Autobytel Inc.'s service customer retention programme, Retention Performance Marketing (RPM), has been selected by Mitsubishi Motors of North America to support its new Diamond Care Service Marketing Programme, an initiative to build brand loyalty at dealerships.
A report in a Japanese paper, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, says Mitsubishi Motors will restructure its entire production system in a major overhaul which is expected to lead to DaimlerChrysler-nominated president Rolf Eckrodt stepping down.
Stefan Jacoby, the president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Motors Europe has left after just over two years in the job.
Mitsubishi Motors Europe (MME) President & CEO Stefan Jacoby is leaving the company to “pursue other opportunities”. MME says a replacement will be announced soon.
Effective today, Mitsubishi Motors Europe B.V. (MME) is taking over the distribution of its vehicles in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, following the termination of the distribution agreement with MMC Automobile AG (MAAS), its previous distributor, on December 9th, 2003, in the wake of the collapse of its then owner, the Erb Group.
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. has announced a standard 10-year, 100-thousand mile limited powertrain warranty for all Mitsubishi Motors products sold in the US, beginning with 2004 Model Year vehicles.
Takashi Sonobe, chairman of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) since June 2002, died on Tuesday of a heart attack, at the age of 62.
Mitsubishi Motors Europe (MME) says virtually all its retailers have signed contracts before the October 1st, 2003 deadline and with support from local dealer associations, including the European Mitsubishi Dealer Association (EMDA).
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced yesterday the development of a Mitsubishi Grandis MPV powered by DaimlerChrysler's FC-System.
The head of Mitsubishi Motors North American operations has resigned after a loan scheme stalled the carmaker's recovery.
Mitsubishi Motors UK has appointed Robert Ayland as its new general manager of retail operations with responsibility for dealerships in Cheltenham, Reading, Bristol and Cirencester, collectively known as the Colt Mid-West Group.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp says cost cuts and robust sales helped its profits more than double last year. For the year to Match 31, Mitsubishi posted a preliminary group operating profit of 83 billion yen (£433.7m) up from 40.23 billion yen last year.
A record sales performance in the UK has contributed to the “stabilisation” of the Mitsubishi Motors business in Europe during 2002, the company has reported. And the carmaker is on track to meet its target of returning to profitability by 2004.
Mitsubishi Motors says it hopes to grab half of China's burgeoning market for sport utility vehicles (SUVs) by 2010 with its Pajero and Pajero Sport models.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp shareholders this week voted overwhelmingly to spin-off the company's truck operations. Mitsubishi chairman Takashi Sonobe says Mitsubishi will benefit financially from what he called a "demerger" of the profitable truck operation.
The forthcoming Colt small car should represent up to a third of all Mitsubishi's European sales volumes as the carmaker returns to profit in 2003, says a bullish Mitsubishi Motors CEO Rolf Eckrodt.
Paul Williams has left Mitsubishi Motors where he was sales and marketing director to take the managing director's job at Kia UK.
Mitsubishi Motors UK is preparing to relaunch its Red Zebra used car programme in October to cope with an expected increase in capacity over the next two years.
DaimlerChrysler is tightening its grip over Mitsubishi Motors, in which it holds a 37 per cent stake, with the appointment of German Gunter Butschek to manage the NedCar plant in Holland. Butschek, a rising Daimler-Chrysler star who has run the company's South African operation, takes over as chief executive and president of NedCar next month, subject to anticipated approval by the Dutch firm's works council.
DaimlerChrysler, Hyundai Motor Company and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation have formed a joint venture to develop a family of in-line four cylinder petrol engines. The range of aluminium units -1.8, 2.0 and 2.4-litres - will be used in Hyundai models from 2004 and Chrysler/Mitsubishi cars by 2005. The aluminium design is expected to enhance fuel efficiency and provide improved performance.
