Mitsubishi is a third tier Japanese automaker,
Did you really say that a 2.0 liter inline 4 putting out over 300 hp via turbocharging and intercooling isn't stressed? Are you serious? Yet you think a 3.3 liter inline 6 putting out roughly the same horsepower is stressed? LOL I'm not quite sure if you actually believe that or if you're just clueless.
You're right about the 4wd trumping 2wd in the snow and ice but I still don't like the on/off nature of the Evo's engine regarding driving in dangerous conditions in a big city, where body lives. Although you're wrong about the benefits of way the engine produces power. The problem is that the power hits too suddenly as opposed to the constant stream of power that naturally aspirated engines produce.
As far as handling goes considering the M3's rear wheel drive he'd be dealing with oversteer which can be controlled with the throttle.
Mitsubishi may not be on the same tier as Toyota and Honda but time and again they are showing up european manufacturers reliability faults.
And yes, i did say Mitsubishis engine is less stressed than BMWs normally aspirated engine....how stressed an engine is depends on how hard its having to work to make the power....the Evo is making all of its power at a not unreasonable 6500rpm, thats easy...relaxed even....turbocharging has long been seen as the easy way to big power. Compare that with the M3 which makes its power at 7900rpm, nearly 8000rpm!!....yeah, thats an understressed engine alright
.....how long do you think a 3 litre angine will last for being taken to 8000rpm?
I'm not wrong about how a turbo delivers its power....having run a turbo in the past it was very easy to drive off boost when the weather dictated or when i felt like being a cheapskate with fuel....you can even take a turbocharged car to the red line without the turbo boosting if you do it slowly and feather the throttle....likewise you can make it come in earlier than expected with heavy use of the throttle, its not set rigidly at 3500rpm.
Lastly, you can control an Evos handling with the throttle...in fact you can control any cars handling with the throttle!....not just a RWD one. Even though the Evo is 4WD its not a 50/50 front/rear split....on most of these jap rally cars the bias is 40/60 between front and rear, giving a slight RWD bias....some of the limited edition Evos and Subarus have a dial on the dash where you can adjust the percentage between front/rear if you want.