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Having just discovered that Mitsubishi is to end UK car sales later this year, I thought we could share some of our favourites from them. They've made so many great cars, but I think on balance I would go for a Sapporo:  |
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If at first you don't succeed........
....Don't try skydiving!
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jmsheahan
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R.I.P. Mitsubishi UKjmsheahan
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Damn man what happened? Saw they were selling off their heritage fleet. I'm not too clued up on J metal but it does seem they don't make anything that interesting to petrolheads anymore   |
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Mar 19, 2021 10:37:45 GMT
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Yes I just checked their current offerings and it is a bit uninspiring, shame. As a teenager in the nineties quite a few of their cars were on my want list.
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If at first you don't succeed........
....Don't try skydiving!
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Mar 19, 2021 11:40:19 GMT
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Shame, Nice evo3 above
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Mar 19, 2021 11:53:43 GMT
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Still got this   |
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Mar 19, 2021 11:58:38 GMT
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Please don't throw litter, take it home.
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Mar 19, 2021 15:12:39 GMT
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I don't understand how they went from having the Outlander which was the best selling Plugin Hybrid for a while, to being out of business a few years later.
I suspect it is a geographies thing within Nissan Renault Mitsubishi dividing up so that Renault have Europe (for example), Nissan US and Mitsubishi China and the Asian markets.
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Mar 19, 2021 15:53:24 GMT
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Shame.
They make many cars that I bet would be quite popular in the UK if they were sold here through dealers.
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ferny
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R.I.P. Mitsubishi UKferny
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Mar 19, 2021 17:42:20 GMT
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This one, as it's my only experience of Mitsubishi and I loved every second of it.  |
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Mar 19, 2021 18:47:07 GMT
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 I still regret selling my FTO. I spent a lot of money on that car, including having it converted from an automatic to a manual gearbox with LSD. Not the fastest to thing in the world, but it sounded nice with it's V6 and revved to 8250RPM before the limiter kicked in. It handled very well for a FWD too. |
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Last Edit: Mar 19, 2021 18:53:53 GMT by Ben Harris
1997 Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000
1991 Eunos Roadster
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Mar 19, 2021 21:03:28 GMT
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I don't understand how they went from having the Outlander which was the best selling Plugin Hybrid for a while, to being out of business a few years later. I suspect it is a geographies thing within Nissan Renault Mitsubishi dividing up so that Renault have Europe (for example), Nissan US and Mitsubishi China and the Asian markets. it’s not that they are going out of business , I think the main part of it ( coming from an ex Mitsubishi employee) is that they are finding the uk/ EU regulations on emissions too stringent and so are pulling out Not sure if this was a kind of bluff that has gone wrong but I know all of the uk head office training staff etc are now looking for new jobs. |
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olduns
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I don't understand how they went from having the Outlander which was the best selling Plugin Hybrid for a while, to being out of business a few years later. They got lucky with the Outlander... SUV sales on the rise and it was big enough to fit batteries without any major design change and then basically sat on it whilst everyone else passed them by. the smaller cars were/are dire L200 again probably best seller, Nissan upped their game -apart from chassis issues 🤭- and then along came Ford |
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I don't understand how they went from having the Outlander which was the best selling Plugin Hybrid for a while, to being out of business a few years later. I suspect it is a geographies thing within Nissan Renault Mitsubishi dividing up so that Renault have Europe (for example), Nissan US and Mitsubishi China and the Asian markets. Because they had an odd business plan? Mitsubishis feel cheap, but were expensive to buy. Apart from from a few exceptions like Evos, they're also utterly unforgettable to drive/be in. They were expensive to keep too - anyone who has bought parts for one will know that Mitsubishi is Japanese for How f%*cking much? Hardly paragons of reliability either. |
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As I understand it they found that UK and EU were not viable. They have come to an agreement to have Renault who mostly own Nissan and have a share of Mitsubishi to produce two of their models in France under the Renault badge. They will not be trading in the UK other than as an after sales trader for existing products.The French government own 15% of Renault and it is thought that this deal is part of a way of creating work in the French factories and keeping the French unions on side, something they've done before with the moving of Micra production from Sunderland to Flins outside Paris.
I've driven Outlanders and L200's at work and all I can say is, meh........
We're not losing anything significant as their performance/sports car days are long gone.
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Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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Mar 20, 2021 20:48:59 GMT
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Are they pulling the L200 too? It has a pretty good market share in the UK, would be strange to drop the commercial side of things
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Mar 20, 2021 20:50:30 GMT
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Are they pulling the L200 too? It has a pretty good market share in the UK, would be strange to drop the commercial side of things You can already buy them with Fiat badges. |
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Mar 20, 2021 21:18:27 GMT
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I'm surprised that they lasted this long here, along with Subaru too. They haven't released anything truly of worth here in nearly 20 years, with the PHEV Outlander being about the only relevant thing they've produced in that time. They seemed outdated, boring and expensive (exchange rate issues no doubt).
They will live on though through the Renault/Nissan alliance - an alliance that will also bring Lada into the mix too. Essentially we will still get "Mitsubishi" products rebadged.
RIP, but they've been dead for a long time.
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Project - 1990 Trabant 601 Daily - 2006 Saab 93 |
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Mar 20, 2021 22:28:45 GMT
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Can’t say they have ever been on my radar. A friend of mine had one of these in 89 & I just didn’t ‘get it’ at all. I just thought it looked cack, but now, this IS the Daddy  |
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Can’t say they have ever been on my radar. A friend of mine had one of these in 89 & I just didn’t ‘get it’ at all. I just thought it looked cack, but now, this IS the Daddy Certainly is the “DADDY” very lively drive especially when driven hard, the Evo feels more tamed and easy to drive, one of the best cars I’ve ever had by far |
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Mar 21, 2021 12:51:03 GMT
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Can’t say they have ever been on my radar. A friend of mine had one of these in 89 & I just didn’t ‘get it’ at all. I just thought it looked cack, but now, this IS the Daddy That was probably one of the last Mitsubishi's I'd be bothered about owning. Unlike (seemingly) most people/petrol heads, I thought the 90s Evo's were hideous things to look at, with ridiculous rear wings etc and bland, entirely forgettable interiors that resembled a cheap child's toy. In fairness, I've never been a fan of that OTT style, whether it was functional or not and whilst it looked great on a rally stage it looked cheap and tacky in the real world. I feel the same about the Subaru Impreza to be honest, with the exception of the 22b. |
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