So Mitsubishi gone thru just so?

[dogg]

While it never had a massive presence in the United States, the niche Japanese automaker has had some success with models like the Lancer and the Eclipse. However, Mitsubishi Motors will soon exit the U.S. market, just as its Japanese rival American Suzuki Motor Corp. did at the end of last year.

Its sales are nosediving. In 2012, Mitsubishi sold fewer than 60,000 units in the U.S., down from nearly 80,000 in 2011. That decline was the biggest of any auto brand and has continued this year. In the first ten months of the year, sales have fallen by 0.7% to just under 50,000 vehicles. U.S. market share was only 0.4% in October.

Mitsubishi does not have the advantages of some other companies with low market shares — it is not a luxury car company like Porsche and Land Rover, which sell high-end cars and command high prices. The average price for Mitsubishi's seven models is under $25,000. One of the company's weaknesses is its small model lineup. Mitsubishi is further hampered by the public's perception of its products. In the new J.D. Power vehicle dependability survey, it ranked third from last out of 33 brands.

Sad to see.

[trapstar]

Hmm serious sheit here

[j.o.e]

Good riddance, Other than the Evo they serve no purpose. Box Lancer was the last good Lancer.
Doh beat up Mitsu fans

[tourniquet]

took them long enough. I think i mentioned it in when Suzuki got out of the N.A. market, Mitsubishi was going to be next. As mentioned above, they really haven't had anything competitive in the US except for the EVO, and even the hype for that seems to have fizzled out.

[eurotuner]

Good riddance, Other than the Evo they serve no purpose. Box Lancer was the last good Lancer.
Doh beat up Mitsu fans

[VexXx Dogg]

say goodbye to cheaper north American aftermarket support for Evos

[tourniquet]

btw what's your source OP?
While I still maintain that Mitsu's line up over the past few years hasn't been that competitive, I'm not finding any reports confirming their departure from the US.
Instead:
http://www.autonews.com/article/2013121 ... serAgent=1
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/16/mits ... id-report/

[sliderz1]

they were starting a line up of EVs.
maybe they'll do better in that market

[kjaglal76]

Good riddance, Other than the Evo they serve no purpose. Box Lancer was the last good Lancer.
Doh beat up Mitsu fans

southern people identified

[MichaelR]

Op's article seems to predict an imminent pull out from north America, rather than confirm such. It is something that has been long expected but no move to leave the US has been made thus far.
Motortrend recently interviewed mitsubishi execs at the Tokyo autoshow and they didn't reveal clear plans for the company's future in north America. They signaled possible rebadging of Renault/Nissan suv's as their staple US product and electric vehicles, but didn't state clear goals. The dont seem to care much about the US market right now and wud probably let it die soon. Mitsubishi is a small part of a huge company and doesn't seem interested in selling cars in the US right now.

[SUNNYB310GUY]

They just released the new mirage and they bringing a new montero and a replacement for de galant which supposed to be a car based on a nissan/renault platform...dont kno where de op found that report

[~Vēġó~]

I have been waiting to see a new galant for a while....those after the shark mouth didn't really look all that....

[j.o.e]

The car market in the States is too competitive for Mitsu. Best they pull out. Stay in Europe, Asia and small markets like Trinidad. Too many quality issues for too long.
Company also has no brand image.

[wagonon20's]

So does this change d price of an Exo x in trini??? ..... Uhhhhh noooo who cares firetruck Mitsubishi if d prices don't drop , #amjussaying

[MadCrix]

because wagonon20's a lot of us get replacement and aftermarket parts for our evos ect from the US

if we had to buy parts out of UK and Japan now the prices would be significantly higher