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These days, it seems like every company is killing a model in its line-up. The latest victim of this widespread policy is the Mitsubishi Raider pickup truck that will be discontinued in mid-2010. The Raider, which is nothing more than a rebadged Dodge Dakota, has been on sale in the U.S. since 2005. This year, Mitsubishi saw the Raider's sales plummet 64.5 percent to a mere 2,935 units from 2007. And why not just put the Raider out of its misery right now, you may ask? Well, unfortunately for Mitsubishi, the contract with Chrysler which supplies the pickup truck, ends in 2010.
- Complete American Pickup Truck Sales Figures - 2009 Year End
You thought 2008 was bad? U.S. pickup truck sales plunged 30% to fewer than 1.5 million in 2009 as every truck save for the new Suzuki Equator produced sales declines, some of which were disastrous. The U.S. new vehicle industry was down 21% to 10.4...
- Complete American Pickup Truck Sales Figures - 2006 Year End
U.S. pickup truck sales slid 10% in 2006 as the vast majority of truck nameplates posted measurable year-over-year sales decreases. The Ford F-Series continued to lead the way, but Ford lost 105,000 F-Series sales compared with 2005. • Complete...
- Complete American Pickup Truck Sales Figures - 2005 Year End
Pickup truck sales in the United States in 2005 were basically level as the category endured a great deal of change, as the overall new vehicle market grew 0.5%. New trucks arrived at Mitsubishi (the Dakota-based Raider) and Honda (the Odyssey-based Ridgeline)...
- Complete American Pickup Truck Sales Figures - 2007 Year End
2007 was the Toyota Tundra's most successful year ever, but in no wise was 2007 the year of the pickup truck, not in the home of the pickup truck. In the United States, sales of all but three trucks declined. Two of the pickups that produced improved...
- Mitsubishi & January Success
Eleven consecutive months of production growth is music to the ears of Mitsubishi's top bosses. Â Globally, Mitsubishi Motors produced 115,805 vehicles in January. Â Mitsubishi exported 29,316 cars from Japan to Europe alone. Â The global production...
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No Tears: Mitsubishi to Kill Raider Pickup Truck
These days, it seems like every company is killing a model in its line-up. The latest victim of this widespread policy is the Mitsubishi Raider pickup truck that will be discontinued in mid-2010. The Raider, which is nothing more than a rebadged Dodge Dakota, has been on sale in the U.S. since 2005. This year, Mitsubishi saw the Raider's sales plummet 64.5 percent to a mere 2,935 units from 2007. And why not just put the Raider out of its misery right now, you may ask? Well, unfortunately for Mitsubishi, the contract with Chrysler which supplies the pickup truck, ends in 2010.Via: Autonews
- Complete American Pickup Truck Sales Figures - 2009 Year End
You thought 2008 was bad? U.S. pickup truck sales plunged 30% to fewer than 1.5 million in 2009 as every truck save for the new Suzuki Equator produced sales declines, some of which were disastrous. The U.S. new vehicle industry was down 21% to 10.4...
- Complete American Pickup Truck Sales Figures - 2006 Year End
U.S. pickup truck sales slid 10% in 2006 as the vast majority of truck nameplates posted measurable year-over-year sales decreases. The Ford F-Series continued to lead the way, but Ford lost 105,000 F-Series sales compared with 2005. • Complete...
- Complete American Pickup Truck Sales Figures - 2005 Year End
Pickup truck sales in the United States in 2005 were basically level as the category endured a great deal of change, as the overall new vehicle market grew 0.5%. New trucks arrived at Mitsubishi (the Dakota-based Raider) and Honda (the Odyssey-based Ridgeline)...
- Complete American Pickup Truck Sales Figures - 2007 Year End
2007 was the Toyota Tundra's most successful year ever, but in no wise was 2007 the year of the pickup truck, not in the home of the pickup truck. In the United States, sales of all but three trucks declined. Two of the pickups that produced improved...
- Mitsubishi & January Success
Eleven consecutive months of production growth is music to the ears of Mitsubishi's top bosses. Â Globally, Mitsubishi Motors produced 115,805 vehicles in January. Â Mitsubishi exported 29,316 cars from Japan to Europe alone. Â The global production...