Parade of 273 Evos set Guiness World Record!

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Remember these bunch of Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution owners who wanted to set a Guiness World Record? Good news, they managed to do it! A total of 273 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions from all generations was at the paddock of the Castle Combe Racing Circuit in Wiltshire, England on the 12th of July 2008 and got into the track grouped together by colour to begin a 2 mile parade drive on the circuit at a constant speed, as you can see from the photo above.

At 5:27pm Guiness World Records official Laura Farmer confirmed the record and presented a certificate to the event manager Ian Corcoran shortly after the parade. The event managed to raise £7,459.27 for the Richard Burns Foundation.

One more shot of all the different Evos parked in formation after the jump.


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  1. mitlanevo says:

    HOLA PLAYERZ!!! how to spell C-O-O-L ???

    gimme a C and double O and L, boy oh boy!!!!

    looking at these photos is enough for me to prepare for a sleepless night….

    273 evos at the same venue, at the same time!!!! OH GOD…..!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. mystvearn says:

    That is a lot of evos. No wiralution in that list:p

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  3. MisterBenjo says:

    i think malaysian can do better.

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  4. kocain_buster says:

    I think I see a red Evo10 in the second picture! Holy crap!!

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  5. blazerSST says:

    I wonder what was the total accumulative horsepower at that same time

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  6. azrai says:

    I like the way they grouped the cars according to its colour. now Malaysia Boleh time. Wira/Waja EVO wannabe parades to KL this weekend (due to roadblocks).

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  7. abtm says:

    the parking shot looks like a fast and furious police depot sieze up

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  8. haroldz says:

    and they on managed to raise only 7+++K UK pound?!

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  9. ganz says:

    hahaa.. back 2 years ago.. when i was part of GEn2 club.. they do plan for this.. :D .. i wonder they try to gather more than 500 owner malaysian wide.. parade to Sepang Track…

    i wonder what happen to that plan.. :D

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  10. Sharmz says:

    Alfa Club had over 240 Alfas on a parade at Kyalami, SA a week earlier but that was not for a single model like the Evo. All sorts of Alfas were involved

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  11. hypermount says:

    A big so what – it’s like trying to make the biggest roti canai ever just for the sake of entering record.

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  12. mrbola2 says:

    ahh…. evos only in blue, yellow, red and white in colour. they make me colour blindness. are they in other colurs like black or green or silver or grey……..?????

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  13. BW says:

    EVO RULEZ!!!!!

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  14. mokkf82 says:

    Same thing “M’sia boleh” can do ah. Put all the kancils or wira and see! what kind of records also can….
    Ha!~

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  15. hamster says:

    i agree wit mokkf82…tats an ez record to beat..

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  16. JULIANLEE2 says:

    did they make sure there were no rebadged proton wira’s there?

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  17. Auto_crat says:

    A tribute to the past Evos.

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  18. syahruddin says:

    mokkf82 u right ermm lets all perodua owner had gathering see how evo can beat them heheheh love malaysian product………

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