Mitsubishi 6th Rallye Green Montreal
The eighth round of the Coupe de la Federation Internationale de l'Automobile for alternative energy vehicles has held this weekend in the Montreal area and it is a Mitsubishi i-MiEV has entrusted the crew of Rejean Losier and Ontario's first officer Brian Maxwell who won for a second consecutive year IIIA category, reserved for electric vehicles.
Run over two days, the ordeal was a complement two road journeys totaling over 150 km in full autonomy at predetermined speeds and chronometers by controls caches.
By virtue of this victory, the duo Losier and Maxwell will travel to Monaco in March 2013 to participate in the 14th edition of the Monte Carlo Rally news and electrical energy.
The crew Losier / Maxwell has lost all 18 seconds during the ordeal then form the duo of former commentator on CBC retirement Claude Quenneville Montreal and co-driver Martyn Ouellet Alma took second with 120 seconds of penalty. In terms of consumption, the i-MiEV Losier finished second to 3.6% of the winning car, despite a different operating system. In combination, the Mitsubishi wins a deserved victory.
Note the good performance of the feminine team of Sabrina Giacomini and Elise Lecompte of Autonet.ca takes the third place in terms of consumption with a delay of only 7.5%.
"We congratulate our three crews in Mitsubishi i-MiEV who successfully completing the ordeal and especially that of Rejean Losier and Brian Maxwell who won the Rallye Green Montreal," stated Peter Renz, National Director of Marketing for Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada.
Road tests in Downtown
The general area of Rallye Green was located in downtown Montreal around an exhibition village street McGill College. Number of curious spectators have visited the Mitsubishi booth and test an i-MiEV electric.
