to Colt 600 D ue to the Macau GP debut victory, the performance of Mitsubishi cars gained a very good reputation very quickly. However, the unforeseen scale of the expansion in demand for Mitsubishi products as a result of these victories made it imperative that there be changes made to the road cars to meet the expectations of consumers. So the "Colt 600" was born. Based on the 500, but with radical changes to the shape of the rear of the car, the 600 followed in the ground breaking steps of the 500 in the world of motorsport. In the 1963 Malaysia Grand Prix the Colt 600s humbled the Fiats from Italy in the under 600 cc class, took second and third as well, and by posting this stunning result showed the world the strength of these little cars. In the same year, the first running of the "Japan Grand Prix" saw Kazuo Togawa, entered in the C 2 class in a borrowed Colt 600, take 11th in class. And it can be said that from this day, the running of the 1st Japan Grand Prix, that the Japanese racing scene changed for ever. BACK

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