The Japanese brand has officially announced the name of the new small model, which will be launched within the year on the European market and which will be: Space Star.
H Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has decided to rename its new global small in Europe due to unexpected issues arising with the rights of registered trademarks, as is that of "Mirage".
Therefore, the new Mitsubishi model will be called “Space Star” for European markets, including Russia and Ukraine, bringing back to the fore a popular model of the brand in Europe, synonymous with interior spaciousness, performance and practicality and user-friendliness.
Their new little one 3,71 m, weighs just 845 kg, aerodynamic coefficient Cd 0,27 and equipped with a three-cylinder engine 1.000 ml, with the average consumption ranging from 4.0 lt./100km and CO2 emissions to be limited to 92 gr / km.
Space Star will be built from March 2012 at MMC's brand new factory at “Laem Chabang Industrial Estate” in Chonburi Province, Thailand. It is the country's third automotive manufacturing facility – serving all global markets with a projected annual capacity of approx. 120.000 units (FY2012).
After Thailand, the ASEAN countries and Japan, the Space Star will begin to be exported to Europe (with successive launches from the end of February 2013 like New Space Star), while Australia and other global markets will follow.

