{"id":349414,"date":"2010-02-22T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/22\/mitsubishi-outlander-sport-geneva-asx-fall-america\/"},"modified":"2010-02-22T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T16:29:00","slug":"geneva-bound-mitsubishi-asx-coming-to-america-this-fall-as-outlander-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/349414","title":{"rendered":"Geneva-bound Mitsubishi ASX coming to America this fall as Outlander Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/small>2011 Mitsubishi ASX\/RVR\/Outlander Sport<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

While we have known for some time that Mitsubishi will introduce a new compact crossover dubbed RVR in Japan and ASX in Europe, what we didn’t know was what designation the car would carry when it hit North American showrooms. We do now. A source at Mitsubishi tells Autoblog that the inexpensive four-cylinder crossover will be called Outlander Sport, a nod to Mitsu’s larger and more-established three-row Outlander CUV.<\/p>\n

Astute carspotters will note that this isn’t the first time that the Japanese automaker has used the ‘Sport’ moniker in this capacity, attached to the name of another more expensive and well-known model in its lineup. Back at the beginning of this decade, Mitsu marketed its Montero Sport (a vehicle that was eventually supplanted by the slow-selling Endeavor), a body-on-frame SUV that rode the coattails of the more established and luxurious Montero.<\/p>\n

When the five-passenger Outlander Sport arrives in North America this fall, it will carry a Lancer-derived 2.0-liter gasoline four-cylinder backed by a CVT gearbox, and it will arrive with electronically controlled all-wheel drive. Other drivetrains remain a possibility, but the focus of the 2.0-liter setup will be fuel economy, with Mitsu engineers targeting a highway figure of 30 miles-per-gallon or better (the larger Outlander achieves a maximum of 25 mpg). A front-drive, six-speed manual model will be available in other markets, but its fate remains undecided for North America.<\/p>\n

Pricing will be announced closer to launch, but we expect it to undercut the front-drive Outlander’s MSRP of $21,605 (including destination) as it takes on vehicles like Nissan’s Rogue<\/a> and Hyundai Tucson<\/a>. The new model will be revealed<\/a> at next week’s Geneva Motor Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Mitsubishi ASX<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Filed under: Geneva Motor Show, Crossover, Mitsubishi 2011 Mitsubishi ASX\/RVR\/Outlander Sport While we have known for some time that Mitsubishi will introduce a new compact crossover dubbed RVR in Japan and ASX in Europe, what we didn’t know was what designation the car would carry when it hit North American showrooms. We do now. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}