Mr version has the 6 speed tranny and also comes with the blistein struts/shocks suspension and nicer wheels and the recaro seats are nicer on the evo ix mr... all evo viii's come with the same wheels except the rs. the evo viii mr came out with only the 2005 year which has the same ugly recaros the gsr viii's have

and 2006 was the only year the ix was made

also the viii's dont have mivec and ix's do

if you like the mr but dont want the 6speed get and evo ix se which is the same as the mr but with a 5speed and comes with a really nice front lip kit

the rs is a 5speed with limited comfort. like some come without a wing and power options (doors and windows) which is offered in the viii's and ix's, and some say they have a btter tranny than the gsr? not sure how true that is

the gsr is the regular version 5 speed. on all evo viii's 2003 and 2004 came with sunroof and the hid's. but the 05 evo viii's you had to get the special package that came with that called the ssl package... sound,sunroof, leather and from 05 evo viii and the evo 9's came with acd which the 03 and 04 dont