Category: Mitsubishi Motors

Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Truck

Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Truck

It is a series of light trucks used as mini SUVs in the JSDF since 1973. These trucks are built by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and still in production. These are officially referred to as 1/2 Ton Truck in JSDF service. Ky? and Sh?n are two light truck vehicles which can be equipped with a range [...]

Mitsubishi Starion

Mitsubishi Starion

Mitsubishi Starion, a 2-door, 4-seat sports car manufactured and sold by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. It remained in production from 1982 to 1990 and was powered by a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine featuring rear-wheel drive platform. In North America, the Starion was sold as the Conquest under the brand names of Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth. The production [...]

Mitsubishi Raider

Mitsubishi Raider

In 2005, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation launched their Mitsubishi Raider, a pickup truck in the United States as 2006 model. Mitsubishi Raider by great extent based on the Dodge Dakota. Mitsubishi resurrected the name Raider from the previous Dodge Raider SUV that remained in production from 1987 to 1990 and necessarily was a rebadged Mitsubishi Montero [...]

Mitsubishi Proudia

Mitsubishi Proudia

Mitsubishi Motors in late 1999 launched the Mitsubishi Proudia car, a luxurious and positioned just below the flagship Mitsubishi Dignity limousine in the company price range. Portmanteau, the name given to it is derived from the English word “proud” and “diamond” (which refers to company’s logo) which is “fitting description for Mitsubishi Motors’ ultimate luxury [...]

Hyundai Excel (Mitsubishi Precis)

Hyundai Excel (Mitsubishi Precis)

Hyundai Excel was also sold as Hyundai Pony, Hyundai Presto and Mitsubishi Precis. It was a front-wheel drive vehicle manufactured by Hyundai. The Excel remained in production from 1985 to 1994. The Hyundai Pony, a rear wheel drive vehicle by Hyundai was replaced by the Excel lineup, though the Excel was also marketed as Pony [...]

Mitsubishi Pajero

Mitsubishi Pajero

Mitsubishi Pajero is in fact a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) developed and sold by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation since 1982. The vehicle is named after Leopardus pajeros, the Pampas Cat which is native to the Patagonia plateau region of southern Argentina. The term is however used for ‘wanker’ in Spanish, so several different names have been [...]

Mitsubishi Mirage

Mitsubishi Mirage

In 1978, Mitsubishi Motors launched their subcompact vehicle named the Mitsubishi Mirage. In some markets, it was marketed as Mitsubishi Colt or Lancer Fiore. It remained in production until 2002. The compact vehicles marketed in North American drawn from Mirage or Lancer lineage during the period between 1985 and 2001 used the name Mirage because [...]

Mitsubishi Magna

Mitsubishi Magna

Mitsubishi Magna was a large mid-sized car manufactured and introduced by Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited in May 1985. The car was assembled and developed at the Tonsley Park plant and stretched over three generations. The Magna remained in production until September 2005 when it was replaced by Mitsubishi 380. The engines used in Magna, i.e. [...]

Mitsubishi Lancer WRC

Mitsubishi Lancer WRC

Ralliart, the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’s motorsport division manufactured a World Rally Car commonly called as Mitsubishi Lancer WRC in 2001. It was designed particularly to compete in the World Rally Championship. As the previous Lancer Evolution series was designed to compete in the Group A class, there was a need to design a car to [...]

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution

A top-end sedan manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation first appeared in 1992. It was commonly called as Lancer Evo, Evo or Lan-Evo. Up till now, ten different versions of Lancer evolution have been produced by Mitsubishi. Each of the versions is represented by a roman numeral. Almost all the versions of Lancer Evolution come with [...]