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Review: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR Touring

October 17, 2010 by Tom Williams 1 Comment

Ah, the Evo. Let’s pause for a moment, and thank the powers that be us North Americans can finally appreciate this little beast. It was not so long ago the management at Mitsubishi saw no market for this car here. That a street version of a World Rally Championship race car would have no appeal to us. The recipe is both simple yet extraordinarily complex at the same time. Take your bland bread and butter compact, then add the most exotic technology you have access too, throw in fender flares and spoilers, and of course, a borderline insane drivetrain to rival some of the best sports cars out there, and there you have it. The Evo.

The Evo has enjoyed (or been dogged by) its reputation for being brassy, loud and obnoxious, and a little rough around the edges in comparison to its obvious rival, the Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Regular readers of The Garage may recall our video review of an Evo MR, and it was during that time our friends at Mitsubishi told us a more luxurious Touring model would be joining the Evo family. Naturally, we were curious. An Evo with a hint of refinement? Is this a car you can take to finishing school? Read on to find out.

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Sunday video: MOH Racing takes on Targa Tasmania

May 2, 2010 by Gary Grant 2 Comments

Our readers are no strangers to classic tarmac rallies, as we have covered Targa Newfoundland and Gary and the guys at Team CBR have taken us to La Carrera. The event that started it all (in modern times anyway) is the Targa Tasmania. Much like the Canadian and American events, TT now has classes for modern and classic cars.

The 2010 running of Targa Tasmania began last week and finishes up today. The good folks supporting MOH Racing contacted us earlier in the week, with an offer of some in car video. Who am I to say no to in car footage from an Evo IX rally car?
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Peter Thomson wins Shannonville Stages Rally

April 11, 2010 by Gary Grant 2 Comments

Yesterday marked the running of the 2010 edition of the Shannonville Stages Rally at Shannonville Motorsport Park, just east on Belleville, Ontario. This is a completely flat road course that is tight and twisty with a long straight at the north end which doubles as a drag strip. I have to say that it is one of my least favorite tracks!

This round of the Ontario Performance Rally Cup proved to be uneventful other than the fact that many teams underestimated the demands of a race track on regular rally brakes. It may seem hard to believe, but many rally cars run stock brakes as the braking effort on gravel and snow isn’t all that taxing. The funny thing is that when we ran the same event in 1994, many of the larger cars had the same issue then. 16 years later and guys still haven’t learned!

2005 Canadian Rally Champion, Peter Thomson with Frank Sprongl co-driving, won the event overall in a Mitsubishi Evo VIII. Second place went to Glen Clarke and Ray Felice in their Porsche 911 which ran out of brakes with 5 laps left. There was actually a battle for 3rd place, which was won by Nicola & Massimo Narini in their Subaru.

Regular readers will recognize the 4th place finisher. Chris Martin and Phil Narini and their Subaru have appeared in our pages a number of times.

After the break, we’ve got some exclusive shots of the event courtesy of Dean Campbell and Flatovercrest.com
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Ken Block wins 100 Acre Wood rally for the 5th year in a row!

March 1, 2010 by Gary Grant Leave a Comment

Depending on what your daily reading sources are, you may already know this. Yes, I know I should have posted this story yesterday, but like most of North America I was caught up in Olympic hockey madness.

That Monster Energy madman, Ken Block piloted his Ford Fiesta to an overall win at the 2010 100 Acre Wood rally. This achievement means that he and co-driver Alex Gelsemino have won this rally 5 years in a row! The long sweeping turns and high speed straights suit Block’s wide open driving style just perfectly.

As the winter Olympics were getting ready to wind up in Canada, it is nice to see some Canadian representation on the Rally America podium also. Canadians Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard took the second spot in their Mitsubishi Evo X while the third step was taken by Bill Bacon and Canadian Peter Watt in an Evo IX.

Next up on the Rally America national schedule is the Olympus Rally in Washington on April 23-25.

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Bacon & Watt in 4th after Friday evening stages

February 27, 2010 by Gary Grant Leave a Comment

Bill Bacon and Peter Watt are sitting in 4th place on the road after the Friday evening stages at the Rally America 100 Acre Wood event. As the teams are about to line up for the start at the Missouri event this morning, Bacon is 1:46 behind leader Travis Pastrana. Not that far considering that a single flat tire could eat that up very quickly. Between Bacon & Pastrana are Canadian Antoine L’Estage in 2nd and 4 time event winner Ken Block in 3rd.

L’Estage is 22 seconds behind Pastrana thanks to a flat on stage. As Block is still feeling out the new Fiesta, he should get faster as the day goes on. Remember that Block is looking for a 5peat at this rally. If this keeps up, today will be a serious battle.
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100 Acre Wood: ACP is out before he begins

February 26, 2010 by Gary Grant Leave a Comment

“Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug…”

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Bacon Motorsport gets ready for 100 Acre Wood

February 26, 2010 by Gary Grant Leave a Comment

Yesterday we saw video of Ken Block prepping for this weekends 100 Acre Wood rally. The Monster folks aren’t the only team in the rally though! As we’ve mentioned before, old friend of The Garage, Peter Watt, is in the right seat of Bill Bacon’s Evo. The team spent yesterday going through tech inspection and all of the boring paperwork stuff that goes along with entry. The team has shared some photos of the day which are after the break.
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Andrew Comrie-Picard front bumper cam from Tall Pines rally

November 30, 2009 by Gary Grant Leave a Comment

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Anyone who somehow has the notion that rallying isn’t racing needs to give their head a shake. Perhaps this awesome front bumper cam from ACP’s Mitsubishi Evo X will do the trick. This is raw footage shot on the Lower Hastings stage at the 2009 Rally of the Tall Pines last week. Most years, we see this event run in the snow, while this years was wet gravel and gave the drivers the opportunity to show how fast these cars are when they have a little more grip.

To give you an idea of how speed differential, eventual winner Pat Richard was a whopping 7 seconds faster than Comrie-Picard on this stage. If you listen, there are 2 sections where ACP is likely getting his bearings and is a little light on the throttle. Those 2 sections probably made the difference.

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Antoine L’Estage at Rocky Mountain Rally 2009

June 12, 2009 by Gary Grant Leave a Comment

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If you can’t finish an event, the next best thing is to look great and get some coverage for the sponsors, both current and future. Antoine L’Estage & Nathalie Richard may not have finished the 2009 Rocky Mountain Rally, but they sure looked awesome on the road through the lens of Warwick Patterson.

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More solo porn, this time an Evo X in Poland

December 12, 2008 by Gary Grant 1 Comment

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. In the old days of the auto wars, sometimes it meant that Ford fans wouldn’t be outdone by Chevy guys. In the modern world, one of the biggest rivalries is between Subaru and Mitsubishi devotees.

Not to be outdone by the Lord of the skate shoes, Polish rally driver Pawel Dytko has found a vacant lot and fired up his Mitsubishi Evo X for a bit of youtube hoonage of his own. It may not be quite as polished as Ken Block’s smokefest, but it was likely filmed in one afternoon rather than 4 days.

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