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Mitsubishi will show the Outlander Prototype GT on 4/9/09. Basically it's the current Outlander with a Lancer nose... Below are links to the Press Release and three teaser images. http://media.mitsubishicars.com/detail?mid=MIT2009040284731&mime=ASC http://media.mitsubishicars.com/detail?mid=MIT2009040300252&mime=JPG http://media.mitsubishicars.com/detail?mid=MIT2009040286399&mime=JPG http://media.mitsubishicars.com/detail?mid=MIT2009040285954&mime=JPG
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Replying to: psychogun (Apr 02, 2009 10:30 pm) |
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| I know where I'd turn if I wanted an SUV again, that thing rocks! Yeah, the neutral tech. is great. Can't wait to learn more about this SUV. April 9th for us, eh? | |
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Some time, some day. Mitsubishi i MiEV Headed for the U.S. 
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Replying to: steve_ (Apr 09, 2009 2:54 pm) I'm sure a few glitches might show up in the next year or two with this vehicle but I still think there is a sizable market here no matter where the price of oil finally settles at. Inner-city and suburbia will love this car. Good news about a gasoline powered model as well. |
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it seems that Peugeot is wanting Mitsubishi to produce their new i-MiEV for them. Also, apparently Saturn wants Mitsu to produce cars for them. Read both of those this morning, as well as what I have suspected, that Mitsubishi sales have stabilized and they are comfortable as a U.S.-sales entity. http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020914_mitsubishi-could-supply-new- - - -cars-to-saturn This is great news for me, for the longer I drive my 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS, the more I love the car. To me, the looks of the '08 Lancer GTS are unequalled anywhere in the industry, too. I learned yesterday while cruising around Tucson that Jim Click now sells Mitsubishi's in Tucson. Jim Click Hyundai, Jim Click Ford, Jim Click Subaru, you get the picture. He has a lot at the Tucson Auto Mall, which is on the upper west end of the city of Tucson, just west of the Tucson Mall. Yesterday, while driving away from my east Tucson dentist appoinment, I was looking to my left while waiting at a stoplight, and to my amazement I read a sign that said Mitsubishi Used Cars. Yet, I saw an '09 Mitsubishi Outlander, so he's obviously selling news Mitsubishi rigs as well. Which is exciting news, because now I can buy a Mitsubishi i-MiEV and re-charge it in Tucson while shopping. I go there a few times every other week already, so this is a natural fit for me. This is no doubt the all-electric car for me, I am totally stricken with Mitsubishi's solid powertrains and attention to detail in my '08 Lancer GTS. I just know that my i-MiEV would hold up very well. There's a good reason that so many Chinese automakers ask for engines from Mitsubishi. They're good. A big duh! Do you think the Chinese are interested in wasting their time whilst getting a foothold in building cars? Of course not. Oh, BTW. Watch out for the Chinese automobile invasion. It's coming and it's very real. If BYD and their e6 are offered with a long Warranty I may be swayed to buy an e6. But if they're gonna namby-pamby around and offer the e6 with a wimpy GM-type 3 year and 36,000 mile Warranty, forget buying an e6, people. They'd be fools to offer the e6 with anything less than a Hyundai/Kia/Mitsubishi 10 year and 100,000 mile Warranty. Warren Buffet and Company, are you reading this? Have BYD offer a long Warranty, and your U.S. sales will double for the F3DM and e6. Just a few of my thoughts. But the 2010 Mitsubishi i-MiEV just got that much closer to being my first all-electric automobile, seeing that a very stable Tucson auto sales conglomerate had the wisdom to glob on to Mitsubishi sales. They will be happy they did. BTW, the 2010 Mitsubishi i-MiEV will probably cost around $29,995 in the U.S., plus or minus $2,000 either way. Minus Obama's $7,500 rebate, you're looking at about $23,000 MSRP. For a BYD e6, you're looking at a price of about $28,000, minus the Obama rebate you're looking at a MSRP of about $20,500. So, the e6 is a very strong contender to the i-MiEV, if price sways you. Build quality would go to Mitsubishi, hands down. No comparison there, at all. So, the addition of Jim Click Mitsubishi to southern Arizona car shoppers and Mitsubishi's great new all-electric i-MiEV and their solid engineering reputation would give the nod to us getting an i-MiEV and not a 2011 BYD e6. Oh, I have talked to Mitsubishi Motors North America about the i-MiEV. I could hear the excitement radiating from her voice as we discussed the new i-MiEV. The car is being test-marketed in the UK and a fleet of i-MiEV's is being driven there already. The car will do well in London and in Paris, and I would think Germany, but they'd have to get past the loyalty of the Deutsche to Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen. Portland, OR, an-already green metropolity, is building charging stations, and there is talk all over Europe now of building charging stations. Money is the big stumbling block as the worldwide recession still looms over "green car" development. |
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The numbers aren't good, just better... Mitsubishi Motors Reports May 2009 Sales CYPRESS, Calif., June 2, 2009: Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) today announced May 2009 sales of 4,352. May sales, up 11% from April and were led by Mitsubishi's volume leader Lancer. Lancer sales increased 20% from April. MMNA Executive Vice President of Operations John Koenig noted, "We are encouraged by the strength of our distinctive Lancer and Outlander models, which have been consistent performers this year. And, we are hopeful the positive trend we see in May continues as we progress into the summer selling season and add the new Lancer Sportback to the mix," Koenig added. Mitus May Sales |
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I see more and more Galants on the road in my area. These are not brand new models either. It seems that these cars hold up pretty well if their number are any indication. BTW, my area is a very snobby Honda-Toyota Only zone so to see this many Galants running around is interesting.
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Mitsubishi Rolls Out Production Version of i-MiEV, But Japan Gets It First (Inside Line) 
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jun 04, 2009 4:10 pm) |
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