Mitsubishi is in all efforts to make good headway in sales with an increase in production of over 12% since this time last year. But yes, it is a fact that they are still well behind the likes of Toyota and Ford who dominate the market for vehicle production. But it should be noted that the sales in the North American, Russian, Middle East and African markets have shown a big positive siding towards the Lancer and Outlander, which of course have helped Mitsubishi gaining valuable ground on their competitors.

Mitsubishi launched

its Lancer brand first in 1973 and was pretty successful in rallies. The Lancer is now on its eighth generation which started production in 2007 and over six million Lancers have been sold since its first generation launch.

The Outlander was brought out by the Japanese carmaker in 2001. This SUV is now on its second generation model that started production in 2005.

Mitsubishi is planning to roll out more models into the competitive market. The Japanese automaker is really eager to spread the word. Japanese cars have always been famous for overloading their vehicles with large quantities of gadgets for you to play by introducing new and innovative technology that takes years to arrive in the western world.

Those days in which Mitsubishi needed to cover up defect problems in its vehicles are just past stories. Mitsubishi has successfully buried them back by rectifying the errors and increasing the quality of their products. Europe has taken a liking to the reliability and affordable pricing of the new vehicles on the market and now with eight major locations around the world they could start to be a force to be recon with. So does that simply mean that Toyota, Ford and BMW may have to face insomnia in the coming days?

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Mitsubishi, Japanes automaker launched its Pajero model in 1973 targetting an expansion of its car market. The SUV was named after Leopardus pajeros, the Pampas Cat which inhabits in southern Argentine. The SUV adopted different names in different markets ath the time of debut for marketing tactics. While known as Mitsubishi Montero in Spain, and the America, except Brazil, it is called mitsubishi Shogun in the UK. The success of Pajero, Montero and Shogun made Mitsubishi to bring out new models like Pajero Mini kei car, Pajero Junior, and Pajero Junior and Pajero iO/Pinin.

Mitsubishi launched the first model Pajero at the Tokyo Motor Show in Novem,ber 1973 and the Pajero II prototype came out in 1978, five years later. From time to time Pajero underwent serious afce lifts. They were restructuired and remodelled by the Japanese car maker to suit the growing user demands.

The second generation Pajero by Mitsubishi came out in 1991. In the eighties, more than three hundred thousands of Pajeros were sold out around the world. The redesigning of the model was done by the beginning of the nineties to add up th sales.

The second generation model came out with completely restrutured sytyle. It had a new, larger body, available in four different versions; Metal Top, Canvas Top Convertible, Semi High Roof Wagon and High Roof Wagon. The second generation Pajero also carried Super Select 4Wdand multimode ABS, a first attempt on Japanese four wheel drives.

Mitsubishi added two power plants in July 1993, including a a 3.5 liter 24-valve DOHC with ECI-Multi and a 2.8 liter turbocharged diesel with an intercooler. Again the next remodelled Pajero Evolution came out from Mitsubishi in 1997. The third generation Pajero rolled out in 1999, a vehicle completely redesigned, inside and out with lower, wider stance. The car had a fuel tank strategically placed between the axles assuring full safety. In 2006, the next generation came fout from the lineage of Mitsubishi with astonishing exteriors and interiors enhancing safety with dual-stage SRS front airbags as well as new side-impact and curtain airbags. This model was also received whole heartedly by the car lovers around the world. The car lovers are looking forward for the next models as they expect much-much advanced technology from Mitsubishi.

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