The Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution was the street legal version of the famous Pajero Evolution Competition car. Mitsubishi originally created the Pajero Evolution to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally (which it would win twelve times). In order to compete, homologation requirements had to be met, and the road legal Pajero Evolution was created. The Evolution, known internally as the V55W, featured a 3.5L V6 engine as well as various visual tweaks and offroad elements not featured on the Second Generation Pajero upon which it's based. Total production of the Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution reached an estimated 2500 examples, offered for the 1997 through 1999 model years.