Mitsubishi Motors Co., Ltd. (MMTh) is the Thai

Thailand

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 operation of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. It became the first Thai automobile manufacturer to export vehicles overseas in 1988, and has remained the country's largest exporter every year since.

It is currently the most productive of Mitsubishi's four manufacturing facilities outside Japan

Japan

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, with 133,109 vehicles in 2006, and exported its millionth pickup truck

Pickup truck

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 in October 2007. In anticipation of a growth in the market for pickup truck

Pickup truck

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s, Mitsubishi is investing ฿

Thai baht

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21 billion (¥

Japanese yen

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1 billion) to increase local capacity to 200,000 units.

The Lancer

Mitsubishi Lancer

The Mitsubishi Lancer is a family car built by Mitsubishi Motors. It has been known as the Colt Lancer, Dodge/Plymouth Colt, Chrysler Valiant Lancer, Chrysler Lancer, Eagle Summit, Hindustan Lancer, Soueast Lioncel, Mitsubishi Carisma, and Mitsubishi Mirage in various countries at different times,...

, Grandis

Mitsubishi Grandis

The Mitsubishi Grandis is a seven seat MPV built by Mitsubishi Motors to replace its Chariot/Space Wagon/Nimbus line. It was launched on May 14, 2003 and is sold in Japan, Asia, Europe, Oceania, Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, and South America...

 and L200 Strada/Triton

Mitsubishi Triton

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 models are all produced locally. In addition, MMTh owns a subsidiary, MMC Engine Co., Ltd. (MEC), located at Laemchabang Industrial Estates, Tambol Tongsukhla Amphor Srirancha Cholburi, which produces auto components.

Production and sales

Year	Production						Domestic sales
	L200 Strada	Lancer Mitsubishi Lancer The Mitsubishi Lancer is a family car built by Mitsubishi Motors. It has been known as the Colt Lancer, Dodge/Plymouth Colt, Chrysler Valiant Lancer, Chrysler Lancer, Eagle Summit, Hindustan Lancer, Soueast Lioncel, Mitsubishi Carisma, and Mitsubishi Mirage in various countries at different times,...	Grandis Mitsubishi Grandis The Mitsubishi Grandis is a seven seat MPV built by Mitsubishi Motors to replace its Chariot/Space Wagon/Nimbus line. It was launched on May 14, 2003 and is sold in Japan, Asia, Europe, Oceania, Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, and South America...	Triton Mitsubishi Triton The Mitsubishi Triton is a compact pickup truck produced by Mitsubishi Motors. It was originally known as the Mitsubishi Forte in Japan from 1978 to 1986, when the name was discontinued in favour of the Strada. In the United States two captive imports of the Forte were sold by the Chrysler...	Outlander Mitsubishi Outlander The Airtrek was first introduced to the Japanese market on June 20, 2001, priced from ¥1.7–2.3 million. It offered a choice of either a 4G63 2.0 L or a 4G64 2.4 L GDI, mated to a standard INVECS-II 4-speed semi-automatic transmission. Both front- and four-wheel drive were available... 1	Total
1994	figures unavailable		-	-	-	70,197	76,557
1995			-	-	-	71,426	78,151
1996			-	-	-	74,760	87,672
1997			-	-	-	78,413	35,191
1998			-	-	-	65,341	15,840
1999			-	-	-	77,857	19,172
2000	84,813	5,401	-	-	-	90,214	28,266
2001	78,845	5,302	-	-	-	84,147	23,665
2002	97,589	12,076	-	-	-	109,665	32,010
2003	95,680	7,381	-	-	-	103,511	33,799
2004	120,572	6,310	3,306	-	-	130,188	39,564
2005	90,080	6,725	3,350	43,769	-	143,924	43,722
2006	26,901	3,165	1,089	121,687	-	152,842	26,003
2007	6,257	2,693	1,865	121,687	111	165,853	26,887
Notes: The Outlander Mitsubishi Outlander The Airtrek was first introduced to the Japanese market on June 20, 2001, priced from ¥1.7–2.3 million. It offered a choice of either a 4G63 2.0 L or a 4G64 2.4 L GDI, mated to a standard INVECS-II 4-speed semi-automatic transmission. Both front- and four-wheel drive were available...  is only import to Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... an markets, not sold in Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the... .

External links

• Mitsubishi-Motors.co.th, official site