Mitsubishi's decision to manufacture a new Colt in Turkey
- Mitsubishi, a partner of Renault and Nissan within the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi group, has announced the return to Europe of its small B-segment Colt sedan in 2023.
- The manufacturer had initially decided to leave the European market, given its low sales for ten years, but it reconsidered this decision a few months later, betting on the sharing of existing platforms within the band. This is how the future Mitsubishi Colt will take over the platform and silhouette of the Renault Clio and will be produced at the Renault site in Bursa, Turkey. It will be in a way the heir to the current Nissan Micra, which itself takes up the platform and the silhouette of the Renault Clio of the previous generation. The Micra should indeed disappear in 2024.
- The old Mitsubishi Colt sold 400,000 units in Europe between 2004 and 2014, when it was retired. This volume is equivalent to 40,000 units per year, which remains the sales target for the future Colt. The task will be difficult because Mitsubishi is a fairly marginal manufacturer in Europe and the Nissan Micra itself has not been very successful, since it has sold 300,000 copies in five years, or 60,000 units per year. , with a larger sales network than Mitsubishi.
- The new Mitsubishi Colt will not be marketed in a 100% electric version but will be available in a thermal and hybrid version (Clio engines), which means that this model will probably only be sold during the 2023-2030 period, since European regulations obliges manufacturers to eliminate their thermal engine models in 2035.
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