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The Mitsubishi i-MiEV on Sale in Australia
By Stuart Livesey on Jun 12, 2011 in Mitsubishi
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV – would you pay around $50,000 for this?
Category: Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi ASX – a first look
By Stuart Livesey on Aug 23, 2010 in Mitsubishi
On the surface it looks like it’s going to be a real competitor in the small SUV market
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.
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 – [...]
Ajax Fasteners Manages to Survive For Another Week
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 [...]
