But between Galant VR-4 and Lancer Evolution, there was actually a model that sat in between. It was the 1988 Lancer GSR 4WD, and it’s effectively the missing link of the VR-4 and Evo.

The Galant VR-4 was the first rally-ready sedan to come to the U.S. from Japan; it took Subaru an entire decade after this to earmark a WRX for our shores. That’s not to say that the rest of the ...

The Lancer Evo’s WRC story began in 1993. Run by the Ralliart Europe team it took over from the rather cool but also rather heavy Galant VR-4, a car which was actually relatively successful in ...

The turbos and transmissions combined in 1989 when Andrew Cowan’s Ralliart Europe team entered the World Rally Championship using the Galant VR-4, winning that year’s Finnish and British rounds. The ...

To many the Galant VR4 is arguably the original Mitsubishi Evo - using similar drivetrain and technology to later inspire the Lancer evolution.Today we go for an in depth drive of and review of ...

Mitsubishi was one of the premier names in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and the iconic Paris-Dakar rally. These efforts translated into many epic machines, such as the Galant VR-4, the Evo ...

Mitsubishi previously used the VR-4 badge on the Galant VR-4, a turbocharged, all-wheel-drive rally homologation special that was a direct ancestor of the legendary Lancer Evolution.

The Lancer would continue to race for decades, keeping Mitsubishi in the rally game through the development of the Galant VR4, an all-wheel-drive mid-sized sedan with one of the most reliable ...

George Lepley and Dale Bowen in the North Wales Rally 2004. Photo: Andy Crayford - Crayfordmedia George Lepley, with his co-driver Dale Bowen in the Mitsubishi Galant VR4, had a great start to the ...