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'Big brother' Dakar car waves flag for Model X

A Dakar race car, flying solo on a track through the vastness of a desert, doesn't look so big - but put it against a normal family car and take a look...
 
The big one - and heck, is it big! - is one of Mitsubishi's Racing Lancer and the only connection it has with the real-world Lancers (Sports sedan, Sportback, Ralliart, and Evolution) is a vague similarity across its nose created by the lights and the badge.

Four Mitsubishi Pajero/Montero Evolutions enter the 2008 Dakar Rally

Teams will be looking to mark the 30th edition of the African event by securing Mitsubishi's 13th success, which would take its score to eight wins in a row.

Tokyo, November 29, 2007 — Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and its motorsport unit Mitsubishi Motor Sport (MMSP) will enter a field of four cars for the 2008 Dakar Rally* which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary. Next year's event will start from Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, on January 5 and will arrive in the Senegal capital, Dakar, on January 20 after passing via Spain, Morocco and Mauritania. The total route length is 9,273km, including 5,736km in competitive special stages and the toughest challenge promises to be the dunes that competitors will find in Mauritania.

 
   
  
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