Remembering the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Published on April 5, 2014 in Galleries by Frédérick Boucher-Gaulin Photo: gomotors The Lancer was fully redesigned in 1996, and the Evo followed soon after. The Evo IV was much more rigid, thanks to bigger front and rear swaybars. the car is easily spotted, with it's huge front fog light. The Finnish driver Tommi Mäkinen won WRC four times in a row in a Lancer Evo IV.