Not necessarily. Mine is an 04 bought new. Lot of California freeway miles, 280,000 at the moment, but last year prior to moving to Arizona, I had my friends at Concord Mitsubishi go thru the entire car. I told them anything that needs fixing do it. The rebuilt the engine, went thru the trans, new suspension…

I still have my 05 Evo. No problems. A daily driver that will knock your socks off! Fun Cali car!