Publised : November 21, 2013
Evolution Five is the incarnation of the model that really put the car on the map. The rally driver Makinen drove this car and blitzed the World Rally scene, and the world was served a production car that had all the elements to take on even the giants; in a real-life David and Goliath story this car could take on the Ferraris and Porches of its generation around a racetrack and come out on top, for one third of the price.
This car comes with a state of the art 4WD system for its time; it can be taken to a race track, raced around for a full day, then driven home, and then used to drop the kids of to school in the morning. It is a very tough car – it will keep going and going throughout the years no matter how its driven.
As with all Evos it comes with a 2.0l turbocharged engine which puts out an amazing 276hp. The Evo 5 also featured an upgraded interior over previous Evos; it was fitted with the GSR version with a better class of Recaro seat.
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