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Racing Lancer to debut at Rally World Cup

Posted in Lancer News on the 27 Aug 2008

Mitsubishi’s latest cross-country rally car, the turbo-diesel Racing Lancer, is to make its long-awaited official debut in round six of 2008 FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup.
Team Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart is developing the Lancer with the clear aim of winning the 2009 Dakar.
The prospect of this happening will be much improved by the fact that [...]

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution owners sought for world record attempt

Posted in Lancer News on the 27 Jun 2008

The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution owners club are trying to create a world record for the largest number of ‘Evos’ forming a parade in a single place.
The event will take place at the Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire on Saturday July 12th.
Darin Frow, chairman of the Mitsubishi Lancer Register (MLR), said: "The World Record attempt [...]

Laying the stone of friendship

Posted in Mitsubishi News on the 19 May 2008

It is not just Manchester United and Chelsea fans that will descend on Russia, as Mitsubishi motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen have also struck a new deal which will see the production of cars at a manufacturing plant in Kaluga, 180km south-west of Moscow, from 2011.
The new Russian plant will produce vehicles with the [...]

Lancer performs well in police tests

Posted in Lancer News on the 18 Mar 2008

The Metropolitan Police’s test centre at Millbrook recently trialled the Misubishi Lancer 2.0 DI-D GS4.
In a set of tests, designed to replicate the requirements of police vehicles, it performed very well, achieving the highest award for a braking score.
The brakes are subjected to rapid emergency braking from 50 mph to standstill, fifty times, to [...]

Mitsubishi ‘racing ahead in Europe’

Posted in Mitsubishi News on the 01 Feb 2008

Motor firm Mitsubishi believes that it is pulling away from the pack in terms of European performance.
According to the manufacturer, it registered a nine per cent sales increase on the continent last year against figures from 2006.
The figures show that this means in 2007 it shifted 227,630 units, with the UK remaining the firm’s [...]

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