Japnese carmakers always underrate their sports car's engine power for legal reasons. 276hp is the average amount of power that most of their sports cars make, but usually actual wheel horsepower is more than 276.NewCents05 said:
If I remember correctly, I read a magazine that said when a car manufacturer wants to sell a car in Japan that has an extremely high power rating, they have to pay a certain kind of tax. Thats why normal car makers like Toyota and Mitsubishi who don't specifically make super cars, but still produce sports cars, must give their cars a lower power rating to avoid this sort of tax they would otherwise pay.
This is why these cars don't sell well in America. American car manufacturers usually OVERrate their engines to appeal to buyers. So when a consumer thinks the American cars are making more power, they overlook the underrated super imports.
Lancers can come up to 400bhp stock so i dont see how you can say they are slow 
