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The Mitsubishi I-MiEV Arrives in Australia
By Stuart Livesey on Mar 12, 2010 in Mitsubishi
The first full-production electric cars landed on the docks in Brisbane today.
Category: Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Outlander RX – special edition
By news desk on Mar 10, 2010 in Mitsubishi
Based on the 2010MY LS variant, the RX Outlander adds distinctive features not found in the current model.
The exterior of the Outlander RX features a redesigned front bumper and fog lights, 18 inch seven-spoke alloy wheels, along with unique side and rear air dams. Finishing touches include silver painted exterior door handles, a chrome [...]
Mitsubishi Lancer ACTiV
By Stuart Livesey on Mar 04, 2010 in Mitsubishi
A special badge, some leather on the steering wheel and some extra metal and it’s a Limited Edition
Mitsubishi Lancer Gets More Safety Features
Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) has revealed additional safety specifications for its popular Lancer small car for 2010. All Lancer sedans and hatches, including entry level ES variants, will now come standard with side and curtain airbags.
This additional safety equipment means that the Lancer now offers more occupant protection features than any of its [...]
The Mitsubishi i MiEV
The Mitsubishi i MiEV … it could be the first electric car to hit the showrooms in Australia
Five Star Safety Rating for Mitsubishi and Hyundai
Two more small vehicles available in Australia have been given a five-star crash test rating by the Australian New Car Assessment Programme – ANCAP
The top of the range Lancer ated highly for occupant protection following a series of crash tests – a frontal offset, a side offset and a pole test. The model tested was [...]
And the Axe Does Fall
Mitsubishi has announced that they will close their South Australian plant in March with the lost of 930 employees.
In a statement released a short time ago Mitsubishi stated that the ” … decision has been made because Australian consumers are moving towards smaller, more economic, and environmentally friendlier cars like those in the rest [...]
Will Mitsubishi Close Its Adelaide Plant?
The ABC is reporting that Mitsubishi will make a decision later today on whether or not to close their assembly line in South Australia. The money is on the plant closing and production moving to plants in either Russia or China.
You can read the full report here
The Face of Australian Motoring is Changing
By Stuart Livesey on Jul 28, 2007 in Ford Australia, General Motors Holden, General News, Mitsubishi, Toyota, cee'd
We’ve always been a nation of big car buyers. There was a time when you weren’t a real man unless you drove a six cylinder, a V8 or even a big 4WD and you could have been considered unpatriotic if you drove anything but a car built in Australia – unless of course you were [...]
Mitsubishi Please Explain?
by Stuart Livesey
It’s strange what thoughts can come to you in the dead of the night when all you want to do is sleep.
Yesterday I pointed out in The Japanese Manufacturers Turn Up Everywhere that two of the new vehicles Chrysler wants to introduce into Australia this year are built using a Mitsubishi platform.
Last [...]
Mitsubishi Lancer 2008
Mitsubishi showed the prototype for the 2008 Lancer for the first time at last week’s Detroit Motor Show. The next Lancer certainly has some mean looks and interesting mechanicals
The technical details can be found here
Those Mitsubishi Rumours 2
It’s not going to happen
The head of Mitsubishi in Japan has assured the federal Industry Minister and the South Australian Deputy Premier that Mitsubishi has no plans to shut down its assembly plant in South Australia.
But stay tuned, I’m sure there will be more because sales of the 380 – the car that was [...]
Those Mitsubishi Rumours Just Won’t go Away
Despite the denials it does not look good
Several months ago the ABC broke the news that Mitsubishi was looking at plans to shut down their production lines in Adelaide. Of course that brought a flood of denials from Mitsubishi and the government.
Then the ABC broke the story again when they had further information and [...]
Mitsubishi – Looking For the Way Out of Australia?
The ABC is reporting that Mitsubishi is looking at four options for a strategic plan that involves closing its plant in South Australia.
It’s easy to see (by the fact that you don’t see many 380 models on the streets) that the 380 has not been the sales success that Mitsubishi had hoped for – in [...]
Ajax Fasteners Manages to Survive For Another Week
By Stuart Livesey on Aug 16, 2006 in Ford Australia, General Motors Holden, General News, Mitsubishi, Toyota
Ajax Fasteners, the parts manufacturer that supplies specialest screws and clips to all four Australian car manufacturers has managed to stay in business until at least Friday.
Aussie Motoring reported back on August 12 that the company was on the brink of collapse and if it did go the consequences for Ford, Holden, Mitsubishi and [...]
Mitsubishi Making Further Job Cuts
Mitsubishi is now looking at cutting a further 100 positions at its plant in South Australia after sales of the 380 sedan fell well short of the monthly target. The company has a target of 1500 vehicles a month but only managed to sell around 800 in July.
It’s obvious that the car is not popular [...]
The Australian Car Manufacturing Industry – Teetering on the Brink of Collapse
By Stuart Livesey on Aug 12, 2006 in Ford Australia, General Motors Holden, General News, Mitsubishi, Toyota
It’s hard to believe but that headline is closer to fact than fiction. As reported on August 8 in More Supply Problems for Holden and Ford the industry is in dire trouble as another parts supplier is on the brink of closure.
Ajax Engineering Fasteneters, a company that supplies fasteners and bolts for Holden, Ford, Toyota, [...]
Mitsubishi Australia on the Skids?
Around six months after the release of the car that was to be the saviour of Mitsubishi Australia the writing that was on the wall is becoming even easier to read.
When a manufacturer knocks $6,500 of the price a vehicle you know that they are in dire trouble and that is just what Mitsubishi Australia [...]
2007 Mitsubishi Outlander
The all-new 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander is on the leading edge of versatility, technology, and value in the crossover SUV segment. The 2007 Outlander debuts the all-new 3.0L V6 MIVEC engine and features a standard six-speed Sportronic(R) automatic transmission with one-touch manual shifting and adaptive electronics.
The Outlander XLS adds rally inspired Sportronic steering wheel paddle [...]
Mitsubishi Set to Cut Jobs in Adelaide
By Stuart Livesey on Jan 20, 2006 in Mitsubishi
Mitsubish released the 380 last year and was frank in telling the market place that the 380 was the make or break car for the company in Australia.
Unfortunately sales have not been what they had hoped and even the Toyota Yaris outsold the 380 in December. With sales results like that job cuts were inevitable.
Mitsubishi to Cut Back on Production
Less than two months into the production of its company-saving 380 sedan range Mitsubishi has announced that production will be scaled down.
Currently the large car market is overstocked and Holden and Ford are both offering discounts to try and move excess inventory. Discounting the price of the new range is something that Mitsubishi is reluctant [...]
Mitsubishi 380 – Is It Too Little and Too Late
In a world where timing is everything Mitsubishi probably couldn’t have chosen a worse time to introduce a six cylinder car to a market that is coming to grips with increased and unstable fuel prices.
The situation is made even worse for the company by the fact that the company in Australia wii stand or [...]
