Mitsubishi Motors UK has posted an all-time new vehicle sales record of 35,610 for 2004, up 13.1% on the previous year.

Achieving its fourth consecutive year of growth, Mitsubishi Motors UK has doubled its sales from the 18,089 units of 2000.

This sales success has seen the UK operation become Mitsubishi’s number one distributor in Europe for the first time.

Achieving more sales than Germany (35,597 units) and the expanding Russian market (30,037 units), Mitsubishi’s UK performance has made a significant contribution to the brand’s overall positive European performance.

Mitsubishi’s sales total for 2004 reached 225,826 units in Europe, an increase of 8.6% over 2003. The new Lancer has become Mitsubishi Motors’ best-seller in Europe with 37,333 units.