The European Mitsubishi i-MiEV At The 2010 Paris Motor Show
Mitsubishi i-MiEV
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will introduce the European-spec version of the Mitsubishi 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 30th September to Sunday 17th October (open to the general public from Saturday 2nd October 2010).
A total of 12 vehicles (7 on press days) will be displayed at its stand in Hall 3 including:
- The recently introduced Mitsubishi ASX (RVR in Japan) compact crossover equipped with MMC's all-new
- "low impact" 4N13 diesel engine
- The Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback (Galant Fortis Sportback in Japan) now featuring the same 150 ps DiD engine
- The new Mitsubishi 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 Mitsubishi i-MiEV, MMC plans to successively roll it out from December of this year in 14 countries including France, the United Kingdom, Germany and further expand the European rollout from fiscal year 2011.
The price of the European-spec Mitsubishi 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.
The European Mitsubishi i-MiEV differs only slightly from its Japanese counterpart, but on 6th of oct 2010 it marked the beginning of Mitsubishi's plans for full-fledged export. In fiscal year 2010 (April 2010 – March 2011) Mitsubishi aims to sell 5,000 i-MiEVs and the re-badged twins, the Peugeot iOn and Citroën C-Zero, in 14 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Then, in fiscal year 2011, all hell breaks loose as the Japanese automakers eyes widespread availability and mass production of all three models.
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