Mitsubishi Colt F2000

The Mitsubishi Colt F2000 was an open-wheel formula race car that Mitsubishi Motors designed, developed and built for the Japanese Formula 2000 championship in 1971. It used a steel tubular space frame with glass-fiber reinforced plastic bodywork, double wishbone front suspension and a mid-mounted engine driving through a five-speed Hewland manual gearbox. The engine was the naturally aspirated two-litre DOHC four-cylinder Mitsubishi R39B, quoted at between 280 and 290 horsepower, in a car weighing about 470 kilograms. The car made its debut at the 1971 Japanese Grand Prix.