With a total of 4,081 new cars sold, Mitsubishi is no longer as big a player in our country as it was ten years ago. Still, that number is a nice boost compared to last year. Mitsubishi proudly reports that it has sold ‘no less than 32.5 percent’ more cars. After an absolute low point in 2022, something important has changed: Mitsubishi offers two successful Renault models under its own name. That approach has been quite criticized, but it does not do any harm to the Japanese brand. Of the more than 4,000 Mitsubishis sold last year, more than 1,600 were a Colt or an ASX, Mitsubishi’s equivalent of the Renaults Clio and Captur respectively. It must be said that the self-developed Eclipse Cross also performed better than a year earlier with more than 1,000 units. The retiring Mitsubishi Space Star also remained the most popular model, although at more than 1,400 units, slightly fewer units were sold than in 2023. If we take a look at our own figures and compare the Mitsubishi’s Colt and ASX next to their Renault cousins, we still see a big difference clearly. According to our figures, 782 of the Mitsubishi Colts were registered in 2024, compared to 5,123 for the Clio. Renault sold more units of the Clio alone than Mitsubishi of all its models combined. The gap is slightly smaller for the Mitsubishi ASX and the Renault Captur. 894 of the ASX have been registered and 3,324 of the Captur. More Renault-Mitsubishis As mentioned, the Mitsubishi Space Star is being retired, leaving only the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross as its ‘own’ model. Or not? No, the new Mitsubishi Outlander was recently added to the price list. More expansion is on the way, but Mitsubishi is once again turning to Renault’s model bin. Mitsubishi versions of the Renault Symbioz (so an ASX with more space and a different rear end) and Renault Scenic are also coming. What happens next is just as exciting. Mitsubishi may join Nissan in the merger with Honda and then the Renault tires may be over.
Source: www.autoweek.nl
