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In 1998 something special happened..

in the Paris Dakar rally

A Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution

from the T2 stock class

won the entire race!

the whole Dakar rally!

So it was faster

than the T3 cars

which are prototypes/concepts

that only look like cars

That was quite bizar..

Today we have the basis for that victory

The Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution

a homologation special

of which 2500 were made

SO they could compete

in the T2 class

Paris Dakar is one of the heaviest

tests for a car.

18.000 km's

Through the dessert

in 10 days

In order to do that

you need serious hardware!

and a very serious car..

Which is why this car is far from standard

This is nothing like a normal Pajero

It's a competition car

It's 12,5 cm wider at the front

and 11 cm at the rear

The body..

Those huge wheel arches.

It looks awesome

Aluminium bonnet

with a big hood scoop

An enormous rear spoiler

that looks like it's from the Batmobile

It's a kitschy/cool

object

that's so ugly that it's cool!

It's as wide as it is long

Which I like!

square cars..

Under the skin a lot has been changed

to make it Dakar worthy

Double wishbone at the front

Multilink in the rear

the centre-diff is stock Pajero

but in the front AND back

It has Torsen diff's

We have a 3.5 V6

Which has 280HP

and 348NM

But the Gentlemen's agreement in Japan at the time

leaves us thinking it may have more..

We have a different gearbox

which can be manually operated

We have a lever to switch between

RWD, AWD

AWD with diff lock

and Low Gearing with lock

So it's nearly impossible

to get stuck

And the 2WD mode

is for the long straights

through the plains

Where you don't need 4WD

So you don't get powertrain loss

making for a higher top speed

The special thing about this car

is the fact that it's a homologation model

Built for the Dakar rally

Only 2500 made

All right hand drive

All sold in Japan

What's also special

is that it's affordable!

This one is for sale

for under 40K euro

at Limited Cars in Heerenveen (NL)

Where we took some more special cars

in the past..

So you can get

one of the nicest

cleanest

Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution's

It has done 12.000 km's

And it looks as new!

And it's super special!