Mitsubishi Motors Australia has announced that the shapely 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback is now on sale throughout the country, expanding the Lancer range and giving Mitsubishi a direct competitor to the Lancer’s long time rival, the Subaru Impreza.

The Australian Sportback line-up consists of the base model ES, the mid-range VR and sporty-ish VRX. The ES [...]

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Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) has announced the addition of Mitsubishi’s Super Select four-wheel drive system to diesel VR, GLX-R and GLS model Triton utilities.

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With Mitsubishi Motors Australia closing its factory in Adelaide—home of the Magna and more recently the 380—this vehicle comes as something of a pleasant surprise ending to what has been an endearing story of automotive manufacturing in Australia.

Dubbed the TMR supercharged 380, this car will no doubt leave an impression on the car buffs that [...]

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Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) has announced the final destinations for four of the last 380 sedans to built in Australia, following their decision to cease local production of the large passenger vehicle and pursue a full-line importing strategy in the Australian market.

In a decision designed to echo the strong sense of citizenship and support [...]

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Hear what Mitsubishi Motors Australia CEO Robert McEniry has to say about MMAL’s decision to cease manufacturing the 380 sedan in Australia.

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Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd (MMAL) together with its parent company Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has confirmed that while it is committed to being a long-term participant in the Australian car market, regretfully its Tonsley Park production facility in Adelaide, which manufactures the 380 sedan, will cease operations.

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd President and CEO Robert [...]

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Toyota may be storming away from the competition in Australian automotive sales but the good news isn’t exclusively theirs. Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) have released their sales figures for October and recorded their tenth straight month of sales increases. On a year-to-date basis, MMAL has recorded a solid sales increase of 20.6 percent against [...]

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Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited have just announced that they will unveil the all-new Lancer Evolution X, on October 11th at the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney. Until today, we were not expecting to see the Evo X until the Tokyo Motor show but all that appears to have changed and Aussie motoring fans are [...]

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In an effort to sell more of their rather bland but highly competent 380 range, Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd (MMAL) are set to introduce their series III 380 range. The good news is that the prices are going to get even sharper. The bad news is that it doesn’t look much different to the series [...]

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It comes as no great surprise that Mitsubishi Australia president, Rob McEniry, has announced that production of the TMR 380 supercharged Magna will not proceed.

First seen at the Sydney motor show in October last year, rumour of the TMR 380’s demise has continually dogged the project.

Mr McEniry has put the decision down to economics and [...]

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Currently selling up a storm in Europe is Mitsubishi’s new Outlander which Mitsubishi claim has met its target of more than 13,000 sales in its first half year, 80 percent of which were to buyers who previously owned other brands.

A big part of the Outlanders success in Europe is its 2.0-litre turbo diesel engine. As [...]

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