Let’s keep on trucking with our forbidden fruit theme, shall we? If we all lived in Jolly Ole, we could have a crack at this sucker. It’s the latest insane iteration of the UK-only EVO X FQ 330 ST. There’s a reason behind that mix of letters and digits, namely the 330 horsepower turbo four [...]
Word Chrysler and Fiat have finally saddled up together means we’re in for a whole new generation of rebadged goodness. The house that Hemi built is no stranger to sharing platforms. In fact, some of its best and worst models have been sourced from carmakers around the globe, and to show you what we mean, [...]
The WRC’s group N is a much under-loved segment of the championship. Here, cars are as close to stock as they come, sporting a few safety modifications and not much else. The rules even the playing field and force teams to rely on the quickest car straight from the manufacturer and the skill of their [...]
Mitsubishi pulled the sheets off of its metal at the Geneva Motor Show yesterday, including a pair of i MiEVs. Those include a prototype version of the mid-engine EV that should be pretty close to the production car due in European Dealers as soon as next year. The company also introduced a new “sport” version [...]
I. Nissan released pictures of an all-new compact utility van. Called the NV-200, it’s Nissan’s attempt to get its foot in the door in the worldwide market that covers everything from utilitarian people movers to panel vans. The new Nissan has a load capacity of a half-ton, and almost seven feet of load bay. Apparently [...]
The Canadian Rally Championship action has fired up in Quebec. Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard took home a victory at last weekends Perce Niege competition in their Rockstar Evo X. The home town team wasn’t initially favored for the win, especially considering L’Estage had next to zero seat time in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X [...]
If you reveled in the crazy three-way battle for supremacy between BMW, VW and Mitsubishi during this year’s Dakar Rally, we’ve got bad news for you. Mitsubishi has just announced its pulling out of next year’s competition. The move starts off Mitsu’s complete withdrawal from cross country rallying. If that’s not bad enough for you, [...]
Mitsubishi just unleashed a blatant poke in Subaru’s Pleiades-speckled eyes. For a good while now, Mitsubishi has been content to let Subaru manhandle the AWD sport-hatch segment here in the states. Not no more, Fiends. Mitsubishi just confirmed the Lancer Sportback GTS and Ralliart are headed our way in a hurry — as in middle [...]
This year marks a first for the long-running Paris-Dakar Rally. For the first time since 1979, the race will be held somewhere other than the traditional route from Paris to Dakar. Starting this Saturday, teams from around the world will descend on Argentina and Chili for the 3,700 mile rally. Mitsubishi and Volkswagen are two [...]
Before the Lancer became Mitsubishi’s go-to rally car, there was the Galant. And before you scoff, or assume this is just some higher-horsepower version of an otherwise boring car, consider the stats.
Four-wheel steering (VR stands for Viscous-Realtime)
All wheel drive
A turbocharged, intercooled 2.0 liter 4-cylinder engine
Five speed manual
The 195 horsepower was respectable for 1991, but the [...]
