A person within the UK who just lately received a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX FQ-320 in a draw has crashed it only a day after being handed the keys.
The purple Evo in query was given away by Dream Automotive Giveaways (DCG) and had 70,000 miles on the clock and a full service historical past, The Drive notes. Costs of the Lancer Evo IX have soared over the previous 18 months, which means the fortunate man didn’t simply win one in all Japan’s finest efficiency automobiles but in addition received an appreciating asset. Sadly, the Evo isn’t any extra.
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A since-deleted tweet from the South Wales Police Roads Policing Unit revealed on Wednesday, April 28 revealed that the automotive’s winner, Adam Griffiths, had been concerned in an accident that left the Mitsubishi with complete injury to each its entrance and rear finish. The injury was so dangerous that the automotive has been totaled. The identical day, lower than 24 hours after handing over the keys to Griffiths, Dream Automotive Giveaways confirmed that the automotive was written off in a Fb submit.
“As most of you can be conscious sadly the Evo was written off in an accident this morning,” DCG wrote. “The primary factor is Adam is okay, we don’t know what occurred and received’t speculate. Please be respectful in your feedback. It may well occur to anybody. We want Adam all the very best from DCG.”
The picture shared to Twitter exhibits that the entrance bumper was torn from the Evo within the crash. The hood was additionally been bent upwards, the intercooler destroyed, and in all probability, varied engine and suspension parts have additionally been broken.