Mitsubusi Motors Co. has issued the following press release:
Mitsubishi Motors has won the race to be the first Australian manufacturer to release its production 4WD. It showed its Magna AWD sedan at the Sydney Motor Show at Darling Harbour when it opens to the public on Friday, October 17.
Mitsubishi will release several hundred of its AWD later this year, but they have all been sold. Other buyers will have to wait until early in the New Year before they will be able to take delivery of this eagerly awaited car.
The car was developed locally by Mitsubishi’s engineers. They took a luxury Japanese AWD Diamante, added some vital elements from the famed Lancer Evolution, and mated it to the local Magna to produce a car that is suited to Australian conditions. They mated the silky Australian-made 3.5 litre V6 engine and local suspension to the Japanese AWD system, and came up with an Australian first ’ a locally produced large AWD sedan. — Mitsubishi's concept vehicle developments.
There were many engineering challenges to overcome, but with typical Australian doggedness and ingenuity they have developed a car that will be brought to market after a quite short development time.
MMAL’s President and CEO, Mr Tom Phillips, said that all Australians should be proud of what the engineers have been able to achieve in such a short time. — four-door AWD vehicles.
’Mitsubishi’s Australian engineers are amongst the best in the world when it comes to a ’can do’ attitude, and finding ingenious ways to overcome difficulties,’ Mr Phillips said.
’There were many challenges to overcome. They tackled each one of them head on, and finished up with a car that Australian motorists will say will set the benchmark for safety and traction in a large, locally produced sedan. — Geneva Motor Show vehicle debuts.
’It is this attitude that was recognised by our parent company when they agreed to establish one of only four global Mitsubishi R&D; centres in Adelaide, ’ he said.
Mitsubishi is being a little coy about specific details on the car until it is launched later in the year, but there will be a number of model variants that will run parallel to the normal Magna and Verada 2WD models. Pricing and other details will not be released until the car is launched.
