Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV to go on sale in America in May
The Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid has been on sale in Japan and Europe for months now, but its US launch has been delayed repeatedly. Indeed it has taken so long that the model has actually undergone a mid-cycle refresh during the time it has taken Mitsubishi to schedule the car for US distribution. Now a report in Automotive News confirms that the Outlander Plug-In Hybrid won't appear in American showrooms until May, well after the launch of a spate of other plug-in SUVs from luxury carmakers such as the BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class, Volvo XC90, and possibly the Audi Q7 as well.
Mirage G4: A sedan version of the Mirage, sold as the Attrage in some countries but dubbed the Mirage G4 for the U.S., is to follow in April. It will share the hatchback's 1.2-liter three-cylinder engine, but offer richer content at a higher price.

Lancer: A freshened version of Mitsubishi's compact sedan is to arrive in U.S. showrooms in December with a new front-end appearance.

That doesn't change the fact that the Lancer was last redesigned in 2007.

Mitsubishi is working on a successor, but the company thinks the vehicle's sales would be insufficient to justify production.

Mitsubishi was also talking with Renault about importing a rebadged version of the Renault Fluence sedan from the Renault Samsung Motors factory in South Korea. Those talks ended because shifting exchange rates killed the business case. Mitsu-bishi is now in talks with a second, as-yet undisclosed automaker. If those negotiations fail, Mitsubishi could still produce a next-generation Lancer itself.

Lancer Evolution: Production of the high-performance Lancer Evolution will conclude at the end of 2015. Mitsubishi says it's working on a successor to the Evo that would ride on the Outlander Sport's platform and use a plug-in hybrid powertrain, but it's unclear wheth-er the project has been approved for production and whether sales would be sufficient to justify getting an Evo heir certified for U.S. sale.

Midsize sedan: In its negotiations with Renault about a compact car, Mitsubishi also inquired about rebadging the Renault Latitude midsize sedan to fill the hole in its U.S. lineup left by the 2012 discontinuation of the Galant. But because of low profit margins and rampant incentive spending in the segment, Mitsubishi ended its search for a midsize sedan when it halted talks with Renault.