The fifth model built was a one-owner car

Iconic Auctioneers, a UK auction house specializing in motoring items, including classic cars, old and new racing machines, and rally cars. This particular example, which was on display at the auction house’s Silverstone circuit on 24 February 2024, was a unique local limited edition model created by Rally Art UK to commemorate Tommi Makinen’s unprecedented third victory in the Monte Carlo Rally.

Based on the RS, the base grade of the Lancer Evo VI competition car, the RALLIART Technical Team, led by Tony Cox, has thoroughly upgraded this model from the engine to the suspension. It was sold on a limited basis as the “Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI RS Tommi Makinen Edition Monte Carlo Edition”, a RALLIART UK exclusive.

It is said that a ‘production’ run of 12 cars was originally planned, but only five were built. This 1991 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI RS Tomi Makinen Edition Monte Carlo Edition, the fifth and final of those five, is a one-owner car with only 3497 miles (5628 km) on the odometer. This rare Evo VI, which could almost be described as a new car, was sold at this auction for £99,000 (approx. 125,000 USD) and married to its second owner.

In the world of automobiles, manufacturers are always engaged in friendly competition with each other, from motorsports to sales figures of production cars. The top runners in each genre change rapidly, but the manufacturer, car or driver who achieves a great “thing” in a certain era will have their name etched in automobile history forever. Mitsubishi’s Lancer Evolution and Tommi Makinen are two rare examples of this.

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