N4 MRE was the first of the 1996 batch of Evo III cars, and also one that started her life as a III, and wasn't a rebuilt II. Her first rally was the Safari, which is always a very difficult event. None the less, Mäkinen won it after he slowed down a bit (before the event, there was a serious concern as Tommi basically wrote the car off during testing as he was driving so hard, but luckily he understood what he had to do).
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| 1996 Safari Rally (internet) |
Whereabouts
Not so strangely to a Safari car, her career was done as a works car. It is possible that the shell was used for later Safari recce drives (like P55 MRE from the Evo IV's), but no other competition. Now she is in Andrew Cowan's private museum, sitting next to Burns' 1998 Safari-winning P33 MRE.
Track record
Starts: 1
Wins: 1
Podiums: 1
