Mitsubishi was not a WRC (world rally car) until the Evo 9. The previous Lancers were homologated for the Group A class. See Mitsubishi Lancer WRC on Wikipedia for additional info. Still, excellent video.
To be fair, the Lancer Evolution was a Group A car for many years. The first year of the WRC specification car in competition was 1997, and while the cars were fast most of them were equally unreliable. The Group A specification was a less competitive package in comparison but it was a lot more reliable, they were always there to pick up the pieces. I am not taking anything away from Mr Makinen’s driving ability, but look at the entire season and look at how many times the WRC Impreza had to retire. The Ford Escort WRC lacked a bit of pace in comparison but it was still quite rapid on most surfaces. I think it was 2001 when the Lancer Evolution was finally built to the full WRC specifications, it was grossly uncompetitive and even worse it was plagued with dreadful reliability issues; the same teething problems other manufacturers had to spend time ironing out in the infancy stages of their program. That’s another year of competition you can review to see for yourself. Despite its history, the Lancer delivered fantastic memories in the hands of a number of drivers. There was some magic to its performances, but, it was the sort of magic you could quantify. All the same, this collect of footage was decent viewing.
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Love the sound of the 4G evo engine. Sounds like it’s running on double cream
The sound of EVO VI WRC still is legendary till this day.
Back when WRC was awesome
What a fantastic time it was!
That's pure hearted motorsport ❤.
It's beautiful 😍.
Also making me miss cars from SEGA RALLY 2 including this Evo 6.
That break glow on the night stage 😎
Ellos si eran verdaderos pilotos de Rally y gran Mitsubishi EVO..
Ahora son pura cáscara los carros del WRC
Legend car rally sound yeahhh😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤
These cars are still so popular in new zelaand and continue to dominate on the drag scene
感谢分享，legends fly a mitsubishi 😅
Mitsubishi ye slm❤❤
Mitsubishi was not a WRC (world rally car) until the Evo 9. The previous Lancers were homologated for the Group A class. See Mitsubishi Lancer WRC on Wikipedia for additional info.
Still, excellent video.
90s jdm always better
I always wondered how the Evo was still competitive when going against the first gen WRC cars
Because Makinen
To be fair, the Lancer Evolution was a Group A car for many years. The first year of the WRC specification car in competition was 1997, and while the cars were fast most of them were equally unreliable. The Group A specification was a less competitive package in comparison but it was a lot more reliable, they were always there to pick up the pieces.
I am not taking anything away from Mr Makinen’s driving ability, but look at the entire season and look at how many times the WRC Impreza had to retire. The Ford Escort WRC lacked a bit of pace in comparison but it was still quite rapid on most surfaces.
I think it was 2001 when the Lancer Evolution was finally built to the full WRC specifications, it was grossly uncompetitive and even worse it was plagued with dreadful reliability issues; the same teething problems other manufacturers had to spend time ironing out in the infancy stages of their program. That’s another year of competition you can review to see for yourself.
Despite its history, the Lancer delivered fantastic memories in the hands of a number of drivers. There was some magic to its performances, but, it was the sort of magic you could quantify.
All the same, this collect of footage was decent viewing.
I ever used this car in Gran Turismo 2.😅
Back when Mitsubishi was a titan
Would still beat any super car across a range of metalled roads
Mais um excelente vídeo
Top trouxe mtas saudades
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Evo III dream car 🔥🔥🔥
ランエボ最高！
🏁🏁🏁
Pole :)
Misfiring System
"É um turbo-aspirado", on the Brazilian dub
仲間が所有してました。
ランサー復活して欲しいけど、三菱も元気無いし。
中国人では作れない。
日本人だから作れた車🇯🇵。