Mitsubishi Celebrates Its Best Sales Month Since 2004 in March
Due in no small part to record sales for the Mitsubishi Outlander line, Mitsubishi's March sales reached new heights last month
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After several consecutive years of setting new sales records, most automakers are experiencing declining sales so far in 2019. However, this is certainly not the case for Mitsubishi.
In fact, Mitsubishi just celebrated its best sales month since March of 2004.
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At the end of March, Mitsubishi delivered 19,599 vehicles. By comparison, Mitsubishi delivered 14,319 vehicles back in March of 2018, accounting for a 36.9 percent sales increase.
Mitsubishi’s growing line of SUVs and crossovers have helped it to achieve this new record. Adding the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross to its lineup resulted in 3,143 vehicle sales last month.
Meanwhile, the Mitsubishi Outlander celebrated its best sales month ever in March. By the end of the monthly sales period, Mitsubishi sold 7,923 Outlander vehicles, a 65.4 percent sales increase compared to the 4,789 Outlander models it sold back in March of 2018.
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Likewise, the smaller Outlander Sport celebrated its best March sales ever. Mitsubishi sold 5,309 Outlander Sport vehicles by the end of the March sales month.
Still, Mitsubishi’s only remaining passenger car, the Mirage, lost some sales momentum in March. Mirage sales were down to 2,880 units, a sales loss of 7.3 percent.
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So far this year, Mitsubishi has delivered a total of 42,067 vehicles. By the end of the first quarter back in 2018, Mitsubishi had delivered 35,722 vehicles, meaning Mitsubishi’s 2019 sales are so far 17.6 percent higher than they were a year ago.
You can take a closer look at how each Mitsubishi model performed during the automaker’s record sales month using the chart below:
Mitsubishi March 2019 Sales
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