New Collaboration Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot-Citroen: Compact SUV

Selasa, 10 Mei 2011

Hot News Atomotive - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and PSA Peugeot-Citroën to continue collaboration in car sales. This time, the project will be conducted automotive companies from Japan and France is a compact SUV or crossover. The deal has been approved and released on Tuesday (27/04/2010) this.

Compact SUV that is a joint project that is named Mitsubishi SUV with RVR and will soon be marketed in Japan in the near future. Marketing will be done by Peugoet and Citroën in Europe, beginning in early 2012 with their respective brands. Mitsubishi markets its own compact SUV is the name of the ASX.

This SUV uses powertrain options, 4 x 2 and 4 x4. Peugeot and Citroën hopes to market the SUV 50,000 units per year (for both brands). RVR differences compared with the marketed version of the French manufacturer is the engine that is used. If using a Mitsubishi 1.8-liter MIVEC petrol engine, then for the Peugeot and Citroën chosen 1.6-liter HDi diesel engine.

The appeal of this machine is carbon dioxide (CO2) caused a low, 123 g / km, while fuel consumption 21 km / liter. Targets both the French producers are given government incentives for low emission cars and economical fuel consumption.

For PSA Peugeot-Citroën, the new vehicle will add a range of products and is expected to attract new customers in the SUV segment. The next target, the two companies could increase its sales growth around the world sekiar 60 percent ahead of 2015. For Mitsubishi, with the increasing amount of production, economies of scale products can be achieved.

This is the fourth project between Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot-Citroën. Their first collaborative project is the Mitsubishi Outlander SUV and marketed by the Peugeot 4007 and Citroën model C-Crosser give her name in 2005.

This year also continued to build a joint plant in Russia, the newly inaugurated and the latest mini-market electric cars in Europe at the end of this year, namely Peugoet ions and Citroën C-zero is to use Mitsubishi i-MiEV base.

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