Mitsubishi’s back! Back to Pikes Peak that is, as the maker plans to contest the 2014 iteration of the annual hill-climb occasion. Last year, the Japanese automaker brought along the rather unfortunate-looking i-MIEV electric race vehicle, which hid its impressive hardware beneath a strange body inspired by the i-MIEV city car. This year, Mitsubishi has updated the car’s bodywork, as effectively as gifted it far more power and a new name: i-MIEV Evolution III.
Chopping the i-MIEV race car’s roof and exposing the roll cage was an outstanding move. The machine now appears like it belongs on the Pikes Peak course, and not nearby standing in for a Little Tykes Cozy Coupe. The tube-frame chassis has been redesigned to be lighter, and the aesthetics of the new front end had been shaped by sessions in a wind tunnel. Not only does this EV generate more downforce than before, but it looks about 10 times more bad-ass.
A lot more energy has been squeezed from the Evolution III’s quartet of electric motors—one per wheel—for a boost of 67 horsepower to 603 (!). 2 automobiles will run up the mountain this year, piloted by last year’s driving group of Hiroshi Masuoka and Greg Tracy.
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