TOKYO —

itsubishi Motors Corp said Monday that it will start automobile production in Russia in 2011 jointly with French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen. The two companies will build a new plant with an annual production capacity of 160,000 units in Kaluga, southwest of Moscow. 

Mitsubishi will be producing automobiles in Russia for the first time ever. Peugeot Citroen will lead the joint manufacture of midsize sport-utility vehicles, which will be sold under the Mitsubishi, Peugeot and Citroen brands. The Outlander SUV, supplied by Mitsubishi Motors to Peugeot Citroen on an original equipment manufacturer basis, is seen as a leading candidate model for the joint production in Russia.

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  usaexpat at 12:42 AM JST - 21st May

  lets put crap and crap together and build it with ex-soviet labor now that should yield some quality products uh huh. I'll expect these cars to be as good as the Yugo an old Fiat design built in Yugoslavia, boy those were some sweet wheels.

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  DenshaDeGO at 03:11 PM JST - 21st May

  Did Mercedes finally drop Mitsubishi then? Guess Peugeot is the only company that will still have anything to do with them.

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