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ALWAYS LOVED THE EVO OVER SUBARU FROM DAY ONE I LOVE THE SHAPE OF IT BRILLIANT CAR GLAD HAMMOND PLULLED THE TRIGGER AND INVESTED IN ONE ITS A PROPER CLASSIC CAR
Part way through while watching Ben drive, I pictured the white helmet and how many times I've seen him before. Finally seeing that intensity we couldn't see for so many memorable laps made me happy and sad about what a missed opportunity he was outside of the costume. What a legend.
I went from an M3 to my Evo and it was interesting to note the difference in reaction from other road users. There were times you could almost feel the hate of some people towards a BMW driver and yet in the Evo I would receive waves or nods from other drivers and people would often comment favourably at the petrol station or car parks. Never seemed to generate any resentment.
Absolutely loved seeing these two battle against one another! Get Izzy on more presenting videos for this channel! It's a breath of fresh air seeing and listening to someone who isn't completely TV and media trained.
@smartgorilla from what I see in the comments, majority seems to approve of a non car enthusiast. Obviously, the top gear three will never be beaten. However, I think the original review of Martin she done was class.
For their entire product lifetimes, these cars were basically just seperated by their engine position and layout. The Scoob was always fighting physics with it's high mounted long engine slung out front, whereas the Evo with it's short transverse low engine was an inherently much better balanced car front to rear. Having worked at prodrive for 6 years during the height of these cars reign, both on the WRC and road car projects, with the scoob you could choose between a nice handling balance OR max LatG, whereas with the Evo you could find a setup to do both. Basically the Scoob always understeered if you set it up for max LatG, which drivers hated, and this really was why it was never a very successful tarmac car, as opposited to on loose surfaces with more low gear, low friction accels where the mass distribution worked more in it's favour. Over the years and models, FHI threw more and more tech at the scoob chassis to try to help things out, but at the end of the day, you just can't beat the laws of physics. Evo for me, every time....... ;-)
Can you clarify what you mean by the Subarus engine mounted high, slung out front? Compared to the evos very much upright transverse four. Nearly the entire Subaru brochures from yesteryear banged on about the 'low slung' flat four.
@@PPC4it’s mounted low correct, but the engine is hanging out in the front of the car to make room for the gearbox. The front wheel axles go directly in the gearbox hence the engine is pushed out to the front of the car. So you have the engine connected to the gearbox and the front wheel axels going into the gearbox. Hence the engine needs to hang out front. The Evo has to do a 90degree turn via the gearboxes to get the power to the front wheels.
@@PPC4 Ah the power of "marketing" What FHIs marketing department did was actually really quite clever, and the managed to hoodwink a lot of people, including most of the motoring press of the time. FHI claimed "our flat four engine has a low center of gravity" which is in fact absolutely true. A bare engines CofG is measured in terms of it's height above the crankshaft centre line, so yes, a flat engine indeed has the lowest possible CofG architecutrally speaking. What FHI failed to mention, was that the thing that actually matters is the INSTALLED CofG, and here, things go south quickly. Firstly, you need to leave space under the engine for exhaust manifolds and the sump, so the crank has to be high relative to the lowest installed point of the engine. Secondly, you have to couple the engine to a transmission and have a clutch, which in a road car that needs a practical/affordable clutch (ie no 80mm carbon-carbon race clutches here) means the engine again gets lifted up. So, when you measure the engine CofG when installed in a Scoob, it actually ends up higher than that of a well installed transverse inline engine ie like the Evo has. Then because of the 4wd system that FHI was wedded too (See: "marketing" again) that engine has to be infront of the front axle lateral centre line, so now not only is your engine high, it's well forwards too. So, your vehicle is now absolutely laid out in a physically non-optimum fashion, and nothing can change that. You always have a high CofG, a large polar moment of intertia and a forwards mass distribution. You can mess with chassis settings to try to dynamically move that mass around, but ultimately, everything you do to achieve that reduces max lateral acceleration, ie cornering speed.......
@maxtorque2277 Sweet point, I never thought about how far forward the flat 4 sits, make so much sense now when I drove a new wrx couldn't work out why it felt like it understeered far worse than a awd should, heck the fwd Renault's we had had less understeer than the new wrx
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The amount of people who don’t know this is mental. You can never get rid of understeer in a subaru unless you run active diffs like the wrc cars did. Terrible weight distribution and the heavy engine mounted miles upfront just like an Audi. Internet talk always said they just need a stiffer rear anti roll bar, lol they need more than that. The engine indeed is mounted high up aswell, sheep just consume all the marketing BS. Even a ford cosworth from the 80’s/90’s has a better weight distribution and gearbox design.
@@Charkunt.d5Remove the battery, air intake, washer reservoir, done. Doesn't take long. Try doing spark plugs on a 3.6l Dodge Journey, now THAT is a nightmare.
why ? easy to work on 100 percent goes to subaru .reliable is debatable ... just because the evo can get more power out the box doesn't make it more reliable ...
Mitsubishi and Nissan are part of Renault and all three use same architecture now for all models. EVO will never come back as too costly for a single model and the WRX is pretty much at the end of its life cycle. RIP both of you.
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They decided to retire to give Subaru a chance to catch up
Both excellent cars, but I'd prefer Subaru any day over Evo. Plus, I wanted to see Richard Hammond in his Subaru and Mike in his Evo to have that last ride to verdict that which car is best and also have a drag race as well. I mean, Richard Hammond is known for car stuff, so it'd be logical to have him there with the ex stig Ben Collins. Lastly, I love your content and love the humour to give us Mike and Richard Hammond ❤️.
I’ve had mine 20 years now and I still love exploring the strengths and weaknesses of both cars. Both forever classics now. Living the memories all over again with this episode.😎
I would think lap lines won't match when also conducting an interview. Mike can drive. Izzy got better at driving a stick. And Ben is awesome! Love Drive Tribe! ❤
Having enjoyed a few Mitsi's from a VR4 to an AWD Magna/Diamente Sport and an Evo3 and 5 their AWD systems are incredible along with the chassis dynamics which makes them a great all round sport sedan, the motorsports heritage and the resulting trickle down engineering makes them a really fun thing especially on the loose stuff.
The "battle" between these two cars just made each of them ever better. They both had their strong and weakpoints. When they met on the street, they put a smile on your face if you were in the other.
There is this place in Hungary where you pay like 200 eur and you can hoon around both cars for some laps, having driven both the subaru and the evo back to back i can say that the eveo felt abit more manageable, some how more planted and more confidence inspiring.
Evo feels like a bland econo box , even though it is the better chassis. Faster But Subaru feels better built . Feels beefier . Boxer engine, low center of gravity, helps to make it that balance feel. It feels fasst And I am an evo fan
Welp, looks like the evo was faster, but it wasn't ready to leave... Subaru for life :P Joking aside, both cars are amazing, and there is a reason to why both of them are classic, there is no wrong choice just preference... And i prefer Martin
these cars make being a car guy that much sweeter...I've only ever driven a WRX wagon with a turbo...bone stock...and thought it was pretty decent...now I gotta find someone nice to loan me an Evo for an afternoon...
Watching both Mike and Ben absolutely hammer these 2 cars on the track was so sublime! I LOVE watching such content and I hope DT can make more of this.
We need more! This was such a great episode, all smiles the entire way. Great job Izz, but you're wrong about that intake noise, it sounds fabulous on the EVO. My friend had an EVO VII also and he put on a K&N, and I loved it. He always parked it at my house when he was gone on business trips and I would drive it around.
Got to love a 4G63 Mitsubishi: fun...when it works. Honestly, I love seeing Izzy, Mike, and Ben all at once. You got someone who is still new to cars, an enthusiast, and a true racecar driver. It's also nice to see Ben drive without a helmet, and man...that powerslide with the Subaru was pure art.
Loved seeing Izzy going a bit beyond her comfort zone and ripping the RPMs a bit higher on both cars. Great video. More of this kind of videos, pretty pleeeeeeeease.
I’ve had both and I’d say evo puts power down better and handles better but scoops may be slightly faster in a straight line but it’s only fair if all things are equal which will never happen. Evo for me
I drove both the EVO VIII and EVO IX (US) and 05 STi, and I always preferred the STi gearbox over the EVO. I don't like the throws on the EVO it's way too short and you can't miss a gear if you're not used to it. The STi feels more comfortable and easier to drive, but the EVO feels more special, like a race car for the road.
My DREAM car is the very rare Mitzi Evo estate and have started to collect the Japanese 1/64 die cast, which has exceptional detail for the cost and size . Tell her to watch Aussie Supercar drivers when they look through a corner, they turn the head opposite to their eyes in the direction they want to go.
My favourite DT video of the year!!! Please fix the EVO up… we need more videos of these two, maybe a road trip in them both (they deserve windy roads with a background of mountains and lakes!)
Honestly fully expected the evo engine to develop a knock as the car with the "problem" at the end, because the track was predominantly right hand fast corners. And the way the oil pan is set up, consistent fast right corners starves the oil pump, and its not uncommon for track evos to have this issue. As well as MASSIVE amounts of blow by, forcing all sorts of junk into catch cans if you have them. Still the car I would choose though, hands down.
I've been a bit apprehensive about Drivetribe videos recently. But as soon as you get Mike and Ben taking shots at each other or trying to wind each other up I'm like, yep this was worth it
Its unbelieavable that Mitsubishi with 100hp less still wins vs the subaru! I'm sad that they didnt compare Evo X vs the best Subaru at that time, i heard that Evo X was on a league on it's own for like 3-4 years with nothing from anyone, including Subaru to be able to match it, Subaru was releasing new versions almost every year and Mitsubishi just standed there unchallenged and unchanged for all those years as undefeated. I like both but when it comes to choose between Subaru or Mitsubishi i will go with Mitsubishi, however... It's a tragedy what happened to this amazing brand, wanted to buy a new car this year and went to a Mitsubishi Dealer to upgrade from my Mitsubishi Colt 2010 Facelift and guess what i've found, No Lancer, Let alone Ralliart or Evo, but you can buy a brand new Colt! Which is just a Renault Clio with some special trims, i was thinking ok sure... np at least the engine is Mitsubishi right? No... the engine is also Renault, including the hybrid version which is an original Nissan Engine modified by Renault, the entire car is just a Renault Clio and they have reduced an amazing brand like Mitsubishi to just a freaking TRIM! I'm starting to hate Renault with passion.
Been waiting for this video. I saw you guys (and the cars) at hotel in bridgend when you guys went to film this. Another great video, keep it going!!! 🎉🎉
since the seventh century evo has always been better by an inch, but most people prefer subaru and so do I, excellent cars that are 20 years old, still attract attention and everyone still loves them.
But one last comment from my side; I was always teached that my wrist should touch the upper center of the steering wheel and then you're seating position is perfectly aligned for fast driving; but here I see them driving with almost streched arms like in 70's F1 cars where they had a 10" or 12" steering wheel 🤔🫣🤔😉
I'm lucky to have driven both when I was younger. I had a WRX CS9 and my brother had an EVO 7 MR. My preference is on the Evo, because that was alot more fun to drive than the Subaru. It felt like a Go Kart...or a small hatch back that you could just throw it into corners. Subaru felt like a Luxury car with Million angry bees in it.
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My head says Evo, heart says Scooby, wallet says 1.3 cdti corsa!
ALWAYS LOVED THE EVO OVER SUBARU FROM DAY ONE I LOVE THE SHAPE OF IT BRILLIANT CAR GLAD HAMMOND PLULLED THE TRIGGER AND INVESTED IN ONE ITS A PROPER CLASSIC CAR
It’s the evo for me
Why didn't ben wear his stig outfit
no ones driving that evo home, at least you got a reason to put a banging clutch in it!
No wonder she was scared to put her foot down on accelerator pedal - she's got accident-prone Richard Hammond genes.
She is smart girl.
lol
Wife material smart!
cars are art
I don't care who wins, I just want to see both to live on and be seen on the roads.
Part way through while watching Ben drive, I pictured the white helmet and how many times I've seen him before. Finally seeing that intensity we couldn't see for so many memorable laps made me happy and sad about what a missed opportunity he was outside of the costume. What a legend.
Evo rules!
I agree. Ben is an amzing driver, and being able to see his body language and demeanor as he went round is pretty cool.
yep the full opposite lock is classic stig around the hammerhead
I like this, getting a non “enthusiast” take on cars is fun to watch. Probably the most accurate take.
😂😂 Ben yanking on the handbrake mid corner. Absolutely no fear
Ben: "Handbrakes a bit milky, init"
Mike: "Don't you dare"
Ben: *laughs in already did*
He must have at least a little confidence in Mike's driving ability, banter aside.
@OldWhitebelly he has to. Riding passenger on track and just casually pulling your buddies e-brake? I might know 1 person I'd trust to do that to.
@@GregoryGreg87 That's one more than I know ;)
NGL this was the one thing i loved about Top Gear was watching Stig do a Burning Lap with their cars its just so much fun to watch
I was a huge evo fan growing up but I can appreciate both now
You are just being polite. EVO is a far superior vehicle :)
I was always an evo guy but got a subaru after a test drive. The sound is beautiful
"Wha-... what's going on here? Why am I on the passanger seat?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
"I'm showing you the track." 😂😂😂
I went from an M3 to my Evo and it was interesting to note the difference in reaction from other road users.
There were times you could almost feel the hate of some people towards a BMW driver and yet in the Evo I would receive waves or nods from other drivers and people would often comment favourably at the petrol station or car parks. Never seemed to generate any resentment.
That's bc the EVO has working turn signals.
@@ejejjeje lol
I have yet to hear someone comment "Look at that cool guy in that BMW!" that wasn't a BMW diver themselves...
Anybody whos driven both will tell you as a daily the subaru is better but for a b road basher the evo is better
Blown head gasket says what?
@@sethjansson5652😂 brilliant
100% agree.
As a Subaru fan, Yellow EVO VIII is an exception.
@@sethjansson5652yet the evo was the one that broke down👀
Hamsterette's transformation from her first lap to her last was impressive. And enjoying the passenger seat while Ben drive...VERY impressive.
The way Ben drove that Subaru was shivering
Absolutely loved seeing these two battle against one another!
Get Izzy on more presenting videos for this channel! It's a breath of fresh air seeing and listening to someone who isn't completely TV and media trained.
Nah not for me. Soo basic
@smartgorilla from what I see in the comments, majority seems to approve of a non car enthusiast. Obviously, the top gear three will never be beaten. However, I think the original review of Martin she done was class.
For their entire product lifetimes, these cars were basically just seperated by their engine position and layout. The Scoob was always fighting physics with it's high mounted long engine slung out front, whereas the Evo with it's short transverse low engine was an inherently much better balanced car front to rear. Having worked at prodrive for 6 years during the height of these cars reign, both on the WRC and road car projects, with the scoob you could choose between a nice handling balance OR max LatG, whereas with the Evo you could find a setup to do both. Basically the Scoob always understeered if you set it up for max LatG, which drivers hated, and this really was why it was never a very successful tarmac car, as opposited to on loose surfaces with more low gear, low friction accels where the mass distribution worked more in it's favour. Over the years and models, FHI threw more and more tech at the scoob chassis to try to help things out, but at the end of the day, you just can't beat the laws of physics. Evo for me, every time....... ;-)
Can you clarify what you mean by the Subarus engine mounted high, slung out front? Compared to the evos very much upright transverse four. Nearly the entire Subaru brochures from yesteryear banged on about the 'low slung' flat four.
@@PPC4it’s mounted low correct, but the engine is hanging out in the front of the car to make room for the gearbox. The front wheel axles go directly in the gearbox hence the engine is pushed out to the front of the car. So you have the engine connected to the gearbox and the front wheel axels going into the gearbox. Hence the engine needs to hang out front.
The Evo has to do a 90degree turn via the gearboxes to get the power to the front wheels.
@@PPC4 Ah the power of "marketing"
What FHIs marketing department did was actually really quite clever, and the managed to hoodwink a lot of people, including most of the motoring press of the time.
FHI claimed "our flat four engine has a low center of gravity" which is in fact absolutely true. A bare engines CofG is measured in terms of it's height above the crankshaft centre line, so yes, a flat engine indeed has the lowest possible CofG architecutrally speaking.
What FHI failed to mention, was that the thing that actually matters is the INSTALLED CofG, and here, things go south quickly. Firstly, you need to leave space under the engine for exhaust manifolds and the sump, so the crank has to be high relative to the lowest installed point of the engine. Secondly, you have to couple the engine to a transmission and have a clutch, which in a road car that needs a practical/affordable clutch (ie no 80mm carbon-carbon race clutches here) means the engine again gets lifted up.
So, when you measure the engine CofG when installed in a Scoob, it actually ends up higher than that of a well installed transverse inline engine ie like the Evo has.
Then because of the 4wd system that FHI was wedded too (See: "marketing" again) that engine has to be infront of the front axle lateral centre line, so now not only is your engine high, it's well forwards too.
So, your vehicle is now absolutely laid out in a physically non-optimum fashion, and nothing can change that. You always have a high CofG, a large polar moment of intertia and a forwards mass distribution.
You can mess with chassis settings to try to dynamically move that mass around, but ultimately, everything you do to achieve that reduces max lateral acceleration, ie cornering speed.......
@maxtorque2277
Sweet point, I never thought about how far forward the flat 4 sits, make so much sense now when I drove a new wrx couldn't work out why it felt like it understeered far worse than a awd should, heck the fwd Renault's we had had less understeer than the new wrx
The amount of people who don’t know this is mental. You can never get rid of understeer in a subaru unless you run active diffs like the wrc cars did. Terrible weight distribution and the heavy engine mounted miles upfront just like an Audi.
Internet talk always said they just need a stiffer rear anti roll bar, lol they need more than that.
The engine indeed is mounted high up aswell, sheep just consume all the marketing BS.
Even a ford cosworth from the 80’s/90’s has a better weight distribution and gearbox design.
I love how Izzy is just slating the intake on the evo while Mike is loving it 😂😂
Soon as he said the subaru is "more reliable and easier to work on" I almost spat my drink
Same! 😅
Ever tried to change a set of plugs on an old ej20! Unless you have the right tools! It’s a nightmare! 😅
@@Charkunt.d5Remove the battery, air intake, washer reservoir, done. Doesn't take long. Try doing spark plugs on a 3.6l Dodge Journey, now THAT is a nightmare.
I'm an absolute idiot and it took me less than an hour to do plugs on my ej20.
Came here to say that. But I guess more people caught it. 😅
I was just about to write the same, so we know he hasnt owned any of them. I have owned both, only problem on EVO was the ayc rear diff
“The subaru is more reliable and easier to work on ” vs an evo is utter madness
I thought the same thing, crazy.
why ? easy to work on 100 percent goes to subaru .reliable is debatable ... just because the evo can get more power out the box doesn't make it more reliable ...
@@jackgtir1 how about we try changing spark plugs, or a timing belt, or remove the turbo?
Reliable and subaru don't go together
@jaroslavmrazek5752 can literly do any one inside an hour ... ever done a clutch in an evo ? Lol
Never give Richard his Subaru back! 🤣
Nice to see the baby Hamster going the way of the Hamster
meh
She hasn't crashed yet, so not really.
😂 give her time. You can see she enjoys the car world more and more with every video she's in.
Evo all the way! I had the STI and then changed to an Evo 9 FQ340 which I've owned for almost 11 years now. Absolutely love it!
put a Subaru Impreza spec C, not a normal European Impreza like this one, evo lose
Watching Ben go around the track makes me so happy. Him going off road in the Evo just screamed Gambon Corner...
How could you hate either one? I’m a Subaru guy, and always have been, but I can still appreciate how amazing evos are!
Same here! My best friend had an Evo X and it was fun to work on it and it was fast
Watching Ben around the track is AWESOME
Seeing Ben buzzing was awesome. Think it’s the first time I’ve seen him smile? 🤣
I’ll watch anything with Ben on the track. Always enjoyable.
WRX and Evo enthusiasts are not enemies but brothers after 2 decades. Subaru lost Colin McRae and Mitsubishi lost the Evo.
Mitsubishi needs to bring back the EVO😢🙏🏼
Already in the works. 🤫😉
Mitsubishi Motors doesn't really exist as they once were. They are Nissan in all but name now. It's a shame if you ask me, loved the old Mitsubishi
@@RichterBeyondsame, fun car
Mitsubishi and Nissan are part of Renault and all three use same architecture now for all models. EVO will never come back as too costly for a single model and the WRX is pretty much at the end of its life cycle. RIP both of you.
They decided to retire to give Subaru a chance to catch up
Both excellent cars, but I'd prefer Subaru any day over Evo. Plus, I wanted to see Richard Hammond in his Subaru and Mike in his Evo to have that last ride to verdict that which car is best and also have a drag race as well. I mean, Richard Hammond is known for car stuff, so it'd be logical to have him there with the ex stig Ben Collins. Lastly, I love your content and love the humour to give us Mike and Richard Hammond ❤️.
Really enjoyed the three of you together. Great chemistry and balance of personalities. Cheers!
I’ve had mine 20 years now and I still love exploring the strengths and weaknesses of both cars. Both forever classics now. Living the memories all over again with this episode.😎
Hopefully the evo gets fixed and the next video is James and Richard driving these!
James is too busy making gin.
Ben saying SEGA Rally made me happy!
I would think lap lines won't match when also conducting an interview. Mike can drive. Izzy got better at driving a stick. And Ben is awesome! Love Drive Tribe! ❤
Ben Collins makes any car look fast. The man’s a legend 👏 Scooby or Evo …. BOTH 🚀🇿🇦
I dont care who wins. They are both legends. I want both of them in my garage. 😊
Having enjoyed a few Mitsi's from a VR4 to an AWD Magna/Diamente Sport and an Evo3 and 5 their AWD systems are incredible along with the chassis dynamics which makes them a great all round sport sedan, the motorsports heritage and the resulting trickle down engineering makes them a really fun thing especially on the loose stuff.
The "battle" between these two cars just made each of them ever better. They both had their strong and weakpoints. When they met on the street, they put a smile on your face if you were in the other.
Everyone talks about Subaru and it’s unreliability. Yet it’s the Evo that breaks. How ironic lol
There is this place in Hungary where you pay like 200 eur and you can hoon around both cars for some laps, having driven both the subaru and the evo back to back i can say that the eveo felt abit more manageable, some how more planted and more confidence inspiring.
Evo feels like a bland econo box , even though it is the better chassis. Faster
But Subaru feels better built . Feels beefier .
Boxer engine, low center of gravity, helps to make it that balance feel. It feels fasst
And I am an evo fan
Am I seeing these three as the new era Clarkson, Hammond and May! YES!! Need more of you three together 🥳
Now that's how you squeeze in plugging video sponsors. If I hadn't just watched the interview, I wouldn't have noticed.
16:45 that was so epic I almost shed a tear! We need more Ben on track!
I would still rather have Martin over the Evo
Don't you just love Ben Collins giving it the beans on track 😊
Both brilliant cars, iconic in every way.
Really sensing a new team demo real being made for your production company 😊 Go get it!
Welp, looks like the evo was faster, but it wasn't ready to leave... Subaru for life :P
Joking aside, both cars are amazing, and there is a reason to why both of them are classic, there is no wrong choice just preference... And i prefer Martin
these cars make being a car guy that much sweeter...I've only ever driven a WRX wagon with a turbo...bone stock...and thought it was pretty decent...now I gotta find someone nice to loan me an Evo for an afternoon...
Watching both Mike and Ben absolutely hammer these 2 cars on the track was so sublime! I LOVE watching such content and I hope DT can make more of this.
The cars with Izzy were like: we have all the power and heritage but you're going to cruse.
The cars with Ben: Yeah BABY 🤣
Subaru every time i just love the noise of a boxer engine
I cant decide, Need both in my life
Really really enjoyed that! Ben Mike and Izzy easily the next 'Top gear' Trio
I’ve owned both. Own an VA sti now. Love them both.
We know dam well on a track or rallying a wrx always wins but the Evo is a rare diamond in the ruff
We need more! This was such a great episode, all smiles the entire way.
Great job Izz, but you're wrong about that intake noise, it sounds fabulous on the EVO. My friend had an EVO VII also and he put on a K&N, and I loved it. He always parked it at my house when he was gone on business trips and I would drive it around.
Got to love a 4G63 Mitsubishi: fun...when it works.
Honestly, I love seeing Izzy, Mike, and Ben all at once.
You got someone who is still new to cars, an enthusiast, and a true racecar driver.
It's also nice to see Ben drive without a helmet, and man...that powerslide with the Subaru was pure art.
Loved seeing Izzy going a bit beyond her comfort zone and ripping the RPMs a bit higher on both cars.
Great video.
More of this kind of videos, pretty pleeeeeeeease.
15:36 Best moment of the video 😂😂😂😂 The look Izzy and Ben had!!! AMAZING. Loved it. “I wont tell if you dont” moment
This was such a fun show. Great presentation and Izzy is a great “everyman” point of view.
I’ve had both and I’d say evo puts power down better and handles better but scoops may be slightly faster in a straight line but it’s only fair if all things are equal which will never happen. Evo for me
🥳👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Awesome comparison!! Enjoyed every minute of it. Thanx guys
I drove both the EVO VIII and EVO IX (US) and 05 STi, and I always preferred the STi gearbox over the EVO. I don't like the throws on the EVO it's way too short and you can't miss a gear if you're not used to it. The STi feels more comfortable and easier to drive, but the EVO feels more special, like a race car for the road.
We need James and Rich to do it
Then we're talking 🗣️🗣️
You have got to love Izzy. She's growing into this DriveTribe stuff
Always been Evo for me especially 1995 Evo 3 in WRC 1995 & 1996.
My DREAM car is the very rare Mitzi Evo estate and have started to collect the Japanese 1/64 die cast, which has exceptional detail for the cost and size .
Tell her to watch Aussie Supercar drivers when they look through a corner, they turn the head opposite to their eyes in the direction they want to go.
The subaru had her screaming like she was in a roller coaster ,the evo had her looking like she was on a relaxing boat ride.
My favourite DT video of the year!!! Please fix the EVO up… we need more videos of these two, maybe a road trip in them both (they deserve windy roads with a background of mountains and lakes!)
I love this! What a great tribute to two legends.
Love both cars, But prefer the WRX. The suby rumble is unmatched.
We need more episodes like this, the three of them together work well.
Honestly fully expected the evo engine to develop a knock as the car with the "problem" at the end, because the track was predominantly right hand fast corners. And the way the oil pan is set up, consistent fast right corners starves the oil pump, and its not uncommon for track evos to have this issue. As well as MASSIVE amounts of blow by, forcing all sorts of junk into catch cans if you have them. Still the car I would choose though, hands down.
Top gear already did this test/review. They all concluded the evo is by far the best.
Mike is a pretty solid instructor tbh. Nice!
Greetings from San Diego! Awesome Padres hat, glad to see it! Classic WRX vs Evo showdown. Like a Kobe vs Jordan debate.
I was stunned a couple of weeks back to pass Martin - with Mike at the wheel, I think - on the road. I may have even shouted out loud 🤣
EVO: Broken Gearboxes ££££'s
Subaru: Blown Engines ££££'s
Sensible Choice: Golf R 🤷♂️
I've been a bit apprehensive about Drivetribe videos recently. But as soon as you get Mike and Ben taking shots at each other or trying to wind each other up I'm like, yep this was worth it
Great video! Thanks for putting together this legendary matchup!
Love this episode! One of the best you all have made to date!
Its unbelieavable that Mitsubishi with 100hp less still wins vs the subaru! I'm sad that they didnt compare Evo X vs the best Subaru at that time, i heard that Evo X was on a league on it's own for like 3-4 years with nothing from anyone, including Subaru to be able to match it, Subaru was releasing new versions almost every year and Mitsubishi just standed there unchallenged and unchanged for all those years as undefeated. I like both but when it comes to choose between Subaru or Mitsubishi i will go with Mitsubishi, however...
It's a tragedy what happened to this amazing brand, wanted to buy a new car this year and went to a Mitsubishi Dealer to upgrade from my Mitsubishi Colt 2010 Facelift and guess what i've found, No Lancer, Let alone Ralliart or Evo, but you can buy a brand new Colt! Which is just a Renault Clio with some special trims, i was thinking ok sure... np at least the engine is Mitsubishi right? No... the engine is also Renault, including the hybrid version which is an original Nissan Engine modified by Renault, the entire car is just a Renault Clio and they have reduced an amazing brand like Mitsubishi to just a freaking TRIM! I'm starting to hate Renault with passion.
Team Evo right here.
Let’s get 2wisted! Team evo 😘
Been waiting for this video. I saw you guys (and the cars) at hotel in bridgend when you guys went to film this. Another great video, keep it going!!! 🎉🎉
Quality 💪 Love both of these so much, This WHOLE series was top content 👏
since the seventh century evo has always been better by an inch, but most people prefer subaru and so do I, excellent cars that are 20 years old, still attract attention and everyone still loves them.
The evo is madness. Greatest handling I’ve felt. Mine made well over 700 hp to the tires at 40 pounds and it’s just hooks like no one’s business
AS an Ex Evo owner I always regretted selling mine.
The Stig sent the flywheel flying :D
Evo All day Every Day. So sad we are not seeing a new generation.
two things I really like about this video.. one the yellow eco and 2 his San Diego padres cap! GO pads!
Since 2017 I'm have a evo at home. Easy choice >D.
But one last comment from my side; I was always teached that my wrist should touch the upper center of the steering wheel and then you're seating position is perfectly aligned for fast driving; but here I see them driving with almost streched arms like in 70's F1 cars where they had a 10" or 12" steering wheel 🤔🫣🤔😉
Ridden with Ben in full attack. The guy is next level.
Evos seem more “exotic” and special to me.
Izzy is a natural being awaken.
Watching Top Gear over the years every time they had the Evo vs Wrx the Evo beat the Subaru every time around the track and with less HP.
I'm lucky to have driven both when I was younger. I had a WRX CS9 and my brother had an EVO 7 MR. My preference is on the Evo, because that was alot more fun to drive than the Subaru. It felt like a Go Kart...or a small hatch back that you could just throw it into corners. Subaru felt like a Luxury car with Million angry bees in it.