Things are definitely perking up in Thailand where Mitsubishi Motors is concerned. The automaker says it is planning to more than double its production output in the country during the first half of 2012, to 450,000 units annually.
The company’s president Osamu Masuko made this announcement at a press conference in Bangkok late last week, stating that given the concentration of parts manufacturers, Thailand is the most important of its overseas production bases globally.
Mitsubishi’s two plants in Chonburi are to be upgraded, and will offer a combined output of 300,000 units, 50% more than currently, and a new third plant being built will offer a further production volume of 150,000 vehicles annually; the 45 billion yen plant will be responsible for producing the Global Small compact car, beginning next spring.
The Thai production base will also build the Navara pickup for Nissan at a rate of 60,000 units a year, with production to begin once expansion work is completed. All this is set to make the Thai site the company’s second-largest manufacturing centre after its flagship factory in Japan, located in Okayama Prefecture, which churns out 580,000 vehicles a year.
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The new Proton Savvy.
yup, savvy’s body shape is there..
Looks like styling of that concept hatchback was inspired by the Fiesta
The truth is out there, Proton is not Mitsubishi…
But, ahem ……… Inspira is truely rebadge of Mitsubishi’s Lancer
Thailand, truely Asia!
malaysia pan asia……(VW, Pug)+(Subaru,Proton)
savvy should use its own engine from P1.. renault engine is rubbish.. at all..
Con-grates to Mitsubishi and Thailand, The Detroit of Asia,
from
the suppose to be Detroit of Asia
Malaysia.
Yup we all know who screw up this plan….
so what? number of passenger car thai, indonesia n malaysia not much different all in sub 500k..the only diff that thai produce more than 400k light commercial vehicle while bolehland sub 15k
Malaysia has lost out in terms of capital investment, jobs, export revenue, tax from companies and employees etc….all to protect 1 car company that benefit only a few with rakyat having to pay higher prices!!!
Dont cry for me Argentina…..oppps, I mean bolehland…