Mitsubishi Motors Europe

Mitsubishi Motors Europe B.V.
Type	Subsidiary
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Schiphol-Rijk, Netherlands
Key people	Gen Nishina (President, CEO)
Revenue	€4,418 million (2006)
Operating income	€280 million (2006)
Parent	Mitsubishi Motors
Website	mitsubishi-motors-europe.com

Mitsubishi Motors Europe (MME) is the European sales and distribution subsidiary of the Japanese automotive manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors. Their headquarters are based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Formerly, they had production facilities in Born, Netherlands (opened in 1991 and sold to NedCar in 2012), and from 1999-2008 they contracted production to Pininfarina in Turin, Italy. The European design studio Mitsubishi Design Europe (MDE) and the research and development center Mitsubishi R&D Europe (MRDE) are based at Trebur in Germany, while Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports (MMSP), responsible for the company's record-breaking success in the Dakar Rally, work out of Pont-de-Vaux, France. The company oversees 2,500 dealers in 36 countries.^[1]

Historically, MME has also been responsible for sales within Russia.^[2] 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.^[3] It now represents the company's biggest market in Europe, and since 2006 Mitsubishi has treated Russia as a separate market.^[4] In addition, Mitsubishi has been greatly successful in the Ukrainian market, being the top selling brand for four consecutive years to 2007.^[2]

Production and sales figures

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*