By Marcus Williams2021-03-12T07:30:00+00:00
As part of an agreement to build on joint purchasing and vehicle standardisation announced by the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi (RNM) Alliance last year, Mitsubishi Motors will begin selling two models procured from Groupe Renault in selected European markets in 2023.
According to the Alliance, the two (as yet unnamed) vehicles badged as Mitsubishi will be produced by Renault in France, though the company would not reveal at which plants they will be manufactured. The vehicles will be based on Renault platforms but with “differentiations that reflect Mitsubishi brand’s DNA”, said the Alliance.
Mitsubishi currently has a relatively small share of the European market and does not manufacture vehicles in the region. In July 2020 the Japanese carmaker went so far as to announce it would stop new car development for the European market as part of Alliance plans to reduce model investments across the three companies. However, the latest announcement reverses the decision to stop sales in Europe and the new vehicles will be distributed through the Mitsubishi dealer network. The carmaker is also about to launch the Eclipse Cross PHEV in Europe, which is imported from the Okazaki plant in Japan.