Mitsubishi Leaves Dakar Rally
Shocking news from Japan: all the work of Mitsubishi Motorsports is stopped, so there will be no more rallying, no more Dakar prizes. The automaker has taken part in Dakar rally 26 times, 12 of which were won. The Japanese manufacturer got so good in sport that it kept coming first seven times in a row. But those days are in the past because the company is cutting corners as well as many other firms and sport suffers first as an unnecessary luxury. Mitsubishi claims its good results in rallies for the...

Peugeot, Mitsubishi joint work projects hint strongly at alliance | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Could another French-Japanese automotive alliance be in the offing? In the shadow of the successful Renault-Nissan Alliance, France's other major carmaker, PSA Peugeot Citro�n, and Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. have become well-acquainted after working together on small ventures. Paris-based Peugeot and Mitsubishi have developed SUVs jointly for the European market, they are planning to build vehicles together in Russia, and they are teaming up on electric cars. On Friday, the chief executives of the...