Mitsubishi i-MiEV Gasoline Version Going to America

Tokyo - Japanese original car manufacturers, Mitsubishi was about to deliver a tiny electric car that belonged to them i-MiEV to the whole world.

But for the American market seems to be a privilege. Because in addition to i-MiEV to send their electricity was also considering to send the i-MiEV all versions of gasoline for American consumers.

But the unique, i-MiEV gasoline sold in their countries, Japan and parts of Europe still uses a small gasoline engines equipped with turbo-charger, but still a capacity of 660 cc.

This capacity is still too small for the American market because most of the motor even in those countries already have the capacity on that machine.

"Gasoline engine may be replaced by a three-cylinder engine 1.0-liter capacity without turbocharging for the United States," said Executive Vice President John Koenig Mitsubishi Motors North America, as quoted by Automotive News, Thursday (26/11/2009).

Later on i-MiEV will fight directly with Daimler AG's Smart built with 1.0-liter engine is also owned by Mitsubishi.

Koenig estimates that 1000 car sales plan a month might be enough to make a name trusted Mitsubishi American consumers in the small car sector.

Well, this car will enter Indonesia, where small cars such as the city car is becoming a trend.