GTPlaner has users from all over the "Planet", so why do you expect everyone to have seen it already?

Anyway, about the show...I think it was a good test, the FQ performed better than I ever thought it would, under the circumstances, but that was the first time I've ever seen it on TV. And the first time I've ever seen Jeremy Clarkson...and I was definately disappointed with that first...and he said it himself, "...a fat guy..." I agree, that if you want a Lancer that performs well, and is "economical/practical(?)" you should pretty much just go for the cheaper 320horse model (not sure the exact model name designation). It, to me, makes more sense. What's a few seconds at the track if it's your daily driver? Not enough for me to change my mind. Don't get me wrong, the FQ is a beautiful car (for a Lancer) and is "******* Quick", but unless someone has an extra £/$50,000 laying around, the FQ should not even cross their minds.

 

[KSaiyu]

FQ is the cars designation. Not any tuning company. It supposedly stands for ******* Quick.

Ahhhh, I was wondering what that stood for

 

[Revheadnz]

On the video it said that the FQ400 could do 175mph. That means its top gear would be really long. And the Fiat or whatever that econobox was would have a relatively short top gear for only about 110-120mph right? I'm just guessing here but the fact that 6th gear was so long might have had something to do with the fact it lost to the Fiat because if the gear was shorter it would have taken less time to get on boost.

 

[the Interceptor]

On the video it said that the FQ400 could do 175mph. That means its top gear would be really long. And the Fiat or whatever that econobox was would have a relatively short top gear for only about 110-120mph right? I'm just guessing here but the fact that 6th gear was so long might have had something to do with the fact it lost to the Fiat because if the gear was shorter it would have taken less time to get on boost.

Good point! 👍

 

[inferno]

To ad to that good point, they said that the test was performed with both cars moving at 30 mph. At 30 mph In the afore mentioned 175 mph top gear, the engine would have been prety much put in hybernation. I'm talking about 1500 to 2000 rpm. With that kind of gearing I dont care what kind of powertrain you've got. Anything short of a big block and it's gonna bog. I'm amazed it gained any speed at all.

 

[Revheadnz]

I think Jezza just wanted it to lose at something, I don't know why he didn't just try to race aginst the Murc with the front tyres flat or only in reverse gear just to make the "crap" Japanese car lose. I like Top Gear but its bias sometimes gets in the way of the tests.

 

[daan]

I think Jezza just wanted it to lose at something, I don't know why he didn't just try to race aginst the Murc with the front tyres flat or only in reverse gear just to make the "crap" Japanese car lose. I like Top Gear but its bias sometimes gets in the way of the tests.

So if they are biaised against Japanese cars why, when they went back into the studio, did they recommend that you didn't get an FQ400, but to get the FQ320 instead?

The FQ400 has massive turbo lag. The test they did was a bit extreme but it made their point. It also needs a service every 4500 miles.

 

[the Interceptor]

I think Jezza just wanted it to lose at something, I don't know why he didn't just try to race aginst the Murc with the front tyres flat or only in reverse gear just to make the "crap" Japanese car lose. I like Top Gear but its bias sometimes gets in the way of the tests.

So if they are biaised against Japanese cars why, when they went back into the studio, did they recommend that you didn't get an FQ400, but to get the FQ320 instead?

The FQ400 has massive turbo lag. The test they did was a bit extreme but it made their point. It also needs a service every 4500 miles.

I think I'm slowly getting their point. With the Murcielago race they wanted to show how quick this car is, and on the other hand they showed you the price you pay for it's speed. Then they said that an FQ320 would do as well, cause it's much easier to get, much cheaper, more practical, more economic and only slightly less fun.

Cheers,
the Interceptor

 

[Revheadnz]

I think I'm slowly getting their point. With the Murcielago race they wanted to show how quick this car is, and on the other hand they showed you the price you pay for it's speed. Then they said that an FQ320 would do as well, cause it's much easier to get, much cheaper, more practical, more economic and only slightly less fun.

Cheers,
the Interceptor

Good point, The Interceptor. And the fact that you can drive it around the streets without stalling it might have something to do with it.

 

[Solid Fro]

http://gear.viper007bond.com/

Top Gear and Fifth Gear torrents.

 

[Thio]

http://gear.viper007bond.com/

Top Gear and Fifth Gear torrents.

A very good site indeed

That was a good clip, rollazn 👍

This car is a great way to celebrate Mistubishi's 30th anniversary. I think it shows the company's potential. Unfortunately, they are in the hole right now. I hope they get out of it soon so they can keep on building this magnificent car.

 

[tiptopcream]

Has anybody got the video about the Atom Clarkson did on Top Gear yesterday?

 

[Gabkicks]

it will be up on this site probably in a few days
http://gear.viper007bond.com/downloads.php?PHPSESSID=bad90276342bfbb955b2c58cef6c38b6

 

[TsLeng]

hohoho...the atom is 1 hell of a fast car.

Me no need no superbike anymore. 👍

 

[Pebb]

I like the fact the FQ400 is produced in the UK in the south where I am also I saw a FQ400 a month ago on the street.

 

[Scaff]

JC hates everything that isn't British, German, or Italian. For him to like an American or Japanese car is really impressive.

That would be why JC has bought a Ford GT and Richard Hammond has bought a Charger!

 

[zoxxy]

They've only addded 120

Actually, it's 70
330 bhp in the FQ330 and 400 bhp in the FQ400.


Oh, and the vid - It ruled.

 

[Omnis]

Ha-ha! How can I take this guy seriously when his avatar is of "The Fast and Furious", and his immature additude. He also can't spelled "annoy" correctly.

Sorry dude, depart back to your drifter forum now.

funniest part is that he doesnt even drift (not that i have seen)

 

[FRST]

0-60mph 3,5s enough said the Porsche Carrera GT does it in 3,9s !!!
very few cars accelerate this fast don't know any in fact maybe a Noble or so...

edit:
oh yes forgot the atom...