John Magrosky's List: Mitsubishi

• Greimel, Hans hgreimel@crain.com
• Automotive News; 4/29/2013, Vol. 87 Issue 6566, p23-23, 1/6p
• Mitsubishi expects North American sales to increase to 100,000 this fiscal year, after dropping to 85,000 in the year that ended March 31. That was down from l06.000 a year earlier.
• Mitsubishi plans to introduce new models, including the next-generation Outlander and Mirage small car, to the United States.
• Mitsubishi also aims to cut its North American operating loss by increasing exports from its Illinois factory, which makes the Outlander Sport compact crossover. It shipped 24,483 vehicles overseas in the fiscal year ended March 31. Mitsubishi aims for 38,000 exports this fiscal year.

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• Auto Business News (ABN), 03/04/2013
• Mitsubishi Motors North America, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (TYO: 7211), has reported an increase in sales in February 2013.
• The automaker sold 6,051 units last month, up 27.8 percent over
• the year-ago period

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• Beene, Ryan rbeene@crain.com
• Automotive News; 3/18/2013, Vol. 87 Issue 6560, p6-44, 2p
• Hasegawa says a return to 100,000 U.S. sales is possible, but unlikely until 2015 or 2016 and will require more new vehicles and a stronger reta
• il network.
• "When you look frankly at the situation, we're not there yet," Hasegawa said of returning to 100,000 U.S. sales. "We'll try, but it needs to be in combination with a product lineup and with training for our sales network."
• Hasegawa: "We went into a descent, so it's going to take time to get back up again."

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