FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
22ND October
2005
MITSUBISHI MOTORS WINS SCOTTISH SPORTS CAR OF THE YEAR
The Association of Scottish Motoring
Writers has voted the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX as Sports Car of the Year
2005. Mitsubishi was also short-listed in two other categories with the Colt
CZT and the new Grandis Diesel.
Commenting
on Mitsubishi’s award, President of the Scottish Association, Ally Ballingall, stated ‘’This mighty machine can sprint to
62mph in less than five seconds yet this supercar
costs less than £28,000. But what makes our choice so genuinely special is the
way it mixes competition breeding with practicality.”
This
is the second successful year for Mitsubishi at the Scottish Car of the Year
awards with the Grandis winning the MPV title and the
Evolution VIII the Sports Car category in 2004.
On
receiving news of the accolade, Mitsubishi Motors UK’s Managing Director Jim Tyrrell commented: “To win this category last year with the
VIII and this year with the Lancer Evolution IX is testament that with every
generation of this vehicle it just gets better each time, it is the ultimate
sporting saloon.”
On
sale since 1st June, the Lancer Evolution IX boasts a plethora of
detail improvements that enhance the ‘Evo’s’
reputation as the everyday supercar.
For further information
contact:
Gabi Whitfield, General Manager
Press & Public Affairs g.whitfield@mitsubishi-cars.co.uk
Jodie Gooding,
Press Officer Product Affairs & Press Fleet j.gooding@mitsubishi-cars.co.uk.
Nic Reglar,
Press Officer Product Affairs & Events n.reglar@mitsubishi-cars.co.uk
All Mitsubishi press releases and pictures
can be found on Newspress www.newspress.co.uk
and the Mitsubishi media site www.mitsubishipress.co.uk
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