Mitsubishi Motors Posts Second Quarter 2010 Sales Increase

CYPRESS, Calif., July 1, 2010; Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) today announced that sales increased 1.8 percent during the second quarter of 2010 (April-June).

Mitsubishi sales also increased marginally (0.10 percent) for the first half of the year (January-June). June sales were 4,198, down slightly (3.8 percent) compared to June 2009.

"We have established a good foundation of positive sales momentum heading into the hot summer selling season," said MMNA President & CEO Shin Kurihara. "We are perfectly positioned to show much larger increases the second half of the year, with the addition to our product line-up of our exciting new Outlander Sport CUV."

  June sales highlights included:
  --  Lancer sales were up 16.7 percent compared to a year ago (June 2009). 
      It was Lancer's second best sales month since August 2009.
  --  Outlander sales increased more than 38 percent compared to June 2009
      and are up more than 28 percent year-to-date.  Outlander sales have
      increased six of the past seven months.
  --  Lancer Sportback sales of 227 were the third best month of sales since
      the Sportback began sales in August of last year.
  --  Eclipse Spyder sales increased more than 45 percent compared to last
      June.
  --  Galant sales are up more than 53 percent year-to-date.
  --  Year-to-date sales of MMNA's models built in Normal, Illinois,
      (Galant, Eclipse, Spyder, and Endeavor) are up a combined 3.8 percent
      compared to the same period in 2009.

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., (MMNA) is responsible for all manufacturing, finance, sales, and marketing operations for Mitsubishi Motors in the United States. MMNA sells coupes, convertibles, sedans, sport utility vehicles, and light trucks through a network of more than 400 dealers.