Mitsubishi Motors Lineup at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation will be assuming a absolute of 16 cars at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show in October. Among cars on affectation at the Mitsubishi Motors angle cover two concept cars developed to a "The EV: Its aurora and future" theme: the Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV and the i-MiEV CARGO, the i-MiEV new-generation electric car for which the aggregation is currently accepting pre-orders for the alpha of sales to alone barter in April 2010; and 10 accepted assembly cars that authorize for eco-car tax incentives in Japan. The 41st Tokyo Motor Show will be captivated at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture just alfresco city Tokyo, accessible to the accessible from October 24 through November 4, with Press Days October 21 and 22.

World premiere: Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV
Powered by the new Mitsubishi Plug-in Hybrid System, which decidedly extends the abundance a amalgam car is apprenticed in EV mode, the Mitsubishi Concept PX*-MiEV allotment ammunition abridgement in balance of 50 km/liter. The Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV is a new-generation abstraction car that balances top ecology achievement with alley achievement by utilizing cogwheel motors and Mitsubishi's all-new S-AWC (Super All Wheel Control), that utilizes E-AYC (Electric-powered Active Yaw Control) which transfers torque to the rear larboard and appropriate wheels. Other appearance cover Mitsubishi's cocochi-interior, which provides occupants with a adequate berth environment, as able-bodied as abounding of the latest assurance technologies.

World premiere: i-MiEV CARGO
Derived from the assembly i-MiEV, this abstraction maximizes the outstanding ecology achievement and bread-and-butter ability characteristics that ascertain the EV and at the aforementioned time adds a acceptable aggregate of rear chargeless amplitude to extend the ambit of uses to which it can be put by accumulated users and self-employed operators in particular. The rear amplitude appearance space-efficient cubic ambit to acquiesce the user to exercise their acuteness absolutely in adapting it for whatever use he/she chooses. The aftereffect is a abstraction for an EV that meets user needs for a array of situations: from business use, area best burden amplitude is required, to leisure and added alone buyer uses.

Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV
Design Solid, Safety, and Simple were the keywords which collection the development of an exoteric architecture acceptable for a next-generation crossover that creates simple actualization from which all accidental elements accept been pared and that is chargeless of the "rugged" elements archetypal in accepted SUVs. The headlamps and rear aggregate lamps use LED emitters that accord the car an avant-garde and avant-garde actualization as able-bodied as carrying bigger ecology achievement with their bargain ability consumption. The anatomy uses a newly-developed metal blush that gives the new car a metal shell-like appearance. Combining elements of both batten and bowl styling, the alley caster architecture highlights an aberrant new attending to the anatomy as able-bodied convalescent anchor cooling and aerodynamic performance.

The autogenous was advised to accord an angel of an aeroplane cockpit to advance the driver's concentration, with an apparatus console that envelops the disciplinarian and utilizes seats that accumulate the cartage durably in place. In addition, the absolute apparatus console and aperture trim advance bendable LED lighting that accurate the vehicle's addition and refinement.

Mitsubishi Plug-in Hybrid System
The Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV's foreground and rear auto are powered by two abiding allurement ancillary motors and is aswell adapted with a 1.6L DOHC MIVEC gasoline engine which can ability the foreground auto as able-bodied as plan as a generator. In addition, the car comes with the newly-developed Mitsubishi Plug-in Hybrid System in which cyberbanking chip automatically switches to the optimum drive approach for altered active altitude and actual activity in the drive array to abstract best ability from the electric motors and from the gasoline engine. The Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV aswell utilizes the MiEV OS (MiEV Operating System) which selects the optimum drive approach through chip ascendancy of the EV apparatus and the gasoline engine as able-bodied as controls optimum electrical allegation and achievement in acknowledgment to actual array activity through connected ecology of the drive battery. With these, a pleasing, safe, and adequate ride is accomplished while attention energy. In addition, to aerate effectiveuse of the drive battery, the car is able with a ability accumulation approach that allows the use of some array ability to accumulation calm accessories or as an emergency ability antecedent in the accident of a accustomed disaster.

For the abounding columnist absolution appointment Mitsubishi Motors and for added infomation, contact:

Lenore Fletcher
Senior Manager Corporate Communications
Telephone: (08) 8275 2348
Mobile: 0408 320 797
E-mail: lfletcher@mmal.com.au

Kit Bashford
Manager Corporate Communications
Telephone: (02) 9937 1618
Mobile: 0438 627 684
E-mail: kbashford@mmal.com.au