Europe's Lancer EX2000 Turbo rally car made 280 PS, yet Japan's own emissions rules kept the road turbo a slow seller at home.
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Lead trim: 1.2 4G11 (Europe, 54 hp) · up to 168 hp
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FactEurope's Lancer EX2000 Turbo rally car made 280 PS, yet Japan's own emissions rules kept the road turbo a slow seller at home.
The Lancer EX was presented in Japan in 1979 as a rear-wheel-drive four-door sedan with styling designed by Aldo Sessano of Fissore, sold in the UK as the Colt Lancer. It launched with MCA-Jet 1.4 and 1.6-litre engines with Silent Shaft balancers, adding 1.8-litre engines and, from 1980, a turbocharged 1800GSR / GT Turbo, intercooled from 1983. Europe also had a 1.2-litre and a 168 hp 2.0-litre Lancer EX2000 Turbo with fuel injection, which spawned a Group 4 / Group B rally car. Exports largely stopped in 1983, but Japan kept it alongside the front-drive Lancer Fiore until 1987.
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VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTIn its own home market, this generation of Lancer wasn't even sold as a Lancer — Japan still had the old Lancer in showrooms, so this one was badged Galant Fortis instead.
7 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 4G11 (Europe, 54 hp) | 1979–1983 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 54 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1.4 4G12 MCA-Jet (80 PS) | 1979–1987 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 79 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1.6 4G32 (85 PS) | 1979–1987 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 84 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1.8 4G62 | 1980–1987 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1.8 Turbo intercooled (160 PS) | 1983–1987 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 158 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1800 GSR / GT Turbo 4G62T (135 PS) | 1980–1983 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 133 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| EX2000 Turbo 4G63T (Europe, 168 hp) | 1980–1983 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 168 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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In its own home market, this generation of Lancer wasn't even sold as a Lancer — Japan still had the old Lancer in showrooms, so this one was badged Galant Fortis instead.
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Europe's Lancer EX2000 Turbo rally car made 280 PS, yet Japan's own emissions rules kept the road turbo a slow seller at home.
The very first Lancer was already a rally winner: the 1600 GSR took the Safari Rally twice and the Southern Cross Rally four times before the nameplate was even established.
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