The Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Rally Edition looked fast, with sporty OZ wheels and some Evo-ish body moldings. In fact, it had the same sewing-machine-grade 120-horse four-cylinder under the hood, driving just the front wheels, as the ordinary commuter-appliance Lancer. Mitsubishi moved enough of these things that you see them from time to time; here's a used-up example in a Denver-area self-service wrecking yard.
These cars must have been popular in Colorado, because this is the second discarded example I have seen in a couple of months, following this '03.
Rear drum brakes on a 21st-century car badged as a Rally Edition? Yes, rear drum brakes.
The original factory cold-air intake is gone, replaced by this innovative rain-gutter-downspout rig. Is there anything you can't fix with sheet-metal screws, zip ties, and duct tape?
The single non-appearance-related rally-ish bit here is the five-speed manual transmission.
Around the world, there were other faux-sporty versions of this generation of Lancer. For example, the Thai-market Lancer F-Style.
![](https://edgecast-img.yahoo.net/mysterio/api/B5088668CA0F9E819108FF6C0A840C55FED18B4540D59D23ABFCF8C2A3FE36E1/autoblog/resizefill_w1600_h898;quality_80;format_webp;cc_31536000;/http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/1600x898 0 0/resize/716x402!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/fed6505a594f535c34caba089b3178fa/204610735/10 - 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Rally Edition in Colorado junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin.jpg)
These cars must have been popular in Colorado, because this is the second discarded example I have seen in a couple of months, following this '03.
![](https://edgecast-img.yahoo.net/mysterio/api/AB0EBD092A352912D58DED02F95D806F1AA15EBBDC0627E4347BC6C85BA5B1E4/autoblog/resizefill_w1600_h898;quality_80;format_webp;cc_31536000;/http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/1600x898 0 0/resize/716x402!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/f6d98f9925ce8b8f72f983009da24eff/204610772/13 - 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Rally Edition in Colorado junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin.jpg)
Rear drum brakes on a 21st-century car badged as a Rally Edition? Yes, rear drum brakes.
![](https://edgecast-img.yahoo.net/mysterio/api/7C1027B8217F7A9750647879481228F6B1C318E2AE79A81E0E8A821D90744F43/autoblog/resizefill_w1600_h898;quality_80;format_webp;cc_31536000;/http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/1600x898 0 0/resize/716x402!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/ecf48b0c8cc9cc10600feda7c78af96b/204610774/27 - 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Rally Edition in Colorado junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin.jpg)
The original factory cold-air intake is gone, replaced by this innovative rain-gutter-downspout rig. Is there anything you can't fix with sheet-metal screws, zip ties, and duct tape?
![](https://edgecast-img.yahoo.net/mysterio/api/657B47DEB038C7F0A2FD0BBCED62C0345F78007D19C1763C2C1D123B4794833C/autoblog/resizefill_w1600_h898;quality_80;format_webp;cc_31536000;/http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/1600x898 0 0/resize/716x402!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/7c38de2485ccdfcdabb07d3312fa69f8/204610775/05 - 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Rally Edition in Colorado junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin.jpg)
The single non-appearance-related rally-ish bit here is the five-speed manual transmission.
Around the world, there were other faux-sporty versions of this generation of Lancer. For example, the Thai-market Lancer F-Style.
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