It a bloodless designer in Franceand quite restrained at the global level. Mitsubishi Motors, which is no longer even among the top five Japanese car brands, saw its sales slump in 2022, barely keeping a million units sold. In France, get out the Pajero, Lancer, Colt and L200 of yesteryear. The brand offers two models: the Colt city car and the Eclipse Cross crossover.. Just arrived a few weeks ago The ASX served as the only novelty for several years. This is a redesigned Renault Captur. The Colt is also expected to be the Clio, which will follow the same philosophy. The only real new thing for Mitsubishi will be the return of the Outlander in 2024, a model 100% designed and developed by Mitsubishi. Phew!
Plug-in hybrid and 4X4
More precisely, let’s return to the Eclipse Cross. Introduced in February 2017, it was launched in October this year. It Crossover segment Clocated opposite Toyota CH-R (with a completely different philosophy), Nissan Qashqai and Honda CR-V if only the Japanese rivals are mentioned. Eclipse Cross, long known for its four-wheel drive 4X4, does not let go of attention all-wheel drive. It is available exclusively in our battery hybrid engine (PHEV). Its engine develops combined power 188 horsepower for 193 Nm of torque. A small 13.8 kWh battery allows you to do this drive in fully electric mode for approximately 45 kilometers. As such, Mitsubishi ignores the petrol and diesel engines available elsewhere in order to avoid sweetening the environmental fines.
7000 euro discount for entry level
Unfortunately, his strength is also his weakness. Plug-in hybrid models are especially expensive to buy, and Eclipse Cross is no exception. In comparison with “full hybrid”, or simple thermal, in particular. Today, to increase sales of its flagship model, Mitsubishi made a crazy discount on its prices ! Until now, they started with 42,490 euros in the main finish Guest. This can now be exchanged for €35,408, a discount of over €7,000! The same goes for midrange processing Intense design, which is from 47,490 to 39,575 euros. It’s finally as impressive for a high level in style, now billed at €41,242 instead of €49,490! A hellish budget cut that won’t happen available only until June 30…
Source: Auto Plus
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