By 2003, the Mirage had been completely phased out of mainstream Japanese production and Lancer became the primary title for Mitsubishi's compact offerings.

A version with an early iteration of Mitsubishi's MCA lean-burn system ( MCA-IIB ), fulfilling the intermediate Japanese exhaust regulations for 1975 ( 50年 ), was called G32A.

It was originally planned to be exclusively for the Japanese domestic market, although its popularity as a grey market import to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand led to eventual limited distribution through Mitsubishi's official dealers in those countries.

Mitsubishi's smallest modern engines are primarily designed for the Japanese-market kei car class:

In October, 2001 a five-door wagon version of the Minica was introduced as the Mitsubishi eK Wagon, and now serves as Mitsubishi's primary product in the " kei " class.

The next generation of common rail diesels is expected to use variable injection geometry, which allows the amount of fuel injected to be varied over a wider range, and variable valve timing ( see Mitsubishi's 4N13 diesel engine ) similar to that on petrol engines.

The comb filter present in these players is unique and is purportedly the finest comb filter ever used in consumer A / V gear: it is still currently in use in Mitsubishi's top-spec CRT rear-projection television sets ( the Diamond and now defunct Platinum series sets ) and Pioneer's Elite line of rear-projection televisions.

Mitsubishi's 4N1 engine family is the world's first to feature a variable valve timing system applied to passenger car diesel engines.

The DASH format is not compatible with the only other popular open reel stationary head digital recording format, Mitsubishi's ProDigi, which was available as 2 -, 16 -, and 32-track variations.

This is especially true of the hatchback and coupe which were not redesigned due to Mitsubishi's financial troubles.

Unlike the Colt's expensive architecture shared with the Smart Forfour, the emphasis on the Mirage is low pricing to increase Mitsubishi's presence in emerging markets.

A modular displacement ( MD ) version of the 4G92 MIVEC was also produced – MD is Mitsubishi's cylinder deactivation system which helps improve fuel consumption.

In its home market of Japan it was the best-selling SUV from October 2005 to March 2006, while in the U. S. market it achieved 1, 694 and 2, 108 sales in November and December 2006, the first two full months it was available ; Mitsubishi ultimately hopes for at least 4, 000 sales per month in the United States, and after the cancellation of the Mitsubishi Grandis in model year 2011, the Outlander is now Mitsubishi's only MPV capable of carrying seven passengers with all wheel drive.

Mitsubishi's target is to achieved a combined fuel economy for the Outlander PHEV of 61 km / liter, or roughly 143 Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent ( MPGe ).

The Gifu assembly plant is surrounded by Mitsubishi's other buildings in which manufacture electronics for Mitsubishi's other divisions.

The short wheelbase model is not available in North America, where the Montero is the only SUV in Mitsubishi's lineup with standard four-wheel drive.

No longer considered to be a DSM, being the result of Mitsubishi's full ownership of the joint venture, it shared its platform and powertrain with the 8th generation Galant.

At the time, Mitsubishi's image was also considered less than ideal for the marketing of a luxury car — its most expensive offering that the time, the Debonair, was largely seen as a company car project for Mitsubishi conglomerate executives.

Between 700 and 1000 direct jobs would be lost and up to 2000 jobs will be lost in industries supporting Mitsubishi's local manufacturing operations.

It became Mitsubishi's first car to be sold in the United States in 1971 when the Chrysler Corporation, the company's new partner and stakeholder, began importing the car as the Dodge Colt.

Gone were the angular lines of the superseded model, replaced by what Mitsubishi's new global head of design envisioned as the new Mitsubishi corporate face-a style that would eventually be part of other Mitsubishi vehicles ( e. g. Lancer Evolution and Colt / Mirage ).

As of 18 April 2007, Gazprom has taken a 50 % plus one share interest in Sakhalin II by purchasing 50 % of Shell, Mitsui, and Mitsubishi's shares.

The car was developed with a turbocharged and intercooled version of Mitsubishi's 2. 0 L fuel injected engine, but the final goal was to use a turbocharged and intercooled version of the Sirius Dash engine that Mitsubishi announced at the 1983 Tokyo Motor Show, which switched electronically at 2500 rpm from one inlet valve per cylinder to two.

Due to Mitsubishi's deteriorating financial situation and slow sales, the Lancer Sportback wagon was cancelled in the United States one year after its release.

Other examples include dbx, Inc .' s Model 700 system, which, similar to modern Super Audio CDs, used a high sample-rate delta-sigma modulation rather than PCM ; Decca's 1970s PCM system, which used a videotape recorder manufactured by IVC for a transport ; and Mitsubishi's X-80 digital recorder, a 6. 4 mm ( ¼ in ) open reel digital mastering format that used a very unusual sampling rate of 50. 4 kHz.

It was available either naturally aspirated or turbocharged, and replaced the 4D65 as Mitsubishi's " go-to " diesel.

Although initially designed to enhance performance, the system has subsequently been developed to improve economy and emissions, and has been introduced across Mitsubishi's range of vehicles, from the i kei car to the high-performance Lancer Evolution sedan.

The Outlander, which features Mitsubishi's RISE safety body, received a four star rating from the Euro NCAP car safety performance assessment programme.

Based in Rugby, Warwickshire, it evolved into Ralliart Europe, with support from Mitsubishi's high performance division.

Mitsubishi's automotive origins date back as far as 1917, when the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. introduced the Model A, Japan's first series-production automobile.

At the same time, they increased the number of models imported from Mitsubishi: first came a smaller Colt ( based on Mitsubishi's Mitsubishi Lancer line ), then a revival of the Challenger ( though with nothing more than a four-cylinder under the hood, rather than the booming V8s of yore ).

Mitsubishi's motorsport debut was in touring car racing in 1962, when it entered its Mitsubishi 500 Super DeLuxe in the Macau Grand Prix in an effort to promote sales of its first post-war passenger car.

During the second generation, the first Astron 80 engines were introduced in some markets using Mitsubishi's newly developed " Silent Shaft " balance shaft technology for reduced vibration and noise.

In 1999, Peugeot Sport unveiled the 206 WRC, and it competed for the first time in that year's World Rally Championship, with French tarmac veteran and long-time marque stalwart Gilles Panizzi narrowly failing, against a resurgent reigning champion in Mitsubishi's Tommi Mäkinen, to win the Rallye Sanremo.

It was the first Australian-produced sedan to feature AWD, and used a system dubbed " Quadtec " to further leverage off Mitsubishi's international rally heritage.

4G12 was the first to feature Mitsubishi's MD ( Modulated Displacement ) technology, a form of variable displacement.

These were used in Mitsubishi's very first vehicles, motor scooters and three-wheelers.

One year later, in 1982 Mitsubishi developed its own variable displacement in the form of MD ( Modulated Displacement ) which proved that the technology, first used in Mitsubishi's 1. 4 L 4G12 straight-4 engine, can function successfully.

The Perdana was first introduced by Proton in 1995 with Mitsubishi's proven 2. 0L 4G63 sohc engine.

It was first developed during DaimlerChrysler's tenure as Mitsubishi's controlling shareholder between 2001 and 2005.

In spite of its name, the Carisma had a fairly neutral design as a result of being Mitsubishi's first attempt to target the traditionally conservative European company car market.

Panizzi scored Mitsubishi's first podium finish since 2001 on the first event of the season, Monte Carlo.