Mitsubishi

　　I admire the hell out of Mitsubishi. They are such a scrappy company with a serious racing history. No other automaker can match Mitsubishi’s international recognition for outright tenacity wherever they compete. For those of you who are unaware, Mitsubishi has more Dakar Rally (the most challenging automotive race - ever - period!) wins than any other automaker. They also have an excellent win record in the World Rally Championship.

　　For the uninitiated, rally racing is one of the most arduous types of road racing. Imagine roads covered in gravel, tarmac, snow, ice, mud, dirt, sand and combinations thereof in which you must drive as FAST AS YOU CAN! Very few automakers can build reliable and safe cars that can handle these courses with any alacrity. Fewer still can construct a factory built automobile that can.

　　Rally racing is one of the most macho displays of automotive daring-do… Love it!

　　The original Mitsubishi Lancer was converted into a fire-breathing, turbocharged, all-wheel-drive animal specifically for this challenge – and it did well. Built in Japan since 1992, the United States finally got a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution in 2005. This was a direct response to the popularity of the Subaru WRX (the Evo’s main competition and sworn enemy). Since then, we have had a vehicle that (despite its economy car origins) competes with some of the top sports cars built.

　　我真的很钦佩三菱公司。它是一个有着辉煌赛车历史的汽车厂商。没有一个其他的制造商能够达到它们在赛场上获得的国际公认的坚韧力。

　　还有那些你们不知道的，三菱汽车在达喀尔汽车拉力赛中（最具有挑战性的汽车比赛-以往任何时候都是 ）比任何其他汽车制造商都赢得多。他们在世界汽车拉力赛中也有卓越的成绩。

　　对于缺乏经验的人，拉力赛是最艰巨的道路类型的比赛。想象一下，道路被砾石，柏油碎石，雪，冰，泥浆，沙子所覆盖，你还必须开得力所能及的快！只有极少数汽车制造商能够制造出可靠和安全的汽车来从容面对这种道路状况，还有更少的厂商来量产这种汽车。

　　拉力赛是一项可以用大胆开车来表达最男子气的运动。真是爱死它了！

　　把原有的三菱蓝瑟专为挑战这个改成一个有着暴烈呼吸，涡轮增压，四轮驱动的猛兽，它做得实在太好了。

　　自1992年日本开始制造它，直到2005年美国才有得到三菱Lancer EVO。这是一个对斯巴鲁WRX（EVO的主要竞争对手和死敌）的一个直接回应。自那以来，我们有了一辆可以和一些顶级跑车竞争的车型，不管它只是一辆经济型轿车的出身。