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Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Motors is a multinational automaker headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. They manufacture vehicles in six countries around the globe and sell around one million cars per year. They produce 20 models of cars, trucks, minivans, and SUVs in Asia, Europe, and the US. Mitsubishi products include the Lancer, Galant, Eclipse, and Outlander with eight models limited to Japanese sales only. - See more at: http://www.torquenews.com/forum/need-your-help-category-descriptions#sthash.uQGZf3vG.dpuf

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Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., is delivering its new 2012 Mitsubishi i electric vehicles, EVs, including six new ones in Normal, Illinois.
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Mitsubishi has re-designed the Outlander crossover and is rumored to have plans for a hybrid option as well. The hybrid, news of which was hinted at last year, will be unveiled later this year and offered for sale in early 2013, according to the company.
By Keith Griffin on
Last week, Mitsubishi announced the first fleet delivery of the 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV and now it has delivered the first of its new electric vehicle to an actual retail customer in Hawaii with the somewhat dubious claims of average fuel costs dropping from $70 a week to $3.
By Keith Griffin on
In a move bound to expand its exposure, Mitsubishi has made it first fleet delivery of the 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV to a non-profit group in the San Francisco Bay area that promotes innovative mobility options.
By Hawke Fracassa on
Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi remains popular with American buyers, as year-to-date sales surged 45% higher than last year through Dec. 1. No matter what happens the rest of the year, it's Mitsubishi's best year in the U.S. since 2008 with even better times ahead, with this month's debut of the 2012 Mitsubishi i electric car.
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The EPA has deemed the 2012 Mitsubishi i the most fuel efficient car in America in its list of "Fuel Economy Leaders: 2012 Model Year" in the governmental agency's annual Fuel Economy Guide.
By Keith Griffin on
The five finalists for the 2012 Green Car of the Year have been announced with the field reduced to the: 2012 Ford Focus Electric, 2012 Mitsubishi i, the 2012 Honda Civic CNG, the 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI and the 2012 Toyota Prius V. The winner will be announced at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show on Nov. 17.
By Hawke Fracassa on
A new Mitsubishi auto dealership is opening in November near Portsmouth, N.H., in the town of Stratham. Stratham Mitsubishi is setting up shop at the same location where new Jeeps were sold for almost half a century until hard economic times choked off sales and put the dealership out of business.
By Kate McLeod on
Mitsubishi Motors, maker of the electric vehicle, iMIEV, has partnered with two companies, WiTricity and a Japanese supplier of public infrastructure, IHI to research and develop an wireless charging system that will be readily compatible with electric grids.
By Gordon Block on
Mitsubishi and Nissan continue to collaborate and form joint ventures, with the latest being a plan for Mitsubishi to sell a version of our Infiniti M sedan in the Japanese domestic market.
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Mitsubishi Motors North America will be selling an all-new 2012 Eclipse Coupe SE to the highest bidder at the Mecum Auctions annual St. Charles Auction. All proceeds raised from the sale of this vehicle will be donated to the Japan Red Cross earthquake and tsunami relief fund.
By Kate McLeod on
Mitsubishi says it has increased the price of its 2012 i-MIEV electric car by $1,135 due to unforeseen market conditions.
By Patrick Rall on
The Mitsubishi Eclipse has enjoyed a long and (decreasingly) popular life since being introduced for the US market in 1989 but the very last Eclipse ever built has been produced and it will be auctioned off at the Mecum St. Charles Auction later this month with the proceeds going to charity.
By Gordon Block on
After reports of people using hybrid car batteries to power home appliances after the Japan earthquake, Nissan and Mitsubishi are talking about developing standardized AC-charging systems for their own electric vehicles.
By Patrick Rall on
Getting an all wheel drive Mitsubishi Lancer has always meant that you had to shell out the bigger bucks for the high performance Evolution and Ralliart trimlines but this fall, Mitsubishi will begin offering a naturally aspirated Lancer SE with all wheel drive.
By Gordon Block on
The Mitsubishi i, which comes Stateside in November, will be the cheapest 100% electric vehicle in the country at less than $30k to start.
By Richard Gray on
Mitsubishi has unveiled a solar-powered electric car charging station at the automaker’s North America headquarters in Southern California.
By Richard Gray on
With high gasoline prices and consumer interest in hybrids and electrics, car buyers looking to “refuel” with electric may like the EPA rated 126 MPG equivalent delivered by the Mitsubishi i.
By Richard Gray on
Mitsubishi Motors and Kids Safety First will host child safety seat inspection events at Mitsubishi dealerships in nine states in conjunction with Dorel Juvenile Group USA.
By Richard Gray on
Despite a lackluster economy, Mitsubishi of North America reported a 97.7 percent increase in sales over June of last year.
By Gordon Block on
Nissan and Mitsubishi, which signed a joint-venture agreement in December, have named the new company NMKV Co., Ltd.
By Hawke Fracassa on
Mitsubishi (三菱) has two parts to its name: mitsu means three and hishi (changing to bishi in the middle of the word) means diamond (the shape). Hence, the three diamond logo. (Note that "diamond" in this context refers only to the rhombus shape, not to the precious gem.)
By Keith Griffin on
When all else fails, make your cars look like Jelly Bellys. That just might be a winning sales tool for Mitsubishi, the giant Japanese automaker who has largely failed to generate significant interest in its products in the U.S. market.
By Patrick Place on
In 1992, a brand new Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution arrived in Mitsubishi dealerships. It was a fish out of water in a busy public traffic jam, but it’s a deer through the woods on a rally course. 19 years and ten versions later Mitsubishi has decided to stop production of its Rally Champion.
By Armen Hareyan on
Best Buy says it is having talks with traditional automakers to sell electric cars in its stores and that the conversations with automakers are going well. Will this make the electronics retailer the largest EV dealership in the world?
By Cheryl Phillips on
In a digital age when consumers can educate themselves long before they enter the showroom of a car dealership, women have become savvy shoppers who are using a variety of online resources to do their car buying research.
By Armen Hareyan on
Automakers say their Japanese plants are operating at only 50 percent of their usual pace, as the country is struggling to recover from March 11, implying the situation will create a worldwide shortage of Japanese cars.