Mitsubishi Motors Europe (MME) is the Europe

Europe

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an sales and distribution subsidiary

Subsidiary

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 of the Japan

Japan

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ese automaker

Automaker

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 Mitsubishi Motors

Mitsubishi Motors

is a multinational automaker headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. In 2009 it was the fifth-largest Japan-based automaker and the 17th-largest in the world measured by production...

. Their headquarters are based in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, and they have two production facilities, in Born, Netherlands (NedCar

NedCar

NedCar, officially Netherlands Car B.V. and a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Motors, is the only large-scale automaker in the Netherlands. Based in Born on a 927,000 m2 site, it has a capacity of approximately 200,000 vehicles, and produced its millionth vehicle, a Mitsubishi Space Star, on October...

) and Turin

Turin

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, Italy

Italy

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. The European design studio Mitsubishi Design Europe (MDE) and the research and development

Research and development

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 center Mitsubishi R&D Europe (MRDE) are based at Trebur

Trebur

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 in Germany

Germany

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, while Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports (MMSP), responsible for the company's record-breaking success in the Dakar Rally

Dakar Rally

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, work out of Pont-de-Vaux

Pont-de-Vaux

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, France

France

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. The company oversees 2,500 dealers in 36 countries.

Historically, MME has also been responsible for sales within Russia

Russia

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. However, recent economic development in that country have driven annual sales from less than 50 in 1991 to 57,200 in 2006, with 70,000 anticipated for 2007. It now represents the company's biggest market in Europe, and since 2006 Mitsubishi has treated Russia as a separate market. In addition, Mitsubishi has been greatly successful in the Ukrainian

Ukraine

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market, being the top selling brand for four consecutive years to 2007.

Production and sales, 1995–2007

Year	Production	Sales
1995	19,100	n/a
1996	44,401	n/a
1997	82,255	n/a
1998	91,884	n/a
1999	113,331	n/a
2000	78,542	258,256
2001	79,261	212,983
2002	86,900	202,993
2003	75,276	213,567
2004	103,101	241,758
2005	68,551	267,220
2006	80,315	282,333*
2007	68,434	340,490*

*Figures include Russia, although this market is no longer under MME jurisdiction.

External links

• Mitsubishi-motors-europe.com, official site