in its home market of japan it was the best-selling suv from october 2006 to march 2007, while in the u.s. market it achieved 1,694 and 2,108 sales in november and december 2006, the first two full months it was available; mitsubishi ultimately hopes for at least 4,000 sales per month in the united states, and after the cancellation of the mitsubishi grandis in model year 2011, the outlander is now mitsubishi's only mpv capable of carrying seven passengers with all wheel drive. in chile, where both generations were on sale simultaneously, the new model was badged outlander k2.