News By Topic: Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Motors Launches Lancer Evolution IX High-performance 4WD Sports Sedan

Mar 8, 2005

Tokyo (JCNN) - Mitsubishi Motors introduced nationwide the new Lancer Evolution IX high-performance 4WD sports sedan on March 3. Featuring a 2.0-liter, 4-cylinder DOHC 16-valve engine incorporating the MIVEC (Mitsubishi Innovative Valve Timing Electronic Control System) with an intercooler turbocharger, the twelfth mod ... Continue reading

IIHS: RESULTS OF SIDE IMPACT CRASH TESTS:

Mar 7, 2005

March 6, 2005 <a href="http://www.iihs.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/summaries/small_ overall_c.htm">Summary of results for all small cars tested by the Institute</a><p> 14 OF 16 SMALL CARS ARE RATED POOR IN TEST THAT SIMULATES CRASH WITH SUV; NONE OF THE 16 IS GOOD ARLINGTON, VA &#8212; Most small car designs earned poo ... Continue reading

Latest NHTSA US Vehicle Recalls- Pacifica, Endevor, Yamaha, BlueBird

Mar 4, 2005

Report Date : March 4, 2005 at 11:17 AM New Information Added Since : February 22, 2005 Make / Models : Model/Build Years: BLUE BIRD / ALL AMERICAN 1998-2002 BLUE BIRD / COMMERCIAL SERIES 1998-2002 BLUE BIRD / TC2000 1998-2002 Manufacturer : BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 05V062000 Recall Date : FEB ... Continue reading

New Mitsubishi Motors President Affirms Commitment to U.S. Market

Mar 2, 2005

TOKYO March 1, 2005; Yuri Kageyama writing for the AP reported that scandal-plagued Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors has no plans to sell its plant in the United States or further trim its U.S. work force. Instead, it promised to stay committed to the U.S. market, which is critical for the company's turnaround, the ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors May Raise U.S. Output by Up to 30%

Mar 2, 2005

March 2, 2005; Naoko Fujimura writing for Bloomberg reported that Mitsubishi Motors Corp., which is aiming to release two new models this year to stem its U.S. sales decline, said it is aiming to increase production in Illinois factory by up to 30 percent. Mitsubishi Motors, Japan's fifth-largest carmaker, said it can ... Continue reading

Toyota, Nissan Lead U.S. February 2005 Sales With Trucks

Mar 2, 2005

March 1, 2005; Bloomberg reported that Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and other Asian automakers extended U.S. market-share gains for a sixth straight month in February as their new light-truck models helped draw more buyers. Vehicles such as the new Pathfinder sport-utility vehicle by Nissan, Japan's second-bigg ... Continue reading

Italdesign Giugiaro Mitsubishi Nessie Unveiled at 2005 Geneva Motor Show

Feb 20, 2005

The Nessie represents an in-depth analysis into the issue of the day, the SUV. For the centennial Geneva Motor Show, Italdesign Giugiaro, in collaboration with Mitsubishi and the Linde Group, pushed creative-thinking towards intermeshing, yet again, technology and style, giving tangible form to a heart-pounding yet cle ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Reaffirms Commitment to U.S.

Feb 18, 2005

TOKYO February 18, 2005; The AP repoorted that struggling Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. reaffirmed its commitment to the U.S. market Friday, saying it had no intentions of exiting that market. The Tokyo-based automaker, which has a car plant in Normal, Ill., denied in a statement that it had ever pursued s ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Reports Massive Losses on Plunging Sales

Feb 8, 2005

TOKYO Feb 8, 2005; Yuri Kageyama writing for the AP reported that losses at Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. more than doubled in the nine months through Dec. 31 from the same period a year earlier, as a recurring recall cover-up scandal sent sales nose-diving. Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Motors reported on Tuesda ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors to Supply Peugeot With Sport Utility Vehicles

Feb 4, 2005

TOKYO February 4, 2005; Yuri Kageyama writing for the AP reported that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. announced an agreement on Friday to supply 30,000 sport utility vehicles a year to PSA Peugeot Citroen, in a small victory for the cash-bleeding, scandal-tarnished Japanese automaker. Mitsubishi Motors had promised a deal wit ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Reports January 2005 U.S. Sales

Feb 1, 2005

CYPRESS, Calif., Feb. 1 -- Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., (MMNA) today reported January 2005 U.S. sales of 7,269 units. "Although we're disappointed with our January sales, we realize those numbers don't include the same percentages of fleet sales we had last year at this time," said Michael Tocci, senior vice ... Continue reading

New Rocket/Car Review: 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR

Jan 26, 2005

By Carey Russ You say that modern cars are boring? You think they are antiseptically-sterile and have no character? Well, yes, some are that way. Actually, many are that way. But not all - try a quick jaunt in the latest iteration of Mitsubishi's legendary Lancer Evolution series of rally cars for the street, the MR. I ... Continue reading

Japan Automakers Report Record Production in 2004 As Customers Buy More of Their Cars, Trucks

Jan 26, 2005

TOKYO January 25, 2005; Audrey Mcavoy writing for the AP reported that Japan's leading automakers made more vehicles than ever last year as customers bought more of their cars and trucks, the companies said Tuesday. Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest automaker, said its global production jumped 10.6 percent during 200 ... Continue reading

MMC holding talks to sell luxury cars supplied by Nissan

Jan 24, 2005

Tokyo January 24 2005; The Japan Times reported that Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. are discussing a deal in which Nissan would supply luxury cars for sale under the Mitsubishi brand, according to sources close to the matter. Struggling MMC has already agreed to more than double its supply of minivehicles ... Continue reading

GM Wins Overall Polk Automotive Loyalty Award Winners - Keeps Customers Better

Jan 19, 2005

Numerous New Winners Emerge Across Segment Level Categories for Model Year 2004 SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 19 -- R. L. Polk & Co., the automotive industry's premier tracker of consumer loyalty among new vehicles, presented the ninth annual Polk Automotive Loyalty Awards yesterday at the 2005 Automotive News World Congress ... Continue reading