Mitsubishi News

The Oregon Department of Transportation is looking into a system that would track the amount of miles you log as an alternate way to pay road taxes and user fees. An original proposal was shot down in 2006, as users didn't want GPS devices that could potentially track where they ...    Read more

Not even a week ago, automakers from all over the globe agreed to a new standard for electric vehicle charging, called the Combined Charging System, or CCS. Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Daimler AG, and Porsche have been lobbying for the use of single-pug system (a.k.a. CCS) ...    Read more

It was a great month for Honda, Subaru, Toyota and Mazda, which all posted either double-digit growth or the best month ever in the company’s history. Which is kind of like the difference between finding a quarter in your pants pocket on laundry day and winning the Stanley Cup. The ...    Read more

Should Mitsubishi bring back the Mirage, a compact vehicle last seen on roads stateside a decade ago? If you're unsure, you're not alone, as the execs over at Mitsubishi's American headquarters are contemplating the same thing right now. Mitsubishi has already decided it will begin selling the Mirage north of ...    Read more

We like how SUVs and crossovers offer height to see ahead, and offering plenty of space for when you need to haul those 3-5 extra people. But, more and more, we hate the way the swill gasoline in the process. But you have to pay at the pumps to play, ...    Read more

In what may be a small boost to automakers, car battery prices fell 14 percent in the first quarter of this year from just a year ago. In electric, plug-in and hybrid vehicles the battery can often account for up to 25 percent of the overall cost of the vehicle. ...    Read more

A study released this week says that despite the higher upfront costs of going green, an electric car could end up more cost-effective and produce fewer emissions than many economy cars—or even hybrids. The Union of Concerned Scientists, a 400,000-member organization whose roots go back to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...    Read more

Four (yes, four) MY2012 Mitsubishi Lancer and Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback vehicles are being recalled by the automaker. According to both Mitsubishi Motors and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the headlamps on th 2012 Lancer and Sportback were improperly installed, their horizontal adjustment mechanism not sealed ...    Read more

On the latest episode of Head to Head, our colleague Jason Cammisa of sister publication Automobile Magazine gets behind the wheel of both the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R and 2012 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR. Both vehicles are put to the test on both roads and the racetrack alike as Cammisa ...    Read more

We're well into 2012, but if March sales are any indication, the beat plays on for Japanese automakers. March proved to be a mixed bag for Japanese stalwarts, with luxury brands such as Lexus, Acura, and Infiniti experiencing a long winter. On the flip side, economical, value-driven cars are something ...    Read more

A couple of months ago, the Automotive.com staff got to zip around in a 2012 Chevy Volt for a week. To be clear, the Volt is not a purely electric vehicle; it's closer to being a plug-in hybrid; Chevy will tell you it's an extended-range electric vehicle, which is sort ...    Read more

Website CarInsurance.com mulled many a $15,000 car (or less, supposedly), attempting to come up with the perfect list of 20 cars to buy teens. It waded through cars that were considered pretty darn reliable, ranked as Top Safety Picks by the Insurance Institute of  Highway Safety, and cost the least ...    Read more

Plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle owners in the state of California will soon have a much easier time charging up. As part of a settlement for overcharging customers, energy company NRG has agreed to pay $120 million dollars to settle old claims. $100 million will go directly to creating 200 ...    Read more

Mitsubishi Motors in conjunction with its Mitsubishi Electric sister company has created a prototype for an EV motor that measures just half the size of the one currently used in the 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV. Bear with us for the quick tech-name-dropping before we get to how it works: In its current ...    Read more

You have a big family. You also have some pride left at stake, and are too image-conscious to be driving what you should be driving: a minivan. So what do you do? What kind of people-mover do you get, especially given the ever-fluctuating nature of gas prices? Fortunately, SUVs aren't what ...    Read more

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety today named the 2012 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport a Top Safety Pick. The Japanese automaker's small crossover joined the Lancer as the second Mitsubishi to receive the designation after the IIHS revised its safety tests to include more stringent roof-strength and rollover testing in 2010. The ...    Read more

In the latest installment of Motor Trend's Ignition series the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R is put through its pacing to see if the hot hatch deserves the "R" badge. The 2012 Volkswagen Golf R is a step above the GTI, with a 256-horsepower 2.0-liter turbocharged four cylinder engine mated to ...    Read more

If a Japanese automaker had a weak product in its lineup, it was bound to show up in February. Right at the cusp of spring and between a host of new car introductions, February marks the tail end of winter and the beginning of buying season. And buy customers did. The ...    Read more

Love that new car smell? A recent study by HealthyStuff.org shows it may not be as good for you as it actually smells. Test data was collected after evaluating 204 new 2011-2012 model vehicles as part of a multi-year data base that has already complied over 900 vehicles. Vehicles were ...    Read more

Mitsubishi claims to have coined the word "Crossover" when it first introduced the Outlander 11 years ago, but it's sad to think that this once relevant automaker is now resorting to such words as "will better comply with the times" when describing the third generation of its all new crossover. ...    Read more

Remember Mitsubishi? If you've been one of the lucky people who have sighted the rarer-than-hens-teeth i-MiEV electric vehicle out in the wild, go ahead and pat yourself on the back. Mitsubishi has sold about 116 of the electric shavers, usually to places like Berkeley and San Francisco—two places that ...    Read more

Its been a busy week here at Automotive.com, and there's a good chance you missed some of it. So to help out, we've compiled our top five stories, one from each day, to help you stay on top of what's going on in the automotive world. Monday, January 23 ...    Read more

The past few years has seen major shakeups in the automotive industry, and it shows in a recent survey on brand perception conducted by Consumer Reports. Once dominant players Toyota, Honda, Ford, and Chevrolet remain on top, but each automaker has seen its points gap decrease compared to last year. ...    Read more

Mitsubishi has been dormant for the past few years as it quietly retools its lineup with "greener" technology and new sheet metal designs. Now, it appears the Japanese auto maker is finally coming out out of hiding as Mitsubishi announced it will be unveiling a new model at the 2012 ...    Read more

Mitsubishi has announced a recall of 2012 Outlander Sport models, because the automatic-cancelling feature of the turn signals could fail. Despite the satisfying little "click" of a cancelled turn signal the indicators could continue to flash, which would generate a slew of hilarious regional driver behavior stereotypes. On a more serious ...    Read more