SA consumers don’t mind cars that soldier on long after their overseas sell-by dates. Consider that Volkswagen’s boxy first-generation Golf remained a sales star literally decades after its genesis, reincarnated as the Citi.
Mitsubishi almost left Europe for good. It said it would not develop vehicles for the Old Continent anymore. Thanks to the Alliance with Renault and Nissan, this does not mean that it will cease selling cars there: it will use modified vehicles from its partners to do so. One of them can be this ASX conceived by the rendering artist Theottle.
Mitsubishi has been falling out of favor with consumers lately because of its rather old-fashioned model roster. But it’s not going down without a fight, hence the odd Eclipse Cross or cool all-new Outlander compact SUV.