found about 20 hours ago by Steven J. Ewing on
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Mitsubishi is recalling both the 2004 Endeavor SUV and 2010 Galant sedan over possible corrosion issues that could cause flammable fluids to leak. The safety recall affects approximately 56,113 Endeavors and 2,307 Galants across the United States....
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If you’re in Japan, you can visit your Mitsubishi dealerships now in order to see for yourself the new compact RVR crossover that had been unveiled last December. In Japan, the car is named the RVR and it is priced between 1,785,000 and 2,449,650...
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Mitsubishi has announced their plans to introduce the 2010 Outlander RX into the Australian market. The RX will be based on the Outlander LS and it will have a new front bumper, new fog lights, aggressive side sills, a new rear air dam and 18-inch...
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Mitsubishi's European arm has released a new batch of photos and additional information on its market-specific ASX Crossover that will premiere at this year's edition of the Geneva Salon. The European-spec version of the Japanese RVR, which went on...
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found 6 days ago by Matt Hardigree on
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Kuwaiti driver Mbarak al-Thefiri competes in the Kuwait International Rally, completely oblivious to the guy hanging out in the middle of the track. That guy's totally got a future in rallying! Photo Credit: YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty...
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Extra production should bring down Mitsubishi’s costs per EV By Brendan Moore 03.09.2010 Mitsubishi Motors has agreed to produce 100,000 vehicles for PSA/Peugeot-Citroen starting in October of this year, with the vehicles scheduled to be offered...
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Mitsubishi’s Ralliart is one of the more famous performance divisions, thanks to the brand’s rally winning exploits and the Lancer Evolution series’ cult following. So it’s sad news to hear that Ralliart is the latest to succumb to the...
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In a farewell letter sent to customers, Ralliart announced today that it is going to close its doors as of March 2010. “Because of the sudden change of economy situation since the year before last, the business circumstance surrounding our...
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found about 47 hours ago by Chris Paukert on
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In a letter issued to its customers, Ralliart, a Japanese high-performance subsidiary of Mitsubishi, has announced that it is closing its doors. The company's business case has apparently faded, a victim of the wilting domestic aftermarket scene as...
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found 2 days ago by Matt Hardigree on
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Mitsubishi's performance subsidiary Ralliart, responsible for the company's past WRC and Dakar efforts, will wind down operations this month in advance an April closing. With poor sales they've...
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Most Japanese car manufacturers have all found a way to differentiate themselves, Toyota has the reputation for producing bullet-proof cars (although that...
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Mitsubishi and the NHTSA have just announced a recall for 56,113 2004 Endeavors. The problem lies within the reinforcing bracket and fuel filler pipe. Much like many other similar problems both parts could potentially become corroded which could...
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Peugeot Citroen has decided not to acquire a substantial stake in Mitsubishi. At the Geneva show earlier this week, PSA’s chief executive Phillippe Varin and Mitsubishi president Osamu Masuko had talked. In an interview, Varin says that the terms...
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Yes, that’s true, and the buyer in question is PSA Peugeot Citroën. Mitsubishi has announced the signing of a “Final Cooperative Agreement” that will see the French giant purchase 100,000 units of the i-MiEV electric car. PSA will market the...
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Mitsubishi has issued a recall for 56,113 Endeavor vehicles from the 2004 model year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. These include vehicles originally sold or currently registered in Connecticut, Delaware,...
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With the Chinese planning an electrical assault on Europe, with Nissan preparing their Leaf and with Renault charging-up Zoe, Peugeot-Citroen (PSA) is probably feeling a little exposed right now. Bad enough PSA failed to work out an agreement with...
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I don’t know how I missed this earlier, but there’s been a recall for the 2010 Mitsubishi Galant. If you’ve got one with an auto tranny, the oil cooler pipe assembly may not be thick enough. Corrosion could eat through the pipe, cause a...
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Another week, another recall. Today’s recall is on a much, much smaller scale than others we’ve seen in the past weeks/months. Mitsubishi is recalling 2,307 2010 Galant models for an issue in the automatic transmission oil cooler pipe that has...
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Mitsubishi has issued a recall of 2,307 Galant vehicles from the 2010 model year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration. The recall is due to insufficient plating on the automatic transmission oil cooler pipe assembly,...
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By Brendan Moore 02.05.2010 PSA/Peugeot-Citroen, who had been considering taking a 30%-50% stake in Mitsubishi to the tune of as much as 300 billion yen ($3.4 billion USD) announced at the Geneva Auto Show a couple of days ago that they were going...
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Mitsubishi’s ASX represents the brand’s move towards on-road crossovers, a move inspired by research showing that buyers of its Outlander big brother cross-shopped D-segment sedans rather than midsized SUV/CUVs. The C-segment ASX will be called...
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Mitsubishi confirmed today that its new entry-level crossover, unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show as the ASX, will be launched this fall in North America as the 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. The North American version of the ASX, known as...
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found 9 days ago by Jonathon Ramsey on
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Signaling a new path for Mitsubishi's assault on the automotive market, the 2010 Mitsubishi ASX will take the three-triangles brand away from its concentration on SUVs to "a manufacturer of non-mainstream environmentally friendly passenger cars...
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Last December, France’s PSA group and Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors seemed to get really tight (and set off the memorable TTAC series of shibari illustrations.) Something must have happened during their courtship. The main players met on neutral...
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Now here’s a combo you don’t see every day. Sports 20 inch wheels with 33 inch mud tires, and it’s motivated by a Ford 5.0! I like it. Full Craigslist ad text after the jump. Via Hooniverse 1998 Eclipse/1982 Bronco 4×4 has a 302 5.0 v8 with...
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The road to redemption is a rough one, but it’s definitely worth it at the end of the journey; that’s exactly the road that Mitsubishi finds itself on these days. After resting on their evo(lutionary) laurels, they have come to the realization...
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Long time depressed car production in Japan continues to show robust signs of life, mostly caused by equally surprising domestic demand and a pick-up in exports. And there is another explanation … Nissan’s domestic output climbed a whopping 83.1...
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found 18 days ago by Chris Paukert on
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2011 Mitsubishi ASX/RVR/Outlander Sport While we have known for some time that Mitsubishi will introduce a new compact crossover dubbed RVR in Japan and ASX in Europe, what we didn't know was what designation the car would carry when it hit North...
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This is Mitsubishi’s new RVR crossover, which has been launched in Japan. The European version, to be called ASX, will make its debut at the Geneva show, as reported earlier. The five seater slots below the Outlander in Mitsubishi’s SUV family...
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The 2011 Mitsubishi ASX (known as the RVR in Japan) will make its world debut next month at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. A couple of weeks after that it will make its stateside debut at the 2010 New York Auto Show. While North American details have...
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