: Mitsubishi renders new global small car to be built in Thailand


testdummy
12-10-2010, 01:30 PM
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Mitsubishi (http://autoblog.com/make/mitsubishi) Motors Corporation (MMC) plans to open a third factory in Thailand at the Laem Chabang Industrial Estate in Chonburi province about 60 miles southeast of Bangkok. The plant will eventually have a production capacity of up to 200,000 new vehicles per year and will produce a new global small car with 1.0-1.2L engines sometime in 2011 and based on a new platform that Mitsubishi promises will be affordable and deliver excellent fuel economy.

This new machine will conform to the requirements of Thailand's government-led Eco-car Project but will also be exported to other emerging markets where inexpensive and fuel efficient machines are volume sellers. So far, only a couple tiny renderings have been released of the new machine, which you can see above. Hit the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/09/mitsubishi-renders-new-global-small-car-to-be-built-in-thailand/#continued) for the full details.

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mlomker
12-10-2010, 01:59 PM
fer cute. I saw the iMiev at factory MOD and the thing looked like a death trap. I'm sure some high school kids will have fun picking it up and turning it sideways in a parking spot, though.