Senior white collar redundancies are expected to follow the announcement of a radical management restructure at Mitsubishi Motors.

The Japanese car maker, 37% owned by DaimlerChrysler, will reveal details of administrative reforms and resulting job losses after a shareholders' meeting on June 26.

Colt, Mitsubishi's official UK importer, is unlikely to be affected by the restructure as it remains outside the DaimlerChrysler operation.

The key target for change is MMC's home country team, members of which – according to industry observers – have been struggling to come to terms with the DaimlerChrysler management style and strategy. Some redundancies are also expected in MMC's USA and Australia operations.