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Mitsubishi U.K.
Mitsubishi is selling off its Heritage fleet in the UK this month, offering collectors the chance to pick up some true rarities without even traveling to Japan. The automaker has contracted specialist online platform Auto Auction to offer up over a dozen of its vehicles, in an online auction format concluding the end of April. This means that bidders will have plenty of time to put in their bids, and all are offered at no reserve.
The vehicles themselves are all Mitsubishis that were offered in the UK or were brought in by Mitsubishi itself for company purposes, ranging from a 1974 Colt Lancer 1.4 to a 2015 Outlander PHEV. Some had been kept by the automaker as demo cars for its dealer network, while others had been bought from private owners. Overall, the Heritage fleet is small but very eclectic, leaning toward the automaker s rally-flavored offerings, and should give collectors of Japanese cars (and even collectors of Jeeps) from all over the world something get