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VeradaBoy
03-05-2006, 02:46 PM
Just in off MMAL website:

"Mitsubishi Motors has maintained its market share in an extremely tough April auto market, while the 380 continued its gradual climb in the Large Car segment by recording a significant jump in market share from 10% to 12% during the last month.

In a market that was down 10% on April 2005, and 21% on the previous month (March) Mitsubishi managed to increase its market share by 0.5% compared to April last year. In a Large Car segment that fell 32% from the previous month, 380 has defied the trend and has continued to build its share of the segment against competitors that recorded losses as high as 53%"

Mitsubishi President and CEO, Mr Robert McEniry, announced a revised range and prices for 380 last week, and said that the immediate increased consumer interest and showroom traffic generated by the changes showed that this action would help 380 maintain its month-on-month improvement in a very tough market.

Other highlights for April for Mitsubishi were the 85% increase in sales of its Grandis people-mover, and the continued sales performance of Triton 4WD utility when it recorded a further 20% increase year-on-year. This increase in sales has been driven by the introduction of the sporty GLX-R model that was conceived in Australia..."

Don't have official figures yet, though I'm sure someone here will dig'em up eventually. Good result all things considered:) , though I believe in terms of raw vehicles registered the number will be down on March. But I'd be interested to see what the vehicles sold per day ratio is, given April was a shorter month, had 5 weekends and more public holidays than March.

Great result for Grandis too... if I ever start a family that's what I'll get (if it were a family of 6 or 7 of course!lol )

At the time 380 was released the target percentage for market share was 13%, so given the difficult climate I think 380 may be able to survive without going anywhere near reaching its raw vehicles sold target. Could easily exceed that 13% too:P

burfadel
03-05-2006, 03:20 PM
Thats great news :)

Just wondering how many other Mitsubishi vehicles world wide use the SOHC 3.8? Was that designed for the crappy 85/88 or whatever RON fuels that they sell in the US?

thatdbeme
03-05-2006, 08:12 PM
here is some more info
http://www.fordaustraliaforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17540

dave_au
03-05-2006, 09:16 PM
1,040 is the number I believe.

Pretty good to move that before the new pricing structure comes into effect. I just hope they can actually advertise their new pricing structure.

The top 11 for the month:

Commodore: 3796
Toyota Corolla 2898
Falcon: 2563
Mazda 3 2555
Toyota Yaris 2092
Toyota Camry 1996
Toyota Hi-Lux 4x4 1574
Hyundai Getz 1564
Ford Territory 1525
Holden Astra 1289
Ford Focus 1288

Corolla steals the number 2 spot, that will make FFAU upset.

Gekko
04-05-2006, 05:07 AM
Not bad considering the fact that they're in one of the toughest segments (at the moment). Hopefully the new pricing will push them to 1500 in May. It is a little disappointing that they didn't make the top 11. I'm also surprised at the Camry sales.

Fairlane
04-05-2006, 08:21 AM
threre go new ads on at moment, that will help. They are actually promoting it as a series 2, just saw an ad for the SX and with the other ads, they have got a new sales pitch 'engineered to excite' is dead.

*Its all good news

Falcon Freak
04-05-2006, 07:40 PM
What caught my attention is that the Magna/Verada had its best performance for this year (196 and 4 sales respectively). This is surprising considering the last of these cars were made in August 2005.

FF

thatdbeme
04-05-2006, 09:08 PM
What caught my attention is that the Magna/Verada had its best performance for this year (196 and 4 sales respectively). This is surprising considering the last of these cars were made in August 2005.

FF
how do you find out those figures?

dave_au
04-05-2006, 10:15 PM
What caught my attention is that the Magna/Verada had its best performance for this year (196 and 4 sales respectively). This is surprising considering the last of these cars were made in August 2005.

FF
So what?

In NZ they have a 2006 model TW wagon.

Its not unusual for manufacturers to have older stock on hand, I know daimlerchrysler has stock 8-10 months old, and a cheaper asian manufacturer even has stock dating back to 2002.

M4DDOG
04-05-2006, 10:25 PM
i thought mits was still offering the TW in wagon form as there is no wagon 380?

Falcon Freak
05-05-2006, 04:33 AM
how do you find out those figures?

Subscribers to http://www.fcai.com.au/ receive monthly vfact reports which list all new vehicle sales in Australia. This report does not include vehicles exported by the local manufacturers.


i thought mits was still offering the TW in wagon form as there is no wagon 380?

Yes they are as Mitsubishi still have a stockpile of these models. But they ceased building these cars in August 2005.

FF

adz89
05-05-2006, 01:58 PM
I'm back today everyone (I was in Melbourne the last few days!)


What caught my attention is that the Magna/Verada had its best performance for this year (196 and 4 sales respectively). This is surprising considering the last of these cars were made in August 2005.

FF

I wouldn't be suprised at this figure at all. A few dealers were selling brand new 2005 Verada GTVi AWD's (some with sunroof) for $30,990 driveaway.

Falcon Freak
05-05-2006, 05:44 PM
I wouldn't be suprised at this figure at all. A few dealers were selling brand new 2005 Verada GTVi AWD's (some with sunroof) for $30,990 driveaway.

That is a good buy.

FF