Whats the difference between a Mitsubishi lancer oz and a Mitsubishi lancer evo?

Answer 1

The Oz edition was a gimic, the Oz edition was a wheel and trim package added to the standard lancer. The differences between lancer and lancer evolution are so vast, but to cut it down to a couple you would start at the engine.

The lancer evolution is a all wheel drive 2.0+L 4-cylinder turbo platform

that delivers a performance car that was designed and built for the World Rally championships. The Lancer evolution was just that, a evolution of a platform, running numerically starting with the EVO-1 and in 2010 running into the EVO-10. With every change they tweaked engine performance to keep it competitive with all the other automobile manufacturing companies (Subaru, Toyota, Citroen).

The lancer on the other hand is the economy version of the evo..think of it like subaru with has similar vehicals with similar situations. Subaru has a bare bone 4 door sedan( impraza) as dose Mitsubishi (lancer). Both have a sport version of that bare bone model Subaru (Impraza WRX) and Mitsubishi (lancer EVO). They also both have flagship packages of these sport versions Subaru (Impraza WRX STI) and Mitsubishi (Lancer EVO MR). The lancer OZ was a gimic it was a face lift to its lancer, by adding wheels and small facial changes they where able to throw anouther model on the market before the real EVO came to the united states with the EVO 8( before then the EVO was a gray market car and was illegal in the USA). For more information search Wikipedia.