Inovev forecasts 25,000 units per year of the new Mitsubishi Colt in Europe
- The renewal of the European models range of the Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi continues. After the presentation and then the launch of the new B-segment SUV named ASX, rebranded version of the Renault Captur (made in Spain), Mitsubishi is presenting and preparing to market the new B-segment sedan, rebranded version of the Renault Clio (made in Turkey and Slovenia). This new model is called Colt, thus taking the name of an old Mitsubishi model which has not been marketed in Europe since 1999. The new Mitsubishi Colt differs from the Renault Clio simply by the logo and some finishing details.
- The engines are also the same as the Renault Clio’s ones, namely the 3-cylinder petrol 1.0 MPI with turbo (90 hp) or without turbo (65 hp) and the 4-cylinder 1.6 petrol full hybrid of 140 hp. The 1.3 petrol and 1.5 diesel are not available.
- Mitsubishi, which almost disappeared from the European market, is counting on its new ASX and Colt models derived from Renault models to recover and revive its sales in this market, which fell to 57,000 units in 2022 (compared to 100,000 in 2009 and 200,000 in 1999). But nothing is less certain, because customers will always prefer the original to the copy and Mitsubishi's customer base in Europe has become extremely tenuous with a very sparse sales network.
- In addition, the new Mitsubishi Colt should replace the Mitsubishi Space Star whose origins date back to 2013, which represents a very long life cycle, and of which less than 27,000 copies were sold on the European market in 2022 against 34,000 in 2021. Inovev forecasts 25,000 units per year in Europe of the new Mitsubishi Colt produced in Spain.