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The Group A rally regulations dictated that the aerodynamics of the rally car must replicate those of its road going derivative. Mitsubishi therefore introduced the Evolution III with a radical aerodynamic body kit. There were larger front bumper openings with an uprated intercooler, a larger air dam under the front bumper and an oversize rear wing. The Group A Evolution III made its debut on the Tour de Corse, the fourth round of the 1995 WRC calendar. Kenneth Eriksson scored one overall victory in Australia that year and also won the Asia Pacific Championship, but it was in 1996 that the Lancer really came alive. Tommi Makinen secured five victories on the way to his, and Mitsubishi's, first World Driver's Championship.
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It was then driven by Armin Schwarz and Kenneth Eriksson. This first version was soon to be followed by the Evolution II of the Lancer which made its debuts at the 1994 Monte Carlo Rally no longer than a year after the initial version was introduced. The celerity with which the next generation was introduced denotes both the determination of the Japanese company to be as competitive as possible very quickly as well as the seriousness of the involvement of Ralliart the company that is responsible for building the rally cars. Ralliart, an England based company, is run by Andrew Cowan. The Evolution II was driven by Kenneth Eriksson and Isolde Holderied. Next came the famous Lancer Evolution III which debuted at the Corsica Rally in 1995, a year and a half after the introduction of the Evolution II.
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The Evolution II was driven by Kenneth Eriksson and Isolde Holderied. Next came the famous Lancer Evolution III which debuted at the Corsica Rally in 1995, a year and a half after the introduction of the Evolution II. This version (the evo III) is, to this date, a hard to beat contender in the GroupN class.
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In 1983 Andrew Cowan, a leading driver with the team, established Ralliart Europe as the European competition base for Mitsubishi Motors, while in Australia Doug Stewart - Cowan's team-mate in 1975 and 1976 - set-up Ralliart in Australia. Both men were involved in Mitsubishi's future successes in the World and Asia-Pacific Rally Championships. 1993 saw the revival of the Lancer Evolution for the first time in ten years, marking the start of a celebrated career in world rallying for the car. The Evolution III claimed both the Drivers' and Manufacturers' titles in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in 1995 and also went on to win the opening round of the 1996 World Rally Championship in Sweden. In the hands of Finland's Tommi Maekinen and Britain's Richard Burns, the car won five other events in 1996, including the Safari Rally in Kenya and events in Argentina, New Zealand, Finland and Australia. More changes took place in 1998, the introduction of split-second timing confirming the level of competition in the FIA World Rally Championship. The new Lancer Evolution V made its debut competitive outing in Rallye Catalunya in April and was on the podium immediately, with Maekinen third and Burns finishing fourth. Visually the car was wider, taking advantage of the new maximum width allowed under world rally car regulations, and had an improved aerodynamic package. A more powerful electronic management capability and changes to the suspension all improved the car's asphalt performance. The team secured its fifth consecutive World Rally win in Monte-Carlo in January 1999 and added to the record by winning the next event in Sweden too with the revised Lancer Evolution VI, a variant on the previous model and classed, for the first time by the FIA, as a World Rally Car.
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