Mitsubishi has revealed the UK price and specifications for the UK version of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric car, which goes on sale in January 2011 at £38,699. As part of Mitsubishi’s wish to be thought of as the maker of eco-cars and the saviour of fluffy-bunnies and polar bear cubs, they’ve been pushing forward with their urban milk-float […]
Mitsubishi ASX at Geneva
Mitsubishi has announced that the Mitsubishi RVR will be know as the Mitsubishi ASX in the UK and Europe and launch at the Geneva Motor Show. Another new Mitsubishi 4×4, I hear you say? Well, yes and no. We told you recently about the Mitsubishi RVR, Mitsubishi’s new offering in the small Crossover/SUV sector – […]
Mitusbishi MiEV starts UK Trials
The Mitsubishi MiEV Electric City car is starting a 12 month public trial today in the West Midlands. There seems to be a perception that we at Cars UK Towers are anti electric cars. We’re not. What we’re against is the mad pseudo-science that tries to declare electric cars as zero emission and the saviour of […]
Peugeot Citroen to buy Mitsubishi
It’s being reported that PSA (Peugeot Citroen) are to take a controlling stake of up to 53% in Mitsubishi. Car makers have been fighting hard to survive in the last year or so as the landscape for their products goes through the biggest sea change ever. Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne was quoted as saying that […]
Mitsubishi RVR Crossover (2010 / 2011) revealed
Mitsubishi has revealed a new compact Crossover – the Mitsubishi RVR – which will compete with the ix35 and Qashqai and go on sale in 2010. When you think of Mitsubishi you either think of big SUVs like the Shogun or you think of slightly bonkers performance cars like the Evo. But in these strange, […]
Mitsubishi Compact Crossover revealed
Mitsubishi has revealed a new Compact Crossover based on their Global mid-sized platform. On sale in Japan in early 2010. Mitsubishi is working to re-align itself in the market place. It wants to be seen as a manufacturer of ‘environment-friendly passenger cars & crossovers’ instead of an SUV focused manufacturer. It sees cars like the […]
Mitsubishi Evo XI – the Hybrid
The Mitsubishi PX-MiEV Concept points towards a hybrid Evo XI coming to the market in 2013 with a plug-in hybrid powertrain and twin electric motors. I know, the picture at the top isn’t of the Evo XI (which is some way off) but of the Mitsubishi PX-MiEV which we reported on a week or two […]
Mitsubishi Evo X 2010 Updates
Mitsubishi has updated the Evo X in Japan for 2010 with some very minor cosmetic tweaks and the deletion of the manual ‘box option on the GSR Premium Edition As updates to Japanese cars are usually launched in Japan before they make their way round the world, it’s always a good idea to keep an […]
Mitsubishi MiEV – Plod-Mobile
West Midlands Police are to take delivery of Mitsubishi’s electric car – the MiEV – as community patrol cars. We’ve seen police cars ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. On our doorstep the Essex police use Subaru Imprezas, which give hoodie-herberts the fright of their lives when they see them looming in their rear-view […]
Mitsubishi PX-MiEV Concept at Tokyo
Mitsubishi is using the Tokyo Motor Show later this month to show off its next generation crossover – the PX-MiEV Hybrid Crossover. It looks like the Tokyo Motor Show is going the a way of the Frankfurt Motor Show – and the car world in general – by focusing on Hybrid and Electric cars, not […]