great article and like the article suggests the lancer is very underrated. I have a modified 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer US spec and i'm very happy with it!
true, the base lancers will not perform like its brother the Evolution but the lancer has alot of potential! here in the US we have turbocharged lancers both in automatic and manual pushing well up to 280hp with basic bolt ons. As aftermarket support grows for the lancer market Lancer owners are able to push the envelope little by little.
My car club has just finished swapping over a Galant 2.4 motor into one of our 2002 Lancers and within a month it will be going under the knife one more time to get a turbo installed. We also have another lancer thats going to have a built motor and individual throttle bodies and a custom programmable ecu.
its good to see some support from other countries in regards to the base lancer.