KN04 WMD

KN04 WMD -alongside i.e. WMC- was built in the summer of 2004, but Mitsubishi's downscale in the 2nd half of the year meant these weren't used till 2005. In fact, WMD had a very intersting 2005 -she was Rovanperä's car, and she was the last ever overall podium car for Mitsubishi in the WRC (and since they're going green and have no intentions to even mention what they've achieved...). But let's begin where it all started for her, the 2005 Monte Carlo Rallye. She was paired up with the team's newly recruited driver, Harri Rovanperä. Since he hasn't driven on tarmax before for quite a while, it was nice to the team to have him in 7th place.

2005 Monte Carlo Rallye (Mitsubishi)

Her next event was the Rally Mexico, where the cars have to withstand the heavy stresses of altitude changes and hot weather. Her driver was Rovanperä once again, and they finished the event in 5th - not much behind Loeb, but they would've been 4th if not for brake problems, aand a faulty ECU, fuel pipe and ignition; the replacement of the latter trio caused them a 1min20s penalty. But after all, not a bad result!

2005 Corona Rally Mexico (Mitsubishi)

So, she became a long-haul car, but instead of appearing in New Zealand in April, her next appearance was in Cyprus. The event was maybe the toughest of the season, proven by the amount of cars forced to retire. Rovanperä was her driver again, and they began very well, settling in in 5th. However, gear selection problems pushed them down to 7th, and on the 2nd day, they had to retire when a stone blocked the damper, and the suspension arm broke. They restared, and finished in 7th nonetheless.

2005 Rally Cyprus (Mitsubishi)

She returned to action with Rovanperä in Argentina. They had very god speed throughout, except on the morning of the second day, where they lost a lot of time with a bad setup. After fighting hard with Gardemeister for 4th, they finished 5th.

2005 Rally Argentina (Mitsubishi)

They went one better in her penultimate rally as a works car - the Wales Rally GB. They battled Loeb, Duval and Solberg throughout the whole rally, and missed out on a podium position by only 12 seconds, but all of this wasn't important after the tragic accident of Michael Park.

2005 Wales Rally GB (Mitsubishi)

The season's last rally, and also the last of Team Mitsubishi Ralliart to date, was the Rally Australia. She was paired with Harri again, and this time, they did great! By finishing 2nd and winning five stages, this was the best result for Mitsubishi in the WRC since the 2001 Safari Rally...

On her last rally as a works car, 2005 Rally Australia (Mitsubishi)

2006
In 2006, she had two starts, both with Jussi Välimäki. The first was the S.M. OK Auto-Ralli, as a preparation for Rally Finland; this event didn't go too well, as they were forced to retire with an engine problem.
So, on to the big one. Välimäki had a few rallies in 2006 with Ralliart UK (which became MML Sports), so he had a bit of experience with the car. They drove a mature and consistent rally, finishing in 7th position, and collecting 2 championship points.

2006 Rally Finland (Mitsubishi)

2007
Later, this turned out to be her last year, but at least she had a lengthy WRC programme with very good drivers and some good results as well. She began the season in Monte Carlo with Toni Gardemeister, who had a brief and forgettable stint with the team back in 2001. But this time it was all different: they were fighting for 4th place, but slipped back to 7th on the final day. Still a good result against much younger and faster cars.

2007 Rallye Monte Carlo (Mitsubishi)

Rally Sweden, their next event, was even more promising: a car that is great on snow, combined with a Finn is always a good thing to have. They didn't disappoint, as they took the lead after the first stage (note: it was a superspecial). They fell back a bit later, but were in contention for a podium. On the second day, a 50s time penalty meant that a top5 finish was out of reach. In the end, they climbed back from 8th to 6th, collecting 3 points an valuable momentum for Rally Norway.

2007 Rally Sweden (Mitsubishi)

So, up next was Rally Norway - another snow event. Gardemeister, Honkanen and the Lancer were in 5th position after the first day, just over 18s off of 4th. However, he got stuck in a snowbank on the first stage of day two, and used the day's other stages to collect experience. They retired at the end of the second day.

2007 Rally Norway (Mitsubishi)

Toni's programme didn't include the long-haul (and therefore expensive) Rallye Mexico, so they were back in action in Portugal. They couldn't last long, as they clipped a bridge, and damaged the suspension. He was driving with a puncture (due to the wheel being out of alignment), but was stopped and excluded for safety reasons.

2007 Rally Portugal (Mitsubishi)

They missed Argentina for the same reasons as Mexico, but were back in Sardinia. This time everything went well, and they finished 6th - first of the private teams.

2007 Rally d'Italia Sardinia (Mitsubishi)

Unfortunately, Toni ran out of cash at this point, and couldn't continue with the team. However, Life doesn't stop, and WMD was back in action on the next round, the Acropolis Rally; her drivers were Urmo Aava and Kuldar Sikk. This was the first taste of a WRCar on a WRC rally for the former JWRC competitors, but they got to the finish without much trouble, although in 14th place.

2007 Acropolis Rally (Mitsubishi)

Then came her last start to date, the Rally Finland, with once factory driver Kristian Sohlberg. He made quick work of the car, as on SS2, the first normal stage of the rally, he crashed pretty badly 800 metres into the stage. The car was destroyed, the rollcage broken or bent in multiple places, and not much was left from the back of the car either.

This was before... (Marek Felt)

...this after the crash.

Whereabouts
Her chassis was pretty well destroyed, and the registration wasn't seen ever since 2007. However, it is possible that the re-shelled her, but the absence of the plate pretty much excludes that.

Track record
Starts: 15
Wins: 0
Podiums: 1 (2005 Rally Australia)
Retirements: 4

• 2007 Rally Finland: crash 
• 2007 Rally de Portugal: excluded
• 2007 Rally Norway: retired
• 2006 S.M. OK Auto-Ralli: engine failure

KX53 BKO

KX53 BKO was one of the longest-serving Lancer WRC of her kind (I will explain why only 'was'), and made her competitive debut in 2004 with Kristian Sohlberg on the Rally Sweden. That being the 2nd round of the season, the new car was still very green... An already troubled event just turned to be even more frustrating when the transmission gave up on the second day's first stage.

The car was already a bit worn on the first day... (Mitsubishi)

Her second WRC event was the Rally New Zealand, again with Kristian Sohlberg. I can't say how well the event went for the crew, as they had to retire after the first super special stage on thursday evening with an electrical fault that was a bit amateur...

During shakedown everything was fine... (Mitsubishi)

Her final WRC event was the Acropolis Rally, this time with Dani Sola. He was involved in a very well known and bizarre crash: they had a puncture, ans stopped to change it; however, the next car, Roman Kresta, didn't see them through the thick dust, and crashed into the back of the Lancer. Both crews had to retire, but Sola could continue via SupeRally regulations (his times were recorded, but he wasn't included in the overall standings), even posting a couple of top10 stage times on the last day. Not bad!

Wonderful photo from Greece, 2004 (Mitsubishi)

Then, she was put on a shelf for a long time... well, actually for 6.5 years. Everybody thought that she wasn't converted to WRC05 spec, but indeed she was, and made her return at the Eger Rally, which was the opening round for the Hungarian and Slovak Championship; the driver was Jaroslav Melicharek. It wasn't his first event with the car, but the changing weather and a puncture slowed him, and ended the event 8th overally and 3rd in MSR (Slovak Championship).

Sliding to 8th overall, 2011 Eger Rally (Ivo Nesrovnal)

She spent the rest of the season competing in the MSR, clocking 3 podiums (including a win at Tríbeč), and at the very end of the year she was used on some sprint/spectator events by Antonin Tlust'ak (and that included a win at the Rally Show Uherský Brod).

En route to her first win ever, Rally Tríbeč 2011 (Daniel Hlinka)

Rally Show Uherský Brod 2011 (Jaroslav Pančocka)

2012
She was both used in the MSR by Jaroslav Melicharek and in the Czech Rallysprint Championship by Antonin Tlust'ak. In the 3 starts the car was used by Melicharek, he recorded two 2nd and a 3rd place.

On the Rally Prešov 2012, on the way to 2nd place (Farkas Tamás)

In the Czech Rallysprint Championship, the car was successful too: a win at Vsetín and several podium places marked a good season (the only mechanical problem-related retirement of the year was Rally Jeseníky). Tlust'ak missed the podium at the end of the year by only one point, and the second place by 5 points.

On Rally Vsetín (Jíri Zapletal)

She was also used at some show events at the end of the year, such as Auto Show Slovakia ring or Rajd Barbórka.

A nice powerslide with Szymon Ruta, 2012 Rajd Barbórka (Marcin Snopkowski)

2013
In 2013, the big news came that Antoine l'Estage will bring a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC to the Rally America series. This car happened to be KX53 BKO, and their first event together was the Oregon Trail Rally. The car went through some modifications, such as leaving out the paddle shift gearchange (thus using the transmission in classic sequential mode). The rally didn't end well, as Estage totalled the car, ending the long and eventful life of KX53 BKO. (John Easton, the MML boss said himself that the chassis is beyond repair. Note: they may use the KX53 BKO on a new chassis, but since they still have plenty on the shelf, I don't expect that.

Before the crash... (rallyworldnews.com)

...and after.

Track record:
Starts: 29
Wins: 3 (Rally Tríbeč 2011, Rally Uhersky Brod 2011 & Rally Vsetín 2012)
Podiums: 11
Retirements: 8

KX53 BKY

KX53 BKY -alongside KX53 BKV- had the pleasure to debut the string of Mitsubishi's new, unique-looking and heavily modified WRCars on the 2004 edition of the Rallye Monte Carlo. And her driver was also a big sensation: after a decade, Gilles Panizzi left Peugeot for a full-time ride in a Lancer WRC. We must note that the cars were still at the early stages of development, thus having a H-pattern gearbox (yes, that's true! The last time that configuration was used by a manufactirer team was 1999...), and no active diffs. Contrary to that, Panizzi led the very green car to a 6th place finish. Not bad for a debut!

This car didn't look like any of the road going Lancers... (Mitsubishi)

Her next event was a new one, Rallye Mexico, but again with Panizzi. It is no secret that there were very few (Loeb, Bugalski, Delecour) who were on the level of Gilles' tarmac driving, but on gravel he wasn't at home at all. Despite that and a new car, he salvaged an 8th place finish, the only problem was the time difference: over 11 minutes behind the winner...

The new event surprised many teams and competitors,
but the Panizzis held their ground (Mitsubishi)

Next up was the roughest rally of the calendar, the Cyprus Rally, with Kristian Sohlberg. The car was still in an erly developmental state, and that had its effects: Sohlberg opened with an 8th time on the first stage, but after a lost sumpguard and a slipping clutch cost him time. He didn't have a chance on the second day, as an ALS-related problem killed the engine.

The gravel roads in Cyprus proved to be too rough for the new car (Mitsubishi)

Her next event was Rally Turkey with the italian daredevil, Gigi Galli (that usually didn't mean too good of a treatment for the cars, as Gigi usually crashed them). This time, it wasn't his fault that a watersplash (that caused half the manufacturer cars to retire or lose a lot of time) damaged the turbo and the radiator's ventillators. After losing 10 minutes, he managed to stay in the rally, and eventually climbed back to 10th place to score manufacturer points.

This time the watersplash was stronger... (ewrc.cz)

Her final WRC event as a fully works car was the 2004 Rally Finland. Her driver was Sohlberg again, but this pairing wasn't deemed to be successful: after some very promising stage times on the morning of the 2nd day, he pushed too hard and crashed out.

The car finally showed some promise, 2004 Finland (Mitsubishi)

She didn't appear anywhere after 2004 Finland, and since Mitsubishi pulled out, many suspected that she was scrapped. However, that is not the case, as she returned with Ivars Vasaraudzis on the Kurzeme Rally in 2007, and immediately bagged a win!

En route to her first win, 2007 Rally Kurzeme (Janis Asaris)

This was her final event, contrary to the popular belief that Kai Kuistila ran this car on the Neste Rally Finland in 2007; that car was KX53 BKV, and the mistake comes from the fact that on the british numberplates the letters 'Y' and 'V' look a lot alike...

Whereabouts
Since she survived Ralliart UK's transformation into MML, and was even converted to 2005 specification, I think she is still with MML, just haven't been used since there are a lot less worn chassis in their workshop.

Track record
Starts: 6
Wins: 1 (2007 Rally Kurzeme)
Podiums: 1
Retirements: 2 (2004 Cyprus Rally & Rally Finland)

KN52 XBC

Well, all is good if the ending is good, and so is the series of the Evo WRCars. Just a very much typical Ralliart story: while KN52 XBB had a short and sad career, KN52 XBC, in contrary, is still doing well, and is the most successful Evo WRC ever, and also the only one existing that never ever wore the Marlboro livery. But let's just start from the beginning.
She was built alongside KN52 XBB, and after they were only completed after the team decided they was going for a testing year, she was used to test components for the new car. And just like her sister, she was entered to the 2003 Deutschland Rallye, her driver being Kristian Sohlberg. Nothing really exciting, as the crew finished 17th.

A Flying Finn flying the car, 2003 Deutschland Rallye (Petr Lusk)

Whereabouts
She returned to action in 2007 after she was bought by Ramon Apalantza. He had tremendous success with the car, using it only on tarmac rallysprints, and basically never finishing out of the top4. He stopped rallying her in 2009 when he started using a Group N Evo IX, but he still has the car, which is displayed in a museum.
Update: just realised that her last start so far was in 2010, on the Rallysprint Villa de Fitero, where they finished 5th.

Awaiting the start

In 2009

Before scrutineering

Possibly Rallyesprint de Karrantza 2007

In 2009, during her last full competitive season so far

Rallye Balcon de Bizkaia 2009

Rallysprint de Azkoitia 2007

Track record
Starts: 22
Wins: 2 (Rallye Balcon de Bizkaia 2009 & Rallysprint de Azkoitia 2007)
Podiums: 14 (6x 2nd, 8x 3rd)
Retirements: 3 (Rallysprint de Azkoitia 2007, Rallysprint de Azpeitia - Ikasberri 2008, Rallysprint de Azpeitia - Ikasberri 2008)

KR02 DLZ

KR02 DLZ is one of the most (if not the most) used chassis among the Evo WRCs, therefore she is a bit worn now... but later on that.
She started her career on the 2002 Rally Finland, as a brand new Step2 car, with Alister McRae. Unfortunately, the rally was cut short for the crew, because just like team-mate Delecour, a jump was too heavy for the suspension to handle (obviously something wasn't designed properly), and they had to retire.

On the first day, wearing the signs of a little bit too big jump... (motorsport.com)

She returned to acton on Rallye New Zealand, now ith Jani Paasonen. They got along pretty well, as Paasonen was a strong contender for the podium, even recording the car's first (and only) stagewin in the WRC. Unfortunately, on the second day he rolled the car, damaging the radiator, so they had to retire. That is a shame, because this was basically the only time the car could show its real potential...

The finnish-like stages favoured Paasonen, but he was still impressive (motorsport.com)

Whereabouts
She remained a works car, and in 2003, she contested the 2003 Arctic Rally and Rally Sweden with Kristian Sohlberg. On the Arctic Ralli, they were forced to retire with a clutch failure, and in Sweden they failed to live up to the expectations, and finished only 12th.

Arctic Ralli 2003 (kristiansohlberg.com)

Jumping through the now so-called Colin's Crest, 2003 Sweden

After this, she was sold to a private team in England. Her first start in parivate hands was the 2004 Killarney Stages with Irish rallying legend Eammon Boland, and a 3rd place was the prize for the efforts. (Note: she was converted to right-hand drive for Boland, but later was converted back). On the next two events they had to retire do to mechanical problems, and she quickly left Ireland afterwards.

Montage of the Killarney Stages 2004 (crspics.com)

On the Jim Clark Memorial 2004 (Ian Hardy)

She was purchased by MSR Motorsport (alongside KR02 DLY), and she is still with them, although after her last appearance to date, the 2011 Border Counties Rally, was put up for sale. Mostly Ian Campbell drove her since 2007. On some occasions, she carried the reg plate E10 WUL, which she shared with KR02 DLY.

Sunseeker Rally, 2007

Yes, she was even dressed up as a bee... (Ian Hardy)

Track record
Starts: 18
Wins: 0
Podiums: 1 (Killarney Stages 2004 - 3rd)
Retirements: 11

KP51 RWN

KP51 RWN's story is a bit interesting and in the end, sad. She was part of the trio prepared prior to the 2002 season (KP51 RWL, RWO, RWN), and she held the record for the best finish an Evo WRC ever had: on the 2002 Rally Sweden, together with Alister McRae, ended the event in 5th place.

Rocketing to his kind's best WRC finish ever, 2002 Sweden (motorsport.com)

Her next round was the Cyprus Rally, the third hardest-hitting event on the 2002 WRC calendar behind the Safari and the Acropolis. The rally didn't go as well as her debut, first McRae rolled, and than the drive broke in the transmission, forcing the crew to retire.

Prior to the crash, 2002 Cyprus (motorsport.com)

Speaking of the Acropolis, she made the short trip there to be Alister's car again. And once more, unfortunately, the crew didn't see the finish ramp, this time due to an accident.

Already sporting some battle bruises, 2002 Greece (motorsport.com)

If you're already parading in the Mediterranean, why not take a short trip down to Australia for the penultimate round of the 2002 season, and with the bonus of getting converted to Step2 spec? Paasonen substitued for the injured McRae, but was really off the pace, and later rolled too, so the 9th place was even good looking at all this...

They hoped for a food result, but -again- it wasn't to be (motorsport.com)

As 2002 turned into 2003, she was used only once more as a works car, at the 2003 Rallye New Zealand, with up-and-coming young star Kristian Sohlberg. Sadly, they had to retire after they spent too much time repairing the car.

On her last works event, 2003 New Zealand (kristiansohlberg.com)

Whereabouts
We had to wait for her return until 2005, when she was used in the Finnish championship with Kristian Sohlberg, and ran by Ralliart Finland/Race Rent Europe. She had mainly podium places, but was heavily crashed on the SM Valvoline Ralli. There's no info if she was repaired or not, but hasn't been seen since that.

Probably SM Waltikka Ralli 2005

SM OK-Auto Rally 2005

Track record
Starts: 10
Wins: 0
Podiums: 3 (2005 SM Perunkaralli, SM OK-Auto Ralli & SM Uusikaupunki Ralli)
Retirements: 4 (2002 Rally Cyprus & Acropolis Rally, 2003 Rally New Zealand, 2005 SM Valvoline Ralli)