Mitsubishi January 2007 Sales Soar to 25 Percent Increase

CYPRESS, Calif., Feb. 1, 2007 -- Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., (MMNA) today reported January sales of 9,383 units, up 25.6% from last January's total of 7,463.

It was Mitsubishi's best January since 2004 and the largest single month percentage increase in four-and-half years (July 2002).

"We are very encouraged at this tremendous start to the year," said MMNA CEO Hiroshi Harunari. "Customers are embracing the all-new Outlander crossover sport utility, while our established models like the sporty Eclipse coupe still have tremendous appeal. We are very excited at the prospects for our all-new Lancer sedan, which will begin sales in the Spring."

Outlander sales were 1,918 units, up 166 percent from last year's January volume. Eclipse coupe sales were 2,129, up 37 percent from a year ago.

  Other January sales highlights:

  *  Eclipse Spyder closed at 306 units, more than five times the sales in
     January of 2006.
  *  Lancer closed at 1,684 units, up 15 percent from last January volume.
  *  Galant sales were 1,654, an increase of more than four percent

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