RALLIART

is the motorsports division of Mitsubishi Motors. It is responsible for development and preparation of the company's rally racing and off-road racing vehicles, and is also used as a performance brand with parts available to the public.
Ralliart Europe was established as Andrew Cowan Motorsports (ACMS) Ltd. in 1983 by Andrew Cowan, a driver with the Mitsubishi team who had scored their first international victory in 1972 at the Southern Cross Rally.^[1] His team mate at the same event in 1975 and '76, Doug Stewart, set-up Ralliart Australia as the official regional licensee in 1988, after 22 years of experience with the company's cars.^[2] The two have subsequently served as the operational bases for Mitsubishi's global motorsport activities.
They were responsible for MMC's record of achievement in off-road racing, including the 1998 Manufacturers' Championship in the World Rally Championship, four individual Drivers' Championships for Tommi Mäkinen in 1996–99, and a record twelve wins in the Dakar Rally since 1982.
Mitsubishi consolidated their racing activities in 2003, acquiring ACMS Ltd. from Cowan while Mitsubishi Motors Australia took over Stewart's operation.^[3][4] This followed the formation of 'Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports (MMSP) GmbH' in Trebur, Germany in November 2002.^[5]
Mitsubishi continues to use the Ralliart name both to sell aftermarket components and as a "halo" brand for higher-performance editions of many of its models.^[6][7]

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Footnotes

1. "Mitsubishi Motors - A Glorious Heritage in Motorsport", Mitsubishi-Motors.com
2. Ralliart Australia, Ralliart.com, November 7 2000
3. "Mitsubishi Motors Takes Over Andrew Cowan Motorsports", Carpages.co.uk, April 6, 2003
4. "Doug Stewart - 50 Years In Motor Sport", Jon Thomson and Stuart Bowes, RallySport News, August 12 2003
5. "All-New Challenge for Mitsubishi Motors", Mitsubishi Motors press release, October 9 2003
6. "Ralliart Parts & Collections Catalogue"
7. "Mitsubishi crosses the Galant and the Eclipse GT", Tony Assenza, Edmunds.com, May 17 2006

External links

★ Official global website