"Mitsubishi will stop diesels in passenger cars'

Mitsubishi Motors will stop in Europe on the long term offering diesel engines in its passenger cars. The pick-uptrucks of the brand will remain available with a diesel.

That reports the website Nikkei Asian Review. Mitsubishi is in Germany and in the United Kingdom have already stopped with diesel engines. Also in the Netherlands already for quite some time, no diesel cars will more be ordered. According to the importer were diesel cars recently only available from stock. The last instance with a diesel engine, a Mitsubishi Pajero cross-country vehicle, last month sold.

The Japanese brand delivers still diesel cars in countries such as Belgium and France, but according to Nikkei soon to an end. Diesel had, according to the website in the first quarter a share of 30 percent in the sales of Mitsubishi. Previously decided, the Japanese brands Toyota, Nissan and Suzuki already to stop with diesel engines in Europe. Bentley and Porsche, both part of the Volkswagen Group, names recently, the same decision.

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