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Was seen in official images for more than a month, many will judge the “car without salt”, “dull”, “ugly” and so on, but the truth is that the Global Small Concept, Mitsubishi made in the Hall Geneva 2011, has a really attractive and interesting design for a car of its category. Mitsubishi is committed to developing a compact model tailored to the needs of large Western markets, small, efficient, quality and great design. We will live photos from Geneva.

Big Asian manufacturers have opted for this segment, as shown, Nissan Micra, the KIA Picanto, Toyota Yaris, Suzuki Alto, Hyundai i10 and, among others. In this situation, Mitsubishi does not want to lose a large lot, and be considered among the greats. From this was born the Global Concept Small, whose production version will be presented towards the end of this year, perhaps at the Tokyo Auto Show, and his production will take place in early 2012 in a new MMC plant in Thailand.

With 3.74 meters long and 1.68 wide, the Global Small and CGS concept will be a real compact very well represent the values of segment B, and will come to replace the Colt, Mitsubishi townsman model was not as successful as competitors that you mentioned above. Be equipped with two petrol, 1.0 and 1.2 liters, with Start / Stop System and regenerative braking, the design is also prepared to accommodate an electric motor considering a hybrid variant or 100% electric.

And the business plans do not correspond to the size of the CGS, Mitsubishi plans to produce 150,000 units the first year (2012), with the possibility of increasing the volume to 200,000 units per year. Mass production, brand objectives and rivals, the CGS will be an affordable car production in price and will be distributed in major markets, starting with Europe, South Asia, China, Russia, etc.