Friday, February 6, 2009

Mitsubishi pulls out of Dakar Rally


Please it ain't so, Mitsubishi-Motors announced on Feburary 4, 2009 that they will withdraw from all cross country rally, with the world renowned Dakar Rally first to go. With a great track record of 12 wins out of the 26 entries. The world economic crisis has filtered out yet another motorsport manufacturer following Subaru with their announcment to leave WRC in 2008.

With the advent of recent events to plague the industry and motorsports tell tale signs have pointed out what could be the demise of Mitsubishi-Motors in the United States.

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