to Gallant VR-4 The Galant VR-4 made its World Rally Championship debut in 1988 and won two rounds the following year, quickly becoming the most competitive car in the WRC. Its successes were not confined to the WRC however, as Galants also featured strongly in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), the European Rally Championship (ERC) and the Middle East Rally Championship, among others well into the 1990s. Building on the worldwide success of professionals and amateurs alike, an evolution model was unveiled at the Acropolis Rally in mid-1991, its fifth year of competition. On its debut, the car was quickest on 30 of the 48 stages - a sensational debut. The evolution model didn't win during its first season, but the previous model made up for that with victories on the Swedish and Ivory Coast Rallies. In particular, the Ivory Coast saw Kenjiro Shinozukaｹs victory, the first overall win by a Japanese driver on a round of the World Rally Championship. 1992 brought the career of the factory-entered VR-4 to a close and was not especially successful. The main reason for this was that much effort was already being put into the development of the next WRC car, the Lancer Evolution, but news of Shinozuka winnig consecutively in the Ivory Coast was very welcome. Galant privateers also excelled, Erwin Weber (Germany) becoming the first driver to win the European Rally Championship in a Japanese car. In addition, Ross Dunkerton of Australia won the driver's title in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship for two straight years during 1991 and '92. The Galant took the Manufacturers Championship as well. With these six victories in the WRC, the Galant VR-4 went on to win championships around the globe and was indeed a success as a rally car. Naturally, the 4WD technology first tried in the Starion and developed in the Galant was soon to be carried over to the Lancer Evolution.

Major Results:
1991	Swedish Rally (WRC)	1st
	Hanki Rally (European Rally Championship)	1st
	Indonesia Rally (APRC)	1st
	Malaysia Rally (APRC)	1st
	Rally Austraria(WRC)	2nd
	Cyprus Rally(ERC)	1st
	Valais Rally (European Rally Championship)	1st
	Bandama Rally(WRC)	1st
	RAC Rally(WRC)	2nd
	World Rally Championship(WRC)	3rd in Manufacturers' Championship
	Asia Pacific Rally Championship(APRC)	Manufacturers' Champion
	Asia Pacific Rally Championship(APRC)	Drivers' Champion (R.Dunkerton)
1992	Zlatni Piassatzi (European Rally Championship)	1st
	Polish Rally (European Rally Championship)	1st
	Barum Rally (European Rally Championship)	1st
	Rallye Deutchland (European Rally Championship)	1st
	Hunsruck (European Rally Championship)	1st
	Rally of Indonesia(APRC)	1st
	Rallye ELPA (European Rally Championship)	1st
	Rally of Malaysia(APRC)	1st
	Bandama Rally(WRC)	1st
	Rally of Thailand(APRC)	1st
	European Rally Championship(ERC)	Drivers' Champion (E.Weber)
	Asia Pacific Rally Championship(APRC)	Manufacturers' Champion
	Asia Pacific Rally Championship(APRC)	Drivers' Champion (R.Dunkerton)
	※WRC=World Rally Championship ※APRC=Asia Pacific Rally Championship