Mitsubishi has supplied a take a look at the outside of its upcoming new small SUV, set for its official unveiling on the Gaikindo motor present in Indonesia on August 10.

Though the mannequin is initially supposed for the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) area, together with international locations resembling Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand, a worldwide launch hasn’t been dominated out – and will it come to Australia, it may function a substitute for the aged ASX.

On prime of a glimpse on the still-unnamed mannequin’s design language, the Japanese automaker has revealed some preliminary technical particulars.

The front-wheel drive SUV will use a 1.5-litre engine with a constantly variable transmission (CVT).

Although there’s no all-wheel drive, Mitsubishi says the SUV has a considerable 222mm of floor clearance.

4 drive modes shall be accessible – Regular, Moist, Gravel and Mud. There may even be lively yaw management.

It stays trustworthy to final 12 months’s XFC idea automotive, although it loses flashier options such because the flush door handles and digicam mirrors.

The mannequin’s aspect profile sports activities a floating roof, door sills embossed with a diamond sample, and wheel arches marked by deep grooves and crammed with 18-inch wheels.

On the entrance, the SUV has Mitsubishi’s staple Dynamic Defend grille that has been up to date with extra aggressive geometric styling.

It’s shouldered by T-shaped LED daytime operating lights shaped of an L-shaped mild bar and slitted accents, the form of which is repeated within the rear tail lights.

The mannequin measures in at 4390mm lengthy, 1810mm extensive, and 1660mm tall. That’s 25mm longer and 20mm taller than the ASX, whereas retaining the identical width.

Buyer deliveries for the ASEAN markers will start in November, rolling off the road at Mitsubishi’s West Java manufacturing facility.

Within the cabin, passengers will get to expertise the encompass sound audio system developed in collaboration with Yamaha.

If the XFC idea additionally offers an correct information for the mannequin’s inside, we are able to anticipate to see an ethereal cabin with a freshly designed steering wheel, a big meeting housing the infotainment touchscreen and a digital instrument cluster, and haptic touchpads to regulate options.

“On this all-new mannequin, we’ve got additional developed the design to satisfy the wants of the compact SUV market, which has been rising lately…we’ve got pursued a design that’s extra trendy, energetic, and distinctive than ever,” stated Mitsubishi design supervisor Seiji Watanabe.

Mitsubishi president and chief govt Takao Kato stated on the XFC Idea reveal final October it plans to “add an electrified variant to the line-up and to additionally roll it out in areas outdoors ASEAN”.

“We hope to develop the mannequin from a automobile for the ASEAN market to a worldwide strategic automobile,” he added.

There may be hypothesis that this new compact SUV may act as a substitute for the present ASX within the Australian market, with senior executives inside Mitsubishi confirming to Australian media earlier this 12 months acknowledging the very fact the present mannequin “can’t final endlessly.”

Nonetheless, the manager officer chargeable for product at Mitsubishi, Koichi Namiki, admitted head workplace is “not assuming” there’ll be a niche between the ASX at present on sale and no matter replaces it in native showrooms.

Since there is no such thing as a confirmed finish date for the ASX, even when the ASEAN-focused compact SUV does make it to Australia it isn’t anticipated any time quickly.

Mitsubishi doesn’t at present promote the 2010-vintage ASX in markets like Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia, although it stays on tariffs in markets like Japan (because the RVR) and North America (because the Outlander Sport).

The present ASX has been handled to a number of styling and tech updates throughout its prolonged run, however is now round 5 years past the purpose most autos would have been changed.

In Europe, it’s being changed by a brand new automobile referred to as the ASX… however which is little greater than a Renault Captur with Mitsubishi diamonds in lieu of the Renault diamond.

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