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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation to Premiere the European-Spec I-Miev 100% Electric Vehicle at the 2010 Paris Motor Show


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TOKYO - August 31, 2010 - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will introduce the European-spec version of its i-MiEV 100% electric vehicle at the 2010 Paris Motor Show (“Mondial de L' Automobile 2010”) to be held at Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles in Paris, France from Thursday September 30th to Sunday October 17th (open to the general public from Saturday October 2nd).

A total of 12 vehicles (7 on press days) will be displayed at its stand in Hall 3 including:

  • The recently introduced ASX (RVR in Japan) compact crossover equipped with MMC’s all-new
  • “low impact” 4N13 diesel engine
  • The Lancer Sportback (Galant Fortis Sportback in Japan) now featuring the same 150 ps 1. DiD engine
  • The new Outlander 2.2 DiD mid-size crossover, whose 177 ps unit is a further derivative

    (4N14) of this same family of innovative diesel powerplants. Concerning the European-spec i-MiEV, MMC plans to successively roll it out from December of this year in 14 countries*1 including France, the United Kingdom, Germany and further expand the European rollout from fiscal year 2011.

    The price2 of the European-spec i-MiEV will differ by country but will be set to around €33,000 – €35,000 (or equivalent) so that the final cost to the customer after government incentives (where applicable) remains under €30,000 (or equivalent) in a majority of the countries it is to be sold in.

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