Entering the stadium is a place that Mitsubishi naturally admires. The insistence on performance is also the purpose of the birth of its two royal modified brands. Don't rush the years, I won't push what should come. Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, Larry's art suddenly withdrew, and the rest, we can only learn from Colt? Speed aftertaste Mitsubishi, can not help but sigh.
RALLIART is the high performance and racing division of Mitsubishi Motors. Responsible for the research and development of rally cars and off-road racing, while Rally Arts sells high-performance vehicles and modified parts. 20 10 April, Raleigh Art announced that it would reduce its business and no longer produce products. As the technical support of Mitsubishi, the brand of Raleigh Art will continue to be used by Mitsubishi.
Photo: Pajero is definitely a legendary model in Dakar.
Rally art has other regional branches. RALLIART in Europe is made by Andrew? Cowen Racing Co., Ltd. (ACMS) was founded in 1983. Andrew? Cowen (Andrew? Cowan) get 1972 Southern Cross (South? Cross? A victory in a rally. This is also Mitsubishi's first victory on the international stage. 1988, Andrew's teammate Doug? Stuart (Doug? Stewart) founded RALLIART's sub-station in Australia, and later shouldered the heavy responsibility of representing Mitsubishi in the global automobile race, struggling for 22 years.
Photo: The motorcade is ready to go.
Since the rally art entered the car world, it has been appreciated and admired by people in the industry for its unique understanding and professionalism in automobile sports, and Mitsubishi Team has also achieved great success because of the successful operation of the rally art. In the influential world rally championship, makinen, a former famous driver of Mitsubishi Team, won the championship for three consecutive years, which made the world look askance. In Dakar Rally, Mitsubishi Pajero won the championship for the first time from 1983 to again in 2007. In 24 years, Pajero won an astonishing 7 consecutive championships, totaling 12 champions. Pajero is definitely a legend in Dakar.
Photo: In the course of 24 years in Dakar, Pajero won an astonishing 7 consecutive championships, with a total of 12 championships.
In fact, when it comes to the art of rally, it is best to take the event as the starting point. Rally Art Europe participated in the World Rally Championship for the first time in 1989, but the chariot sent was galante? VR-4, Mitsubishi was only ranked fourth in the standings at that time. The following year, Mitsubishi rose to third place. In 199 1, Kenneth? Eriksson (Kenneth? Eriksson) finally brought the first rally championship in Sweden to Mitsubishi. At 1993, the team changed the vehicle to lancer? Evolution into the exhibition car. The replacement of vehicles failed to bring immediate results, and finally only won the championship of two sub-stations. Lancer. The first champion won by evolution also appeared in the Swedish sub-station, and this time it was a turning point in the career of rally, because a very familiar name appeared this time, Tommy? Makinen (Tommi? m？ kinen？ )。 Kenneth. Eriksson's partner makinen contributed to the success of rally art. ..
Photo: Tommy? Makinen started Mitsubishi's glorious rally tour.
Here we go. Evolution? The introduction of III has always been 1995, evolution? III opened the road to winning the rally. First, Eriksson's amazing performance in the Asia-Pacific rally, and then the Australian rally, the evolution of rally art? 1995, I won the double championship for Mitsubishi team. In the annual standings, Mitsubishi Team ranks third, second only to Subaru Team (Subaru? The world? Rally? Team) and Toyota Castrol (Toyota? Castrol? Team).
1996, the situation changed greatly, and makinen took over the evolution? III won five sub-station championships in one fell swoop, thus creating Mitsubishi's first annual championship. Mitsubishi used lancer the following year? Evolution? IV participated in the exhibition, and the improvement of vehicle performance made makinen easily win four sub-station championships, and at the same time consolidated his and Mitsubishi's dominance. 1998, Mitsubishi also continued its advantages, although the fifth round of the Spanish substation replaced a new generation of Evolution? V entered the competition, but it didn't have a great influence on the result of the whole competition. Makinen also won the third annual championship for himself and Mitsubishi Team, at this time, the art of rally as Mitsubishi's sports department reached the peak of history.
Photo: Rally art was in the limelight in that year's competition.
After 98 years, although Mitsubishi constantly updated its racing car, its performance was not as good as before. In 2002, after makinen left Subaru, the myth of Mitsubishi Team officially came to an end. In 2003, Mitsubishi had to reorganize its racing department. Although Mitsubishi once made a comeback in the rally in 2005, it was by Harry? Tam Perra (Harry? Luo Fanpo? ) driving lancer? WRC05 won the first sub-station championship since 200 1 in Monte Carlo, but it was unable to return to heaven in the end, and the WRC race was suspended at the end of 2005.
Unexpectedly, due to the global economic reasons in recent years, the downturn of Japanese refitting industry led Mitsubishi to close its high-performance development and sports department Ralliart Rally Art on 20 10. Rally will stop providing technical support to Mitsubishi drivers and will not engage in any activities related to racing. Even the famous Ralliart rally magazine and racing website will end. However, Ralliart will continue to sell souvenirs and clothing. This news is bad news for Mitsubishi fans and modified fans.
Photo: Ralliart and Lancer? Evolution brings us countless classic memories.
Photo: Ten generations have evolved into the swan song of rally art.
Photo: It can be seen from here that Mitsubishi's blood has not been extinguished.
Photo: Rally is not just a racing car.
Photo: Ralliart also has a vehicle upgrade kit to provide all-round modification for Mitsubishi's models.
Tu: It probably means that I killed you with my eyes.
Photo: Colt? Speed's flame logo is highly recognizable and easy to identify.
Colt? Speed, Mitsubishi Royal refit brand. Maybe as soon as you hear the name, you can't immediately react to what kind of brand this is. Because the earliest, colt? Speed is not a modified brand, but a fleet owned by Mitsubishi. Since the 1970s, Mitsubishi has used colt? Participated in many competitions in the name of speed team and achieved quite impressive results. Later, due to various reasons, in the 1990s, when the Japanese refitting industry was in full swing, Colt? The speed was silent for quite a long time. However, its flame-like symbol has high recognition. It is estimated that quite a few fans know the logo but not the brand.
Photo: From Colt? Pepper in the hand of speed.
2 1 at the beginning of the century, colt? Speed has re-entered people's field of vision. Colt's? When Speed returned to the Jianghu, it became a Mitsubishi Royal refit brand with the same name as Ralliart. Even after Art quit the rally, Colt? Speed has accumulated many years of experience on the track and introduced upgrade components for Mitsubishi models. But colt? Speed advocates safety and efficiency. High horsepower is not its style, so its modified products are highly sought after because of its balanced style and more suitable for daily road use.
Figure: EVO? X must be colt? Speed's iconic modified model.
Colt? Although the brand of Speedmaster is the same as that of a Mitsubishi car series, don't be confused by the name. As early as 1970, this name was all-powerful in the Japanese racing industry. They appeared as a factory pair and achieved considerable results. However, the name of this team was later used by some people. Mitsubishi saw this and changed its name to "Colt?" Around 2000. Speed "brand, which is specially responsible for developing modified parts corresponding to street vehicles, makes it a street modified brand at the same level as Ralliart.
Photo: Colt of Mitsubishi? , with colt? Speed has the same name. I wonder if it will be more handy to modify it? .
Colt? Speed's products are very individual and visually extensible. Many products are made of high-quality carbon fiber, titanium alloy and other materials, making them a perfect match for Mitsubishi high-performance cars. At present, the corresponding models include almost all Mitsubishi cars such as Evo, Colt, Outlander, I and Lan Se. The product line mainly includes engine compartment accessories, exterior decoration parts, suspension, braking, air intake and exhaust, etc. Although there are few parts that really involve high-horsepower modification, it can be said that its market positioning is Mitsubishi's royal modified brand, so all parts are based on the safe and efficient research and development concept, and the durability and stability must also be compared with Mitsubishi's original car. I deeply feel that the real meaning of modification is not necessarily for high speed, but more for personalized modification and extension of vehicles.
Photo: Colt? Speed modification tends to control and pay attention to balance.
Photo: Colt? Speed modification rarely involves the improvement of power, and the appearance changes a lot. In order to show the owner's personality, colt? Speed has many appearance kits to choose from.
Photo: Colt? Speed's accessories also extend into the compartment, and the carbon fiber shell of the rearview mirror highlights the taste.
Same as the rally, colt? Speed is also keen on racing, which is related to its early history. Colt? Speed was originally a team of Mitsubishi, and began to participate in motor racing in the 1970s. In recent years, Colt? Speed has achieved good results in the super endurance series.
Photo: Colt in recent years? Is speed used for endurance or evolution? X(CZ4A), which is probably Mitsubishi's helpless choice, because Mitsubishi's sportiness is gradually weakening.
Editor's comment: After the madness in the 1990s, all major automobile manufacturers gave up the blind pursuit of speed and passion, and focused more on how to build more comfortable and popular family cars. Lack of sales, successive defeats in the rally field, and the art of rally ended in despair. Where's colt? As the only remaining product modified by Mitsubishi Royal Family, Supai wisely took the route close to the market. Unfortunately, the word "performance" has drifted away from Mitsubishi. I wonder if this royal refit brand can seize this moment which is both a challenge and an opportunity to continue Mitsubishi's sports lineage.
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