the second generation of the vehicle was introduced in 2006 and all markets including japan adopted the outlander name, although production of the older version continued in parallel. it was built on the company's gs platform, and used various engines developed by mitsubishi, volkswagen, and psa peugeot citroën. psa's citroën c-crosser and peugeot 4007, which were manufactured by mitsubishi in japan, are badge engineered versions of the second generation outlander. global sales achieved the 1.5 million unit milestone in october 2016, 15 years after its market launch.