COMPACT SUV CONCEPT FROM MITSUBISHI

Mitsubishi will unveil a world premiere compact SUV concept car featuring MMC’s @earth TECHNOLOGY stable of environmental technologies at the 85th Geneva International Motor Show. 

The new compact SUV concept was designed to achieve top-of-class reduced CO2  emissions through its light, compact, and high-performance PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) system.

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OUTLANDER PHEV COMPLETES AXCR FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR

A Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid electric four-wheel drive SUV, entered and managed by the Two & Four Motor Sports rally team supported by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), successfully completed the FIA-certified Asia Cross Country Rally 2014 (AXCR) in its T1E class (electric vehicle class).

The team completed the rally in 19 hours 17 minutes and 12 seconds for the total driving distance of 1986 km under rough courses, winning the first place in the class and 14th place overall. The best stage result was a second place in Leg 6, starting from Phnom Penh and featuring a flat high-speed course.

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FACTORY SUPPORT FOR OUTLANDER PHEV COMPETING IN ASIA CROSS COUNTRY RALLY

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced that it will dispatch a team of technical support engineers for an Outlander PHEV entered in the T1.3 4x4 Electric class of the grueling 2,200 km FIA-certified Asia Cross Country Rally 2014 (AXCR) from August 9 through 15, to be run from Thailand to Cambodia.

The Two & Four Motor Sports rally team (Two & Four), headed by Kenji Ishida, will run an Outlander PHEV in the race for the second straight year. MMC engineers will provide technical support for the plug-in hybrid four-wheel drive SUV for the duration of the rally. Mitsubishi aims to utilize valuable data and knowhow acquired by the technical support team in future vehicle development.

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THE TOUGHEST TEST BEFORE PRODUCTION

As preparations for the start of production of the Outlander PHEV were underway in Japan, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation took its technology flagship to a last and most unexpected reliability exercise – cross country racing.

Therefore, a pre-production Outlander PHEV was entered in the 2013 Asia Cross Country Rally (AXCR) which took place August 10th - 16th between Thailand and Laos. An officially FIA sanctioned race, the AXCR is an Asian take at a Dakar-type of extreme cross country rallying, which started this year from Pattaya and finished in Pakse, in the southern part of Laos. Over 6 days, competitors drove over 2,000 km on various road surfaces and conditions including mountain roads, muddy jungle and river crossings, making it a true challenge in terms of driving performance and endurance.

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