well according to car and driver, and i think track magazine, the spec v blows both cars away in the handling department, the lancer ralliart tries too hard to be the evo without anything good the evo posseses, the SE-R and the spec v are about even in a drag as long as the se-r has a 5 speed, but the spec will beat the ser on a road course by anything from 2-9 seconds depending on the track......ranking from last to first: lancer, SE-R, Spec v