Trex
Well-known member
Ok fellow Phevers just a short talk about the parent company and our PHEVS.
I get the impression from reading various threads on this forum that many of you have had nothing to do with the company before and are maybe fearful of the brand because of its smaller size, ............... (insert whatever you want in this space) compared with other more well known Motor companies to you. Future concerns about reliability I have seen mentioned here frequently. Now because the majority of us here are probably driving the first model of the PHEV and we feel like we are beta testers that is probably a justified feeling.
But lets have a different look at current situation.
The PHEV has been out now for nearly 4 years (late Jan) in Japan, over 3 Years in Netherlands (Oct 2013) etc etc and so far no mass major recalls for a car with so much new technology. Pretty good so far.
It has ranked the best selling plug in Hybrid for a number of years and up to Nov 2016 over 116,000 of these marvels have been sold. There are a lot of us in the same boat. The first 4wd plug in hybrid in the world and in my opinion still the best.
Now lets talk about Mitsubishi. The first I heard about this company was when I was a child. Here in Australia during WWII we were attacked by the Japanese on our top end and the Mitsubishi Zero was a famed plane that terrorized the skies through the Pacific war. They were still talking about it in the 1960s when I can remember hearing about it. The Americans had to develop new tactics and planes to fight this menace. We Australians recalled our best fighter pilots from the European theatre (including my father's first cousin from Malta) and the latest Spitfires from Britain just to take them on. So Mitsubishi was well known in our family and not for good reasons but they made an exceptional plane.
Fast forward to the early 1980s. A new car called the Mitsubishi Pajero 4wd came on the market here. We were regular users of Land Rover 4wd, Toyota Land cruisers 4wd in our business. They were tough but very utilitarian in their nature. This new Pajero was like a car inside. It cannot be tough like the competion. We bit the bullet and bought one and never looked back. Have owned 3 but still bought Land cruisers for some of our fellow workers because some people never like change. In Australia Mitsubishi is well known. The 1st Motor company with 5yr warranties here.
The Pajero went on to win the Paris-Dakar rally more times than any other vehicle.
So folks I hope it puts a few minds at ease about the PHEV and Mitsubishi. It helps me.
Regards Trex.
Ps Their was a problem with the GS Yuasa Corp cells in 2013 that delayed introduction in most markets but I do not consider that a mass recall. You may beg to differ. It was certainly a early teething problem that had to be fixed.
I get the impression from reading various threads on this forum that many of you have had nothing to do with the company before and are maybe fearful of the brand because of its smaller size, ............... (insert whatever you want in this space) compared with other more well known Motor companies to you. Future concerns about reliability I have seen mentioned here frequently. Now because the majority of us here are probably driving the first model of the PHEV and we feel like we are beta testers that is probably a justified feeling.
But lets have a different look at current situation.
The PHEV has been out now for nearly 4 years (late Jan) in Japan, over 3 Years in Netherlands (Oct 2013) etc etc and so far no mass major recalls for a car with so much new technology. Pretty good so far.
It has ranked the best selling plug in Hybrid for a number of years and up to Nov 2016 over 116,000 of these marvels have been sold. There are a lot of us in the same boat. The first 4wd plug in hybrid in the world and in my opinion still the best.
Now lets talk about Mitsubishi. The first I heard about this company was when I was a child. Here in Australia during WWII we were attacked by the Japanese on our top end and the Mitsubishi Zero was a famed plane that terrorized the skies through the Pacific war. They were still talking about it in the 1960s when I can remember hearing about it. The Americans had to develop new tactics and planes to fight this menace. We Australians recalled our best fighter pilots from the European theatre (including my father's first cousin from Malta) and the latest Spitfires from Britain just to take them on. So Mitsubishi was well known in our family and not for good reasons but they made an exceptional plane.
Fast forward to the early 1980s. A new car called the Mitsubishi Pajero 4wd came on the market here. We were regular users of Land Rover 4wd, Toyota Land cruisers 4wd in our business. They were tough but very utilitarian in their nature. This new Pajero was like a car inside. It cannot be tough like the competion. We bit the bullet and bought one and never looked back. Have owned 3 but still bought Land cruisers for some of our fellow workers because some people never like change. In Australia Mitsubishi is well known. The 1st Motor company with 5yr warranties here.
The Pajero went on to win the Paris-Dakar rally more times than any other vehicle.
So folks I hope it puts a few minds at ease about the PHEV and Mitsubishi. It helps me.
Regards Trex.
Ps Their was a problem with the GS Yuasa Corp cells in 2013 that delayed introduction in most markets but I do not consider that a mass recall. You may beg to differ. It was certainly a early teething problem that had to be fixed.
