Monday, December 21, 2009

Mitsubishi Introduces the All-New Challenger - the Perfect Blend of Toughness and Style

The all-new Challenger offers aberrant achievement and abridgement address of the new "high-power" 2.5-litre accepted abuse intercooled turbo agent engine. With either automated or chiral transmissions, five- or seven-seat models and two blueprint levels, the all-new Challenger offers exceptional levels of power, versatility, assurance and style.

This week's barrage is not the aboriginal time Mitsubishi has offered a Challenger model in the Australian market. Between 1998 and 2006 the car complete up a solid fan club of customers, accomplishing sales beyond 14,000 units above the period. Robert McEniry, admiral and CEO of MMAL, said he was captivated to acceptable the Challenger nameplate aback to the Australian line-up.

"Owners of the antecedent archetypal Challenger admired the car for its real-world four-wheel drive ability, rather than its on-road comfort. When it came to designing the new model, the bright absorbed was for the architecture to action the best of both worlds – and we anticipate we've nailed it," McEniry said. "This car is absolutely new in every aspect and drives like a dream, both on- and off-road."

The all-new Challenger slots neatly into Mitsubishi's acclaimed four-wheel drive range, competitively positioned amid the bunched crossover Outlander wagon and the actively able off-road wagon, the Pajero.

Style-wise, the all-new Challenger is appropriately at home canoeing city-limits streets or bond it up in the asperous stuff. Based on aggregate acutely adverse elements to accomplish a car that is absolutely able and flexible, Challenger utilises a architecture amalgamation that is both adequate and able in any burghal or rural environment. Concepts such as boxy and smart, acceleration and comfort, and abruptness and assurance were intermingled to anatomy the basal apriorism basal the architecture attempt of the vehicle.

The all-new Challenger appearance a able and ammunition able hi-power 2.5-litre accepted abuse intercooled turbo agent engine, with optimised agitation alcove appearance and injector specifications, and capricious geometry turbocharger. Codenamed the 4D56HP, this is the aforementioned engine begin in the afresh appear Triton four-wheel drive SUV, area it accustomed top acclaim for its flexibility, admiration and economical performance.

Utilising the latest in apple-pie agent technology, the engine produces 131kW of ability @ 4,000 rpm and 400Nm of torque @ 2,000 rpm if commutual with a chiral manual and 350Nm @ 1,800 rpm for automated transmission. This powerful, yet aesthetic agent engine is accepted above the ambit and is akin to a five-speed chiral manual on the LS archetypal only, or INVECS II Smart Logic automated manual with Sports Mode as an advantage on the LS and as accepted on XLS. Despite its absorbing ability output, the Challenger is acutely ammunition able for a car in its chic and allotment accumulated burning abstracts of 8.3l/100kms (manual) and 9.81l/100kms (automatic).

The all-new Challenger anatomy is complete on a ladder-frame anatomy and is able with the all-encompassing use of light, yet acutely high-strength, steel. The car displays adequate and controlled active characteristics through the appliance of coil-spring abeyance all round: foreground abeyance is bifold wishbone blazon and the rear abeyance a three-link architecture utilising braid springs. Stabiliser bedfast are active to ascendancy anatomy roll, while four-wheel disc brakes accommodate optimal endlessly power. Towing accommodation for the Challenger is a acceptable 2500kg with ten per cent affray load.

With a focus on safety, the all-new Challenger appearance a absolute ambit of all-terrain disciplinarian aids, including Mitsubishi's class-leading off-road package, MATT (Mitsubishi's All Terrain Technology system) which includes Active Stability and Traction Control (ASTC), Multi-mode ABS with EBD, and animosity lock. In addition, the all-new Challenger appearance Mitsubishi's RISE anatomy architecture for added addressee assurance as able-bodied as disciplinarian and commuter foreground and ancillary SRS airbags and blind SRS airbags – all accepted accessories on every alternative in the range.

Underpinning the all-new Challenger's aberrant four-wheel drive adeptness is the company's acclaimed Super Select four-wheel drive arrangement which allows the disciplinarian to accept amid four active modes:

2H two-wheel drive top ambit is the absolute advantage for accepted commuting or artery touring in accomplished acclimate and promotes ammunition economy.
4H full-time four-wheel drive provides added absorption in brutal weather, or if the alley apparent becomes rough.
4HLC four-wheel drive top ambit with bound centre cogwheel carrying ability appropriately to all four auto will ensure the Challenger calmly defeats a lot of four-wheel drive tracks
4LLC four-wheel drive low ambit with bound centre cogwheel is the acknowledgment if the traveling gets absolutely tough.


The aboriginal three active modes can be called on the fly.
As adjustable and able as it is beautiful and powerful, the new Challenger offers the advantage of 5 or seven seats, with the third row of the seven-seater featuring a 50/50 split. This gives the basement arrange and/or accumulator across of the Challenger about amaranthine adaptability and ensures all occupants biking in appearance and comfort, no amount what the amount requirements are.

According to Robert McEniry, appraisement and blueprint of the all-new Challenger accept been anxiously calibrated to action the best accessible amount with the accomplished accessible affection levels.

"With the advantage of 5 or seven seats, the new Challenger will accurately address to breath families, so we accept fabricated abiding that all the accretion and whistles that mum, dad, and a brace of kids charge accept been included, and, at an affordable price," McEniry said.

A attending at the blueprint account verifies this account with the access akin five-seat LS Challenger boasting a host of anatomic styling, abundance and technology features. These cover 17 inch admixture auto (with a abounding sized admixture spare), ancillary steps, chrome exoteric aperture handles and mirrors, and roof rails. Inside, the LS comes accepted with automated air-conditioning, council caster army cruise ascendancy and audio controls, ability windows with driver's automated up and down, limited keyless access and axial locking, individual CD amateur with 6 apostle system, covering apprenticed council wheel, accessory shift, esplanade anchor and alteration lever, colour centre affectation and an audio jack for MP3 amateur connection.

With absolute four-wheel drive adequacy the LS Challenger with chiral manual is priced at $44,490, and, like all Challenger variants, comes accepted with rear animosity lock. Challenger's five-seat LS alternative with automated manual is priced at $46,990.

The seven bench alternative of the Challenger LS appearance third row basement with 50/50 breach rear seat, chiral rear bench air conditioning controls, under-floor accumulator across and accepted automated manual and is priced at $48,890.

The comfortable five-seat Challenger XLS adds abundant exceptional appearance appearance both central and out, with a abounding chrome grille, covering bench trim, ability driver's bench with slide, bifold acme and recline movement, colour keyed ancillary aegis mouldings, aloofness glass, wood-trim animate and centre panel, and burden aphotic and burden allowance net. With added abstruse features, the XLS includes Mitsubishi's Power Sound System with eight speakers for exceptional above audio, Mitsubishi Multi Communication System (MMCS) with digital navigation, about-face camera and video jack and hands-free Bluetooth connectivity. The XLS aswell appearance fog lamps, headlamp washers and abandoning sensors as standard.

The Challenger XLS five-seat alternative comes accepted with automated manual and is priced at $56,990.

The Challenger XLS with seven-seat advantage appearance third row basement with 50/50 breach rear seat, chiral rear bench air-conditioning controls and under-floor accumulator area, with automated manual as standard, and is priced at $58,890.

LS Models affection atramentous bench trim, with XLS accepting comfortable covering autogenous appointments. Dashboard and aperture trims are an affected two-tone black/grey with argent accent panels.

Available in a ambit of adorable colours, including White Solid and alternative brownish finishes of Charcoal Metallic, Cool Silver Metallic, Platoon Pearlescent, Terra Rossa Metallic, Champagne Metallic, Deep Blue Pearlescent and Black Pearlescent.

The all-new Challenger is covered by Mitsubishi's absolute 5 year/130,000 accomplished car warranty, backed up by its 10 year/160,000 km power-train assurance and a 5 year/130,000 kilometre roadside abetment package.

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