Mitsubishi pulling out of UK?

[holwellcourtfarm]

Public transport just isn't up to the challenge of transporting that kind of numbers at the minute.

Agreed but then neither is aviation. All rules are broken at the moment. One day we will learn to live with Covid 19.

 

[pgk]

Trying to get my head around this...

Is now a good time to get a new L200? Competitive pricing due to the need for cash or to be avoided as their is a high risk of dealerships disappearing?

I bought four Rovers for self and family when they went tits up, parts supply to this day better than Mercedes for example. As long as independent parts suppliers fill the gap no reason not to buy. Bodywork is only issue but if needed revert to the breakers. I haven't run cheaper vehicles than bought cheap and run to the ground.

 

[Cowcorn]

Which is why it was always madness to build council estates on the edge of villages as they have done all over the South East. The houses should always have been where the work and shops were then we wouldn't have needed so many damned cars and roads!



A shame about the Shogun, it was the only semi-decent vehicle Mitsubishi made

I couldnt agree more with you , even worse over here is the blight of " one off planning " over here where high earners buy a site in the country and build a large " cake house " . The then commute to work daily and overload the rural roads .
The narrow lane my farm yard is on has just gained three such dwellings despite my strenous objections . Its bad enough that the motorway is on one end and a dual carriageway on the other end but now i have to contend with bad tempered blondes in BMW cars screeching theie late for work as i try to get the cows across the road every morning.
Shogun is a great jeep and my current farm motor .

 

[thesilentone]

The whole pick-up market has made no sense for a while, fuel guzzling, high emissions, high road tax.

Yet, better engines are available, so why did they not use them ?

 

[michael N123]

We run l200s as farm trucks they get loads of abuse and don’t require much maintainance proberly not the best snob machine to pull your cattle trailer at speed like a ranger but will still do the job

 

[br jones]

Speaking in my Chartered Environmentalist capacity, a good thing too! Far too many internal combustion engine vehicles around the world. Perhaps, just perhaps, national governments will start to actually DO something about emissions now:

- Completely (urgently) rewrite planning policies to reverse the americanisation of society where everybody had to travel every day to work and buy essentials.
- Make public transport cheap and convenient enough to be the transport of choice for 95% of society.
- Stop using GDP as the measure of success and instead adopt a metric which internalises all of the critically damaging "externalities" of the current economic model.

The social ground is shifting under our feet as evidenced by today's announcements about restricting the promotion of junk food and the wailing from the advertising and corporate food industries.

FWIW I've never rated Mitsubishi vehicles anyway (and, yes, I've driven a few). Their "Up to 147 mpg" claim for the Outlander PHEV is little short of fraud imho.

Good riddance.

The evo wasnt a bad car

 

[roscoe erf]

they wont be the only ones pulling out .............................not a bad method either

 

[BBC]

Colt Car Company in Cirencester told Mitsubishi will leave UK market

THE Colt Car Company in Cirencester have released a statement following Mitsubishi’s decision to freeze the introduction of new vehicles in the UK.

www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

The evo wasnt a bad car

I'll allow you that, if what you want is a throaty, rorty, thirsty road rocket.

I drove an '06 L200 which was ok. Not a patch on the HiLux it replaced but ok. I was then given a brand new '07 instead which was abysmal. Dangerously uncomfortable (in the view of my osteopath), thirsty (27mpg instead of the 34 of the older one), softer suspension and full of toys. I refused to drive it after a week and swapped it for an old HiLux.

 

[Bongodog]

Too many manufacturers with too many models in their line up resulting in poor profits at best and huge losses at worst. Every manufacturer became desperate to compete in every sector of the market and seemingly introduced derivatives based on existing floor pans on a monthly basis. I was thinking earlier I remember when Ford were the market leaders with around 30% of the UK car market with a 5 model line up, now they are still the market leaders with a 10 model line up and 10% market share.

 

[Drillman]

Trying to get my head around this...

Is now a good time to get a new L200? Competitive pricing due to the need for cash or to be avoided as their is a high risk of dealerships disappearing?

All I can say is go test drive a Ford Ranger before signing on the line for an L200!

 

[Still Farming]

https://www.facebook.com/17050705902/posts/10158641523560903

 

[ollie989898]

The evo wasnt a bad car

Not the most reliable car by many accounts. Also had problematic servicing internals.

 

[Still Farming]

Not the most reliable car by many accounts. Also had problematic servicing internals.

Coppers sort that ok

 

[pgk]

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https://www.facebook.com/17050705902/posts/10158641523560903

Is it likely we will see it as a Renault badged product if they have euro compliant engines?

 

[Cowabunga]

H

Is it likely we will see it as a Renault badged product if they have euro compliant engines?

Very very unlikely. Renault already sell a Navara version badged as the Alaskan across much of mainland Europe.
The main point being that Mitsubishi have no further intension of updating their engines to meet stricter European emission regulation or indeed safety regulations. That means that sales will fall off much sooner than most people realise. Unless they obtain permission to move unsold stock, if they have any, that is non-compliant, most of their vehicles could be unavailable within months, not the two years mentioned in some quarters. It is no coincidence that Mercedes and VW V6 pickups are being withdrawn from the market, or not being built from around the same date.

 

[pgk]

Very very unlikely. Renault already sell a Navara version badged as the Alaskan across much of mainland Europe.
The main point being that Mitsubishi have no further intension of updating their engines to meet stricter European emission regulation or indeed safety regulations. That means that sales will fall off much sooner than most people realise. Unless they obtain permission to move unsold stock, if they have any, that is non-compliant, most of their vehicles could be unavailable within months, not the two years mentioned in some quarters. It is no coincidence that Mercedes and VW V6 pickups are being withdrawn from the market, or not being built from around the same date.

Better stick with the defender then

 

[PSQ]

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Is it likely we will see it as a Renault badged product if they have euro compliant engines?

Maybe not far off the mark. Renault's Sandouville factory has just started making a Mitsubishi badged version of the Trafic van for the Asian and Aussie market (also badged in Europe as the Nissan NV300 and the Fiat Talento) with a Euro 6 compliant engine.
@Cowabunga, do Renault also make the Nissan derived 2L diesels for the Navara?

 

[Cowabunga]

do Renault also make the Nissan derived 2L diesels for the Navara?

Yes, but these are Renault van engines, not Nissan-derived. At least the 2.3 Diesel engines are. I am unaware of 2.0 engines being fitted.