2010 Mitsubishi Outlander GT

While not quite as sinister looking as the Evo's mug, the Outlander GT looks plenty thuggish. You cannot say that about a. The wheels are new and sportier looking. The rest of the outside remains largely unchanged and comes across as your run-of-the-mill CUV. You'd have to be some sort of crazy car geek to notice the twisted side-sills and new mirrors (ahem). Maybe the rest of the Outlander GT will get Evo-ized for an upcoming refresh, but for now, it's standard crossover fare.

Perhaps the most significant update, or at least the one that will resonate most strongly with potential buyers, is the upgraded cabin. A quick glance around reveals much time and attention to detail went into sprucing up the joint. The previous Outlander's huge tracts of plastic are now covered with beautiful, thick-stitched leather. Sure, the glove box door is still a flimsy piece of low grade plastic, but it now looks beautiful. Ditto for the rest of the cabin, and especially the cowhide shroud atop the instrument cluster. We also need to send a shout out to those hefty aluminum pedals. The magnesium column-mounted paddles shifters, too. Long story short, and to quote Mitsubishi's PR folks, the "Outlander has gone upscale.