In November last year, we brought you news concerning the next-generation Mitsubishi Lancer – said to be based on a model picked out from under the Renault-Nissan umbrella. Unfortunately, that isn’t going to happen anytime soon, as Automotive News understands.
At its NADA franchise make meeting, Mitsubishi Motors North America executive vice president Don Swearingen confirmed that “that the plan has stalled.” With that said, Swearingen commented that “all options are still open” – leading many to believe that the aforementioned obstruction is only temporary.
A co-op deal between Mitsubishi and the Renault-Nissan alliance was drawn up in 2013, with the primary focus being the sharing of technology and products between the firms. Initially, it was said that the joint venture would give birth to two models – one of which is an updated Mitsubishi Lancer.
The first in line was supposed to be a sedan based on the Renault Latitude for the North American market, while the second would be a C-segment competitor designed for global consumption. As of now, it’s still unclear as to whether the hindrance is limited to just this particular model or the entire joint venture.
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Will wait for next gen inspira
Nobody is buying Mitsubishi. It was dead long ago. Then they tied up with Proton to survive. They managed to leech on Malaysians by selling old and outdated engines. For 25 years managed to cheat Malaysians puas puas.
Then when Malaysia started their Campro, Mitsubishi started to die again. Soon, it will die completely.
Yes, they may be good in rally cars but that is all. They got no volume and sales stink. In Malaysia, they are in the same boat as Fiat….virtually dead.
Eh? Change story already ah? Tadi cakap “Mitsubishi gave us stinking old outdated engines for our Proton cars”
Read more: http://paultan.org/2015/01/27/mitsubishi-motors-malaysia-offering-80-discount-accessories-various-models/#ixzz3Q1AacLt8
Now cakap “they tied up with Proton to survive”, “leach on Malaysians by selling old and outdated engines.”… Which is which la, Michael?????
And you can’t be serious by saying Campro KILLED Mitsubishi..REALLY, MICHAEL?
I might be wrong, if you care to tell us more.
Campro killed Mitsubishi = Campro > MIVEC? Rally-proven engine killed by Campro..
FYI none of the Mitsubishi engines licensed to Proton to came with Mivec, they were 5-6 years outdated the moment they were bolted into Proton….
For all it’s foibles the high compression (for its time) campro has proven to be a reliable and powerful engine in it’s class ..could have been better consumption and more linear in power delivery .. but more than decent for a first crack at an engine.(Koreans had horrible engines in 2000 for example)
and FYI it is way more modern then anything Mitsu put on a Proton.. stop hating just because it’s local dude..
Firstly, like in my other comment in the other post, why should Mitsubishi supply their latest engine to a partner? Its like giving away your whole R&D work over the years. So despite the engines being “outdated” when they were bolted into Proton, it’s nothing wrong from a business perspective. The engines still run, are as reliable as ever, and more importantly, it’s a Mitsubishi engine. And dare us all point our finger towards Mitsubishi and say “Hey, stop giving us old shits!”? Without these “outdated” engines in the first place, Proton’s R&D would be “Rested and Dead”; don’t even mention about having a crack at an engine development.
Secondly, thanks for highlighting the strengths of Campro. I’m no technical expert when it comes to engines, but what I do see like most ppl is that if the Campros are that good and modern, what happened to it? Why ain’t it reflected in scorching sales figures? And more importantly, why the development of the Iriz = death of Campros?
Also, not to forget: why some old Wira or any other old cars for the matter, change their engines to older Mitsu engines when their stock engines are up?
Cheers, good day ahead :)
When Proton use Mitsubishi engine, the Wira waiting list goes up to 6 months.
After Proton start using Campro engine, they are waiting for more than 6 years to re-gain top car seller in Malaysia but still, they failed again in 2014.
The only thing won’t spoil easily in the Wira is the Mitsubishi engine.
With Campro engine, the Proton-Murphy law is fully fulfilled : Every thing could goes wrong GUARANTEED goes wrong gao-gao!!
You vastly overrate the importance of the Malaysian market.
why so preve-like?
The design is not by Mitsubishi. It is just a guess by Theophilus Chin…
Ask them to rebadge the preve… Full circle!
yeah.. and rebadge iriz as well.. owh wait they’re out of stock though.. maybe can try again.. like 5 years from now.. when iriz will finally start to flood our malaysian roads.. yeah fingers crossed.. legs crossed.. eyes crossed.. :P
Front look like Forte, rear look like Altis.
Since I was kid I tought Mitsubishi Lancer was a special kind a car but now its a just a reabdged car from Renault….Good bye Mitsubishi….my childhood was ruined….
Mitsubishi is dying.
That S60 Polestar wheels… +9000
Arwahnya baik keretanya… RIP lancer.
Why put the pariah Mitsubishi GT picture when it is about the evolution?
Even if Mitsubishi makes an all-new Lancer, it will never be able to compete with the Corolla, Mazda3 or even the Koreans. It will probably compete against the (terrible) Civic and (boring, but value for money) Sylphy.
Mitsubishi should just discontinue their Lancer nameplate, and focus on cheap cars like the Mirage, which has been doing very well for them in Thailand especially. Small off-road cars / SUVs are also good business.
Mitsubishi is down, but not out yet.
Did you forget that During the 1980s Mitsubishi continued to participate in the WRC, first with the Lancer EX2000 Turbo and the Starion. It then scored its first outright Group A victories with a Galant VR-4 in the late ’80s, Mitsubishi homologated the Lancer Evolution, and in the hands of Finland’s Tommi Mäkinen, winner of the drivers’ title for four consecutive years (1996–1999), they won the manufacturers’ championship in 1998. They have won 34 WRC events since 1973.[64] The Lancer Evo has also dominated the FIA championship for showroom-ready cars, winning seven consecutive Group N titles with four different drivers from 1995–2001. Even in 2002 when it ostensibly lost the title, the class-winning manufacturer was Proton using a Lancer Evo-based Pert.So Mitsubishi now need someone to pay em to focus building Rally cars like Subaru and just sell only few models like Fuji Heavy Industries.
just make an evo, then the FTO, then the GTO, then the legnum, pajero evolution, go back to racing in dakar, go back to racing in the WRC…..seriously what have u all become today mitsu?
FTO,GTO! They best car sports car Mitsubishi ever produced!. But now Mitsubishi bagaikan pepatah Melayu, “Bagai kacang melupakan kulit”
They should take their time and come out with a proper Lancer, like the current one, so many cool features. Of course the malaysian units omits almost everything. Look at the high spec units in other countries.
Don’t rebadge a shitty French junk.
That “shitty french junk” is more advanced than the real Lancer. It is also very fast around a race track. Mitsubishi is a small player in the market, being able to base their car around the next Renault Nissan C segment platform would be good for them.
renault>mitsu>proton(new inspira maybe)
They should do the Outlander PHEV success story. Put PHEV powertrain to Lancer and walla got a new car that will sell especially in Japan and Europe.
R u blind??? Why volkswagon gt looks like pariah car in the world although many youngman crazy coz they got no choices.same as krete katak design or swift hahaha
The real lancer gt/original comes back only 115k..vry smart, macho, aggressive look can beat the new subaru not sulama hehe.so inspirated & protong families jgn mnyibuk coz u all not our mitsu families.shame on u sotong potong puehhh!!
To prebe.wiraebo ijora satayria jawaja inspirated super copycat riima & protong’s family better zip your mouth coz u not qualified 2 give stupid comments.1 more your brand is the most pariah car in the world also can beat krete katak sales
Macho Xconcept vs VW V concept boring at all.Hey bob cat.remmber me??r u the pariah super copycatrima or rima celop???RIP U tonight HEHEHE