If I had to donate a kidney to buy a car from the 90s, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Edition Tommi Makkinen was at the top of my picks. Why? Because it was a rally car that was allowed to run on a day-to-day basis.
“Today I go to work in a rally car”, as I would love to be able to say it. In practice, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution was a “homologation special” for the rally car, which has known 10 fantastic generations. The most staunch Lancer Evolution fans will tell you that the Evo X has not lived up to its predecessors. The big culprit? The ill-fated emissions, which forced the Japanese brand to send the mythical 4G63 engine to the overhaul at the expense of the 2.0 MIVEC Turbo engine.
Now the guys from Donut Media have released a video showing the evolution of Evolution − I like this alliteration… evolution of Evolution. It's fine, isn't it?
It's 9 minutes of a saga that begins in the 70s with the entry of Mitsubishi in rallies, which was deepened in the 80s with a reinforcement of the brand's structure in this modality, and which reached its peak in the 90s.
There are two types of people in the world.
Coke or Pepsi. Samsung or Apple. Black or white. Impreza or Evolution. Car Ledger or (you choose…).
There are subjects where the world is clearly divided into two factions. In this particular, Mitsubishi Evolution Vs Subaru Impreza, which side are you on? Honestly, now that the 90s are a distant memory and rivalries have cooled, even Subaru must miss the Evolution of yesteryear. From now on, it will be a machine with another purpose.