mitsubishi in trouble

[sikuya]

mitsubishi motors north america,inc. confirmed that it is eliminating 3 of its vehicles in its lineup:

mitsubishi montero sport
"very slow seller"


mitsubishi diamante
"no purpose nor direction,limelight to focus on the galant"


mitsubishi montero
"no resources to upgrade the next-gen montero to meet new US safety and emission standards"

left in the lineup"lancer,evolution,lancer sportback,eclipse, eclipse spyder,endeavour,outlander,galant"

[111prez]

ibalik ang box type pajero at ibenta ng 500T (or cheaper) lang, 4x4, new instruments, safety features and all!

mwahahahaha!

[Monseratto]

Saan pa ba ang market ng Montero/Pajero? Are we seeing the demise of the model? Removing it from the world's biggest auto market is very bad.

[mazdamazda]

IMHO, the Pajero would still continue since it is still marketable in the other parts of the world (particularly Japan). Although expect a longer shelf life for it.

[pajerokid]

Sa USDM lang ito. I doubt if Mitsu will kill off the Pajero brand entirely. Heck, it's one of it's only bright spots.

[sikuya]

the montero (pajero/shogun) will only be eliminated in the US, there will be no replacement for the current model which goes away in 2006. the next-gen model which will be sold in other parts of the globe will not be able to meet strict US safety and emission standards, thus no chance of coming stateside.
that's very sad.

[boknoyxtrm2001]

ang ibig sabihin nanaman nito ay..


Dadami nanaman ang stocks nang Pajero dito sa atin at sa ibang bansa dahil di naman raw pumasa sa US Safety eh dito sa atin di naman US safety tayo so dito nila bebenta yan para maubos na lang nang stocks

[kuroy]

ganun ba? aba masamang balita yaan...

ikono consider pa naman namin iyang pajero 04-05 model next year.... gusto ko talaga montero eh..pero pag iaalis na sa market ndi na iyan kukunin namin coz of support...hay nako mitsu!!!

[Monseratto]

Isa na pinaka bulok sa local Mitsu ay after sales support, pano pa kung JDM yung modelo mo.

[5Speed]

sayang talaga ang mitsu....

I am a fan of mitsubishi when I was still in highschool...

sana naman eh wag silang ma-bankrupt...

di pa ako nakakabili nang pajero eh....hehehehe

[1D4LV]

pero locally, mitsu is doing fine. in fact, i saw in the papers yesterday that mitsu cornered the AUV market last month.

[theveed]

Happy_Gilmore: I wonder what they meant by cornered... I don't see how the ugly adventure can touch the revo's market...

[yamyam]

No. 1 pa din ang Revo locally. Talo pa nila ang combined sales ng Adventure and Crosswind.


Pero surprisingly no. 2 ang Mitsubishi sa total market sales, next to Toyota


This data is for April sales nga pala :D

[ssaloon]

baka kasama ang commercial vehicles like the delivery trucks and L300 FB's.

[AC]

y kaya hot ang pajero sa pinas? but.. ndi pinapansin sa us???...

[theveed]

Image thing... naassociate na "big time" ang naka Pajero when it first came out around the late 80's...

[skipper]

cmiiw, yung box-type pajero yung unang lumabas na SUV after many years

[sikuya]

why are americans not buying montero/pajeros?
1.anemic engine--a 3.8L V6 with 215hp...why no V8?
2.small size compared to the expedition,sequoia,armada
3.unrefined handling on-road
4.the mitsubishi name,it's just not catching on this part of the world

[altec]

ok na lang kung dito na lang nila ibebenta ang pajeros nila, law of supply and demand yan. With more supply than demand, then price is the first casualty. If that happens, anyone interested to buy the new pajero for 1.5M? E kung 1M na lang? Ako ang unang pipila sa linya!!

[JAYarc]

dadami lemon..>>hehe