Racing Lancer

**alainroyce** · August 26th, 2008 04:22 PM

You're looking at the replacement for Team Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart's venerable rally version of the Pajero sport ute. The Japanese automaker's rally team has just revealed its newest cross-country rally vehicle based on the Lancer, dubbed simply the "Racing Lancer". The Racing Lancer will makes it debut at the 2008 FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup in Portugal at the end of October. There it will show off its new turbo diesel engine, specifics of which have been withheld though the new mill has logged over 8,000 km during testing and limited competition. Mitsubishi's new motor marks yet another instance of diesel power gaining prominence in motorsport just like Audi did in the American Le Mans Series with its oil-burning R8 and R10. And just like Audi, Mitsubishi's decision to use a turbodiesel in the Racing Lancer is part of a larger plan that has but one objective: win the 2009 Dakar rally.

Before it was prototype but now their doing an extent testing for this new Racing lancer..

**alainroyce** · August 27th, 2008 01:07 PM

Ongoing Testing of Racing Lancer

**Bogeyman** · August 27th, 2008 03:13 PM

Won't sand easily get into the intake with that gaping maw?

**ianmitsulancer** · September 7th, 2008 11:43 PM

this has been confirmed during the public interview of stephane peterhansel. he was surprised as well when he came to know about the shift from the pajero to the racing lancer- with a V6 diesel engine...

not everyone is in favor this sudden change of model...

but i do know this... the Racing Lancer will have big shoes to fill in! Wish them luck.

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**alainroyce** · September 8th, 2008 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by ianmitsulancer

this has been confirmed during the public interview of stephane peterhansel. he was surprised as well when he came to know about the shift from the pajero to the racing lancer- with a V6 diesel engine...

not everyone is in favor this sudden change of model...

but i do know this... the Racing Lancer will have big shoes to fill in! Wish them luck.

Drive*earth Inspired... #[SIZE=3]995[/SIZE]

Changing from Pajero to Lancer is only the name.. as you can see the front grill and stop light was the only difference to pajero and lancer.. the lenght,height shock and even the tires are almost the same with pajero. The V6 diesel engine was already proven in previous race.. I think the only difference here is the weight, it should be more lighter than the pajero.. so putting V6 diesel engine on the lighter vehicle plus the stability its a much factor when you compute the power to weight ratio.

**ianmitsulancer** · September 8th, 2008 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by alainroyce

Changing from Pajero to Lancer is only the name.. as you can see the front grill and stop light was the only difference to pajero and lancer.. the lenght,height shock and even the tires are almost the same with pajero. The V6 diesel engine was already proven in previous race.. I think the only difference here is the weight, it should be more lighter than the pajero.. so putting V6 diesel engine on the lighter vehicle plus the stability its a much factor when you compute the power to weight ratio.

ah ok... that will be an advantage then. Perhaps aside from the name and design change, they also included the platform- from the bulkier (Pajero) to the lighter (Lancer) one therefore an aide to lighter weight and better power to weight ratio...

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