Last Evo sold at charity auction

Not that anyone noticed, but the very last Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution was sold at an online auction last week, with proceeds being donated to two charities.

The auction took place in the US where, ironically, only a couple of generations ( well okay, evolutions) of the performance sedan were sold.

The winning bid of US$ 76,400 netted the bidder the very, very final example of just 1600 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Final Editions that were built by the carmaker.

The car is based on the 10thgeneration Evo, which was first released in 2007.

The Evo still has a loyal following among Mitsubishi fans and was the platform upon which the manufacturer competed in the World Rally Championship through the 1990s, with steely eyed rallyists such as Tommi Makinen and Richard Burns racing for the factory team until its withdrawal from the sport in 2005.

In 2014, the company announced the current 10thgeneration Evo X would be the last, citing a brand- wide change in focus to more environmentally friendly plug- in electric vehicles, meaning continued Lancer Evolution development is no longer neither fashionable nor cost- effective.

So, a glorious fanfare and tearful goodbyes to mark the sale of the final iteration then?

Hardly. The end of production wasn’t even noted by Mitsubishi distributors in our part of the world, who turned their collective back on the model some time ago. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Edition.