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  • MITSUBISHI EVO VI TOMMI MAKINEN DRIVEN

    We get behind the wheel of the legendary Mitsubishi Evo VI Tommi Makinen to see how the Japanese icon fares in today’s motoring world.

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    Is this the best car that Mitsubishi has built to date? Arguably. The iconic Mitsubishi Evo VI Tommi Makinen edition was a limited run of cars built to celebrate Tommi Makinen’s four World Rally Championships.

    This particular car belongs to Mitsubishi as part of it’s heritage fleet and as such has covered under 10,000 miles, making it possibly one of the cleanest and most original examples in the world. As part of the Tommi Makinen edition, you got a different turbo, lower suspension, 17-inch Enkei wheels and some details like the decals on the outside and the stitching on the seats.

    Paul reckons this is a car that flatters the driver, makes them feel like a racing driver. He also reckons that this is the spiritual successor to the blue collar Escort RS Cosworth…

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  • PRIOR DESIGN AUDI B3 COUPÉ

    The legendary Quattro all-wheel-drive system celebrates its 40th birthday this year, and what better way to mark the occasion than with a cool old-school motor to showcase the tech?

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    The car that’s currently making you gibber ‘ho-lee sheeet’ and dribble all over the page isn’t an official Audi creation, but rather the brainchild of Prior Design.

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    They wanted to build something that had never been built before, and decided to reimagine the retro B3 Coupé; the result is dripping in Group A rally aggression, and neatly addresses the fact that there was never an RS variant of this model. Here it is, restomodded for 2020.

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    The fat box arches recall the styling of the ur-Quattro, packed full of matte-black Rotiforms and surrounded by all manner of carbon aero addenda.

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    The nose is extravagantly vented like a Sport Quattro, and the oval exhausts tie it in to the RS Audis of today.

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    Prior Design is only producing 40 of these kits, at €5,798 apiece. Shipping starts in December and, at time of writing, they’re not quite sold out. So you know what to put in our Christmas stocking. Please.

    Words Dan Bevis

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  • TOP 10 FASTEST LAPS FROM GOODWOOD SPEEDWEEK 2020

    With Coronavirus cancelling July’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, a new event, Goodwood SpeedWeek, took place in September to plug the gap. Here are the top 10 fastest laps from Goodwood SpeedWeek.

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    With no Goodwood Festival of Speed this year, attention was instead turned to the new event in September, Goodwood SpeedWeek. As always, an eclectic array of vehicles from all eras graced the Goodwood circuit, many of which were there to set the fastest possible lap times they could do, much like the regular hill climb.

    There are a few legendary cars in this top 10 fastest laps from Goodwood SpeedWeek video, with the iconic Calsonic Skyline R32 GT-R taking a cool 8th place with Jake Hill behind the wheel. Below is the full list of cars and their times:

    10. Ford Mustang GTS-1 – 1.19.731
    9. Porsche WSC95 – 1.18.711
    8. Calsonic Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 – 1.18.694
    7. Lotus 91 – 1.17.948
    6. Porsche Carrera GT3 Cup – 1.17.443
    5. Audi R8 GT3 – 1.17.392
    4. McLaren M23 – 1.15.89
    3. Lotus 73 – 1.14.324
    2. Dallara SP-1 – 1.11.573
    1. Arrows A11 – 1.09.914

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