WWN - Mitsubishi Motors America (MMA) plans to close the plant sole in North America, namely in Normal, Illinois, which has spawned crossover Outlander. This news was revealed by Reuters on Thursday (07/23/2015), and Mitsubishi said to be associated with the strategy to focus on markets of Southeast Asia (ASEAN).
"We have been informed of the need to menghakhiri production and look at strategic buyers Normal plant," MMA said in a statement as reported Automobilemag.com.
MMA finally confirmed, the Normal plant remains open and Mitsubishi did not stop selling in North America. Looking for a buyer to be a step to save the employee's job.
Normal factory managed by Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America and was opened in 1988 as part of the cooperation of Mitsubishi and Chrysler. The first model produced is Eclipse Sport car and Plymouth Laser, after which there is the Chrysler Sebring, Dodge Stratus, SUV Mitsubishi Endeavor, Galant sedan and Outlander eventually.
The highest production figure touching 222 414 units in 2000, but then dropped dramatically in 2009 to 18 502 units. In 2014, there were 69 178 units produced Outlander including exports to several countries as RVR and ASX.
Without the "local cuisine" possibility Outlander supply unit for North America will rely on imports. Indonesia included in the scheme because it became one of the Outlander than Japan, Brazil, and China.
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