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Last Mitsubishi Eclipse to be auctioned off for charity

Last Mitsubishi Eclipse to be auctioned off for charity

Mitsubishi is auctioning off the final Eclipse to ever be produced at the annual St. Charles Auction, which will be held at Pheasant Run Resort from September 15-18. The last Eclipse was built by Mitsubishi Motors North America as a special edition Coupe SE with a 3.8-liter V6, which is also the only V6 to [...]

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Hertz to offer EVs for rental in San Francisco

Hertz to offer EVs for rental in San Francisco

Hertz has decided to broaden their vehicle fleet by adding a couple electric cars. Available for customers in San Francisco and those a part of Hertz’s On Demand program, renters can now choose from the Nissan LEAF, the Smart EV, or the Mitsubishi i. Included with the EVs up for rental, Hertz will also provide [...]

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Mitsubishi adding $20,000 AWD Lancer, hopes to hit 100,000 sales goal

Mitsubishi adding $20,000 AWD Lancer, hopes to hit 100,000 sales goal

Mitsubishi has just announced some new plans for the future in order to keep up with the competition and reach a sales goal of about 100,000 units in US sales. According to the Japanese make, Mitsubishi will add another all-wheel drive version of its Lancer sedan as part of their effort to reach the 100,000 [...]

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Next Mitsubishi Outlander to be brand’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle

Next Mitsubishi Outlander to be brand’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle

Mitsubishi announced with the downsizing of the Lancer Evolution that they will be focusing on becoming a leader in the push for efficient and clean motoring. As a result, they’ve just announced that the next generation Outlander will be the company’s first plug-in hybrid. The small Mitsubishi i fully electric city car was the company’s [...]

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Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Experience 2 unveiled with a more difficult course

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Experience 2 unveiled with a more difficult course

So Mitsubishi as of recent haven’t been very promising with their news, especially since they announced the death of the Lancer Evolution (which is apparently not really dead), the model that gave the Japanese make a huge spike in popularity after gaining attention through various forms of media. But despite the rather troubling news, Mitsubishi [...]

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Mitsubishi i gets better EPA rating than Nissan LEAF, Chevrolet Volt

Mitsubishi i gets better EPA rating than Nissan LEAF, Chevrolet Volt

Mitsubishi has announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rated fuel-economy for the Mitsubishi i electric-car. The Mitsubishi has been rated to deliver the best-in-segment ‘fuel’ efficiency as determined by EPA in the areas of both mile-per-gallon equivalency (MPGe) and driving range. So what does it get? The electric-powered Mitsubishi i gets an EPA-rated 126 MPGe [...]

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Mitsubishi unveils cheaper i MiEV, not coming to the U.S.

Mitsubishi unveils cheaper i MiEV, not coming to the U.S.

Two new versions of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV were released on Wednesday, but neither will be hitting U.S. soil. The less expensive, and heavier price-tagged versions will be released only in Japan. The i-MiEV M takes it down a notch, being sold at $32,140. This model can only travel up to 75 miles, which is 25 [...]

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Nissan and Mitsubishi team up on new minicar venture

Nissan and Mitsubishi team up on new minicar venture

In order to create more cars for the growing minicar market in Japan, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd and Mitsubishi Motor Corp. are collaborating to create NMVK Co. Ltd. Operational as of June 1, the new venture will be in Tokyo, with 35 employees. The companies will be combining the minicar engineer and product-development, and parts [...]

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2011 New York: 2012 Mitsubishi i MiEV priced at $22,490

2011 New York: 2012 Mitsubishi i MiEV priced at $22,490

Mitsubishi announced the pricing for their new fully electric Mitsubishi i today at the 2011 New York Auto Show. Featuring their new MiEV or Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle technology, the new i will be Mitsubishi’s first ever electric car. Despite being very attractively priced at a humble $22,490 for the EX, the i also features a [...]

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Japan auto industry lost half-million units in month since earthquake

Japan auto industry lost half-million units in month since earthquake

The devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami has hurt the country’s manufacturing sector. In the automotive industry, automakers together have lost production of more than a half million vehicles. Japan’s big seven automakers lost 516,000 units of output as Japan marked the one month anniversary of the massive March 11 quake. The total figure is [...]

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