Asia, particularly in Southeast Asia is where Mitsubishi sells the most cars.
Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam are also a stronghold for Mitsubishi, with the company posting record sales in the Philippines for 2 consecutive years and growing sales in Vietnam and Indonesia.
Mitsubishi's best selling car is the Outlander that is a popular SUV which serves as Mitsubishi's flagship vehicle and is a top seller worldwide.
The Mitsubishi Outlander as well as the Outlander Plug in Hybrid has also achieved the best ever annual sales and represents a significant portion of Mitsubishi's total vehicle sales.
The cheapest Mitsubishi car is the 2022 Mitsubishi Mirage or 2022 Mirage ES EMT with a base MSRP of only $14,645.00 although it also has very good gas mileage.
The 2022 Mirage ES 5MT fuel mileage is 33 miles per gallon or MPG in the city and 41 miles per gallon or MPG on the highway.
Mitsubishi is owned by Mitsubishi group, which is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies.
Mitsubishi group was founded by Yataro lwasaki in 1870.
The Mitsubishi Group traces their origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, which is a unified company that existed from the year of 1870 to 1946.
Nissan also acquired a controlling 34 percent stake in Mitsubishi Motors in the year 2016, which makes it a part of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance.
And in late 2024, Mitsubishi bought back a portion of their shares from Nissan, which reduced Nissan's ownership to around 24 percent, but with plans for continued collaboration on future vehicles, which includes potential electric vehicle development with Honda.
while Nissan did acquire a 34 percent stake in Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan did not buy out Mitsubishi outright.
Mitsubishi Motors for passenger vehicles makes many of the Mitsubishi engines at their Kyoto and Shiga plants in Japan.
For industrial and other Mitsubishi motors, the company that made those motors is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
There are also some partnerships, like Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-VST Diesel Engines Private LTD MVDE in India, for the production of Mitsubishi branded engines for regional markets.
Mitsubishi does not make any cars in the U.s.
Mitsubishi's sole North American car manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois, closed down in 2015 and their vehicles are now produced in countries like Thailand and Japan.
The company also had previously sold their Illinois plant to electric automaker Rivian, which now uses that facility for their own production.