Entries Categorized as 'Mitsubishi'

Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Variants

Date December 3, 2008

While it is quite doubtful that we will be getting the Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback version here locally, there has been much rumor on what will be powering the new hatch.
Luckily for us, someone manage to dig up some interesting information on the drivetrains of new car from the US’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website.
Three different […]

Largest Gathering of the 9th Generation Lancers Ever

Date November 11, 2008

Last Saturday saw Lancers convoying from the whole of Peninsula Malaysia headed towards Port Dickson for the annual gathering and official launching of the Lancer GT Club at Tiara Beach Resort.
This marks the largest ever gathering of the latest 9th generation Lancer ever in Malaysia with almost 80 cars from as far north as Kuala […]

Evo X Evolution GSR Premium Edition

Date October 16, 2008

New year and new tweaks, this time by Mitsubishi on their popular Lancer Evolution models but only in Japan. Starting from 2009, all Evolution models gets a slightly modified instrument cluster and a new GSR Premium model that contains all the goodies from the flagship MR model.
What goodies you may ask? Well it includes a […]

Mitsubishi releases teaser before Paris Motor Show

Date September 16, 2008

Mitsubishi will be showcasing 3 new world premier models at the upcoming Paris Motor Show and has release the above teaser photo of one of the models.The 3 models are:

Lancer Sportback, a 5 door sports hatch
Racing Lancer - rally car prepped for the 2009 Dakar Rally, looks similar to the Lancer Sportback but powered by […]

Mitsubishi Evolution Officially Launched

Date August 22, 2008

The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 2.0 (previously know as the Evolution X or Evo X) has been officially launched in Malaysia at an event in KLCC yesterday.
The variant that we are getting is the MR version which is supposedly the highest spec Evolution model. One unique feature about the MR version is that the plate holder […]

Mitsubishi Evo X Officially Launching Next Week!

Date August 15, 2008

Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia Sdn Bhd (MMM) is finally launching the latest Mitsubishi Evo X in the Malaysian market next week.
The new Evo X will be the third model to be introduced this year after the Triton Lite and Triton 3.2, which previously was only available locally through grey importers. As its considered to be a […]

Mitsubishi Introduces new ‘Racing Lancer’ (MRX09) for the 2009 Dakar

Date July 17, 2008

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has developed a new competition car, the Racing Lancer, whose mission will be to target victory on next year’s Dakar which breaks new ground in 2009 with a switch from Africa to South America. For Mitsubishi Motors, not only does the Dakar serve as a platform for the sales and marketing of […]

Top Gear pits the Evo X against the new STi

Date July 1, 2008

It will quite literally run rings around the Subaru - Jeremy Clarkson.

 

Evo X MR Vs. WRX STi Spec C

Date May 5, 2008

Prepare for the next showdown between 2 rally legends, the Mitsubishi Evolution X MR and the Subaru WRX STi Spec C.
The MR badge actually stands for “Mitsubishi Racing” and not only does it gets a bunch of cosmetic upgrades (note the 2 holes beside the intercooler), power is now up to 305 BHP (up 20 […]

Rumoured Mitsubishi launches this year

Date April 7, 2008

Got this from an unverified source, so please take it with some salt. Apparently Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM) will be launching 3 new cars somewhere in the middle of this year. To reduce cost, MMM will most probably be launching them together.