Mitsubishi Evo VI Tommi Makinen: Spotted
Perfect spec and perfect condition, this could be the best version of the best Evo around
As such standard versions of Gran Turismo icons tend to command really high prices as gamers grow up and clamour for the best examples. See the £50K R34 GT-R for example. Of course there are exceptions (how RX-7s of the early 90s haven't risen in value is a mystery) but typically standard iconic cars will be really sought after.
The Mitsubishi Evo VI Tommi Makinen Edition has a two fold appeal with both GT gamers and rallying fans. It was the car to beat on Special Stage Route 5 as well as actual special stages and is therefore quite a desirable thing. To some people it will look like a chavved up cab. Ignore them, heathens.
And if you want a TME, this one appears perfect. Standard UK car? Check. Red with graphics? Natch. Low miles, few owners and FSH? Hat trick. Moreover, it hasn't been so cherished that the next owner needs to be scared of using it. Number 54 has covered 38,000 miles, which means just under 3,000 miles a year. Enough for quite a few weekends away through the year, as the current keeper seems to have enjoyed.
The Evo X FQ-440 announced by Mitsubishi earlier this year will be the last of the conventional Evos. That sounds oxymoronic as no Evo is conventional but it seems unlikely that any future version will have a 2.0-litre turbo as its sole means of propulsion. And will rallying prove as captivating to car buyers again in the future as it was 15 years ago? The Evo VI TME is the best of the best, when Evos ruled rally stages and road tests. As an icon with the breed just about extinct the TME will surely be covetable for a while yet. £16K can't diminish much further with more diligent maintenance and use.
Probably time to mention the Subaru then. For exactly five pounds more than the Evo there's this stunning Impreza P1. A few more miles, yes, but that famous two-door Impreza shape, the WR Blue paint and again the reputation as probably the best special edition of the best era of a hugely successful rally car. Well it's this or a 22B. It ultimately comes down to whether you were a McRae or a Makinen man at the turn of the century. Either way you'll have an epic driver's car the kind of which we won't see again. Apart from on Gran Turismo.
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 6 TOMMI MAKINEN EDITION
Engine: 1,997cc 4-cyl turbo
Transmission: 5-speed manual, four-wheel drive
Power (hp): 280@6,500rpm
Torque (lb ft): 275@2,750rpm
MPG: 23
CO2: N/A
First registered: 2001
Recorded mileage: 38,446
Price new: £32,995
Yours for: £15,995
See the original advert here.
The Evo and Scoobie are icons for my generation. The cars only the "in the know" knew about, things you would see and smile to yourself when your parents commented about how someone had "ruined" their car and lectured friends foolish enough to do the same, and the joy of goading one to overtake you with a blast of exhaust and flutter of waste gate as it left your 1 liter leaner box in the dust.
The image has taken a massive knock in the last 10 years.
The image has taken a massive knock in the last 10 years.
Supercars have now moved on and so has the everyday hot hatch etc. The original Scooby's and to a lesser extent Evo's have been bought by the backward hat wearing brigade for peanuts and fitted with the loudest bean can exhaust you can find and tend to drive like absolute berks.
It may be shallow but I don't think I could live with being painted with that brush. Same reason as per the other thread running at the mo, way people tend to go for the Golf over the Leon regardless of whether the Leon is the faster or better handling car. I could take my bosses out in a S3 and nothing would be said. A Scooby or Evo and you can guarantee what the majority will think of your character.
So as time has whittled away the tattier ones, we're left with cleaner examples, generally owned by older owners with better judgement about where and how to use the ample performance. This all leads to better public perception, or at the very least, less ire as the general motorist registers the presence of these cars less, as they become less ubiquitous and less often seen driven badly.
I was car jacked in the 7 and was broken into at 3am for the 8MR so that kind of took the shine off them but boy do I hanker after another one, my missus says the same thing as posted above 'they look like a chav wagon' such a shame they have that image as they are such an awesome machine if you can stomach the absurd running costs!
She wasn't hugely pleased about it - she called it the 'rattlewagon' - but it survived 2 years on their 'concreted front garden' without incident whilst 3 doors down, someone else I know had 3 of their cars stolen (all VXR/GSi Vauxhalls of some description - all pimped - all never seen again) over the same period DESPITE metal posts and security lights and other gubbins - go figure...
Fantastic weapon but you need to be able to pull-it-off - I think the 'chav' thing has moved-on tho, it's now more a slightly faded-grandeur cum kagoule-nerd image really?
I believe the mileage is a lot lower than the one featured here, and have been told he's turned down over £20k for it.
Low miles is ok, but I'd be concerned that the one near me would go bang if driven enthusiastically after all this time.
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