Reports coming from world car fans citing Mitsubishi CEO saying no plans for next lancer gallant and.....Pajero.
What this means in practical sense is that funding for development work will be curtailed or ceased. It also infers should they be restarted they won't be renewals of current format due to fuel efficiency and em mission considerations. Read that as meaning electrification.
Given it takes roughly 3-5 years from drawing board. Looking like 2020 earliest for a 50kwhr 1.8litre triple cylinder diesel powered plug in pajero.
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What this means in practical sense is that funding for development work will be curtailed or ceased. It also infers should they be restarted they won't be renewals of current format due to fuel efficiency and em mission considerations. Read that as meaning electrification.
Given it takes roughly 3-5 years from drawing board. Looking like 2020 earliest for a 50kwhr 1.8litre triple cylinder diesel powered plug in pajero.
Admin Edit: As this is such big news to members of this forum, it's not unexpected that we've had a number of members start threads about it. Rather than have multiple discussions in multiple forums, all the threads have been merged into one thread in "Mitsubishi News". Because the forum software simply organises them by post order, the first page or two may seem a little disjointed. Posts containing links that had been posted previously have also been removed.
Please note that this action is in no way intended as a criticism of anybody who started a thread on this topic. It is big news for most of us, and as such, a valid topic for a thread.
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