[Dakar 09] Mitsubishi Racing Lanza It develops.

MITSUBISHI MOTORS developed the new style game vehicle "racing Lanza" (MRX09) for the purpose of domination of the Dakar rally in 2009.
Racing Lanza follows FIA group T1 (reconstruction cross-country rally car) regulation, and is the cross-country rally car of super production specification which it aged and was developed also corresponding to the new regulation of the schedule enforced 2010. The know-how cultivated by the パジェロ evolution which has so far mentioned a total of 12 victories was also poured in everywhere, and was manufactured.
On the product made from steel multi-チューブラー frame of the establishment meter which optimized arrangement and the path of the pipe making full use of CAE analysis3.0l. V6 turbo-diesel engine which is aiming at maturing through battles, such as the Dakar series and the FIA cross-country rally World Cup, this season is carried.
From now on, in the present cross-country rally activities, since the chief aim was put on the technical development of a diesel engine, it changed into "Lanza" (Japan name "Gallun フォルティス") who has also set up the diesel engine loading vehicle with the world-strategy car.
The body panel made from carbon which used as the motif the "Lanza sport back" who puts on the market one by one in European countries is adopted after this summer. Improvement united with the characteristic of the new rule and the turbo-diesel engine gives and is due to be used for 4WD system, a drive system, a suspension, a brake, etc.
The know-how of the diesel technology cultivated through cross-country rallies, such as the Dakar rally, will be fed back to the new generation clean diesel engine carried in a commercial car from now on. It is supposed that it will take into 4WD system adopted as a commercial car after attaining optimization, respectively like [ the know-how of 4WD technology cultivated similarly ] before.
The Dakar rally in 2009 moves the stage from the Africa continent to the South American Continent, and greets a new aspect of affairs. In the company, it positions as a place of technical development, such as an engine and 4WD system, not only as a place of the type of a car PR of "パジェロ" in the Dakar rally, and is continuing participating in the war by 25 convention continuation from 1983.
The international announcement of the real vehicle of racing Lanza MRX09 is carried out in the パリモーター show of autumn.
[Dakar 09] Mitsubishi Racing Lanza It develops.