Posted on 07/23/2015 11:48:50 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Japanese media reports say automaker Mitsubishi Motors has decided to end production in the U.S. to focus on Asian markets. […]
The company sold only 82,000 vehicles in the United States last year, less than one percent of the total market. …
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Will anyone even notice?
Volvo is likely to follow suit. According to several analysts I’ve read, anyhow.
It’s an old Chrysler plant handicapped by UAW employees. Mitsu has deep pockets and doesn’t have to be forced out of US market.
Volvo is building a new car/SUV plant in South Carolina, ending talk of leaving the US market.
I mostly remember Mistubishi for the wild 3000GT they sold during the 90’s. I couldn’t tell you much of anything about their current models. I don’t recall ever recall even seeing one of their pickup trucks on the road.
Interesting, I did not know that.
It’s been a while since Mitsu sold pickups in the US. With its only US plant closing, it won’t unless it’s a rebadged Ram. USA still has high tariffs on imported trucks.
The Mitsu Lancer is a rice rocket fan boys delight, the high end model can get up and go. Both myself and a good buddy back in day picked up 1989 Turbo Mirages from a dealer, both being low milage Demos. Fun well built car, only handicap was a premature timing belt failure that tended to take out the valve trane.
Dodge Ram 80 turbo diesel in the mid 80s. Not a bad small truck and pretty decent power.
...this is how you increase American manufacturing.....go where there's "less government" interference (and less union presence).
By exiting the US, Mitsu gets to lay off all those union workers. They then have the option of re-entering the market in a few years, in a right-to-work state.
It’s an old Chrysler plant handicapped by UAW employees. Mitsu has deep pockets and doesn’t have to be forced out of US market.
By exiting the US, Mitsu gets to lay off all those union workers. They then have the option of re-entering the market in a few years, in a right-to-work state.
Didn’t Suzuki similarly bail out of the US car market a couple of years ago?
As went Isuzu’s light pickup lines and car lines. The pickups were fantastic. They ran forever.
So far, Mitsubishi is not exiting the US market. They’re just shutting down an old plant. They did the same thing in Europe.
Mitsu sales are actually up in the US last year, mostly due to the underrated Outlander SUV. Mitsu is much more successful outside the US, so they do generally know what they’re doing.
I agree with you regarding the Isuzu pickup. I drove mine off the lot brand new and it ran superbly until it rotted in half from these New England salty roads. Had I wanted to live dangerously I would have kept it a few years more. Having made it through 50+ months in hazardous fire areas I decided not to tempt fate.
My 1992 went over 300,000 miles with only brakes, oil changes, a fuel pump, 2 batteries, 2 sets of wires, cap and plugs, and an exhaust system. Oh, and two sets of tires.
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