Remembering the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Published on April 5, 2014 in Galleries by Frédérick Boucher-Gaulin Photo: Clubvr4 Mitsubishi decide to race in Group A instead. To do this, they need a production-based model. So they took the drivetrain from the 4WD Starion project, and stuffed it inside a Galant sedan. the new vehicle, named Galant VR-4, dominated Group A from 1989 to 1992.