The Mitsubishi Freeca is a

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and

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for the Asian market, and built in Taiwan, China, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam where it is known as the Mitsubishi Adventure/Kuda/Jolie.

Overview

The Mitsubishi Freeca was first released on 11 September 1997,"China Motor Corporation of Taiwan Launches Freeca"
Mitsubishi Motors press release, 11 September 1997 and the 50,000th Adventure was manufactured in the Philippines plant in March 2005.
Autoindustriya.com, 4 April 2006 In the Philippines, the Adventure was given major redesigns in 2001 and then 2004, then a minor facelift in late 2009. Trims include the GLX, GLX SE, GLS Sport, Super Sport and Grand Sport. The original pre-facelift model continued to be sold in 2006 as the Adventure GX. They were both sold alongside the facelifted model. It was essentially a stripped down Adventure meant for commercial or fleet use. the "GX" serves as the most basic base-model of the Adventure lineup. Another version of the Adventure GX, called the ''Adventure TX'', was made specifically to be used for taxicabs/

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use. Although the TX is seen more of a trim on the Adventure GX rather than another version of the car. Sales of the GX ended in 2017, but few remaining units were sold until 2018 in some dealerships. The vehicle is also known as the Mitsubishi Kuda in Indonesia where it was locally manufactured by PT Krama Yudha Kesuma Motor and marketed by Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian until 2005 when its manufacturing plant was closed. "''Kuda''" means

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in Indonesian. It is marketed as the Mitsubishi Jolie in Vietnam. The model name "Freeca" is coined from "''free''" and "''ca''", the Taiwanese for vehicle.

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Taiwanese-made Freecas were also briefly available in the South African market, locally assembled in

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and sold as the Africar Landio and Africar Jockey.

Soueast

From 2001 to 2017, the Freeca was rebadged by the

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brand for China.

Gallery

;Mitsubishi Freeca File:Mitsubishi Freeca 20121215 (cropped).JPG, Mitsubishi Freeca (first facelift, Taiwan) File:Mitsubishi Freeca Truck.jpg, Mitsubishi Freeca pickup (first facelift, Taiwan) File:2005 CMC-Mitsubishi Freeca (second facelift).jpg, Mitsubishi Freeca (second facelift, Taiwan) File:Mitsubishi Freeca facelift Taiwan 002.jpg, Mitsubishi Freeca (second facelift, Taiwan) ;Mitsubishi Adventure File:PNP Mitsubishi Adventure GX (Original Work).jpg, Mitsubishi Adventure GX (first facelift, Philippines) File:Mitsubishi Adventure (third facelift).JPG, Mitsubishi Adventure GLX (third facelift, Philippines) File:Mitsubishi Adventure GLX.jpg, Mitsubishi Adventure GLX (third facelift, Philippines) ;Mitsubishi Kuda File:Mitsubishi Kuda Super Exceed (front), Tuban.jpg, Mitsubishi Kuda Super Exceed 1.6 (VA1W; pre-facelift, Indonesia) File:Mitsubishi Kuda Super Exceed (rear), Tuban.jpg, Mitsubishi Kuda Super Exceed 1.6 (VA1W; pre-facelift, Indonesia) File:2002 Mitsubishi Kuda Super Exceed 2.5 Diesel VB5W (20211020) 01.jpg, Mitsubishi Kuda Super Exceed 2.5 Diesel (VB5W; pre-facelift, Indonesia) File:2002 Mitsubishi Kuda Super Exceed 2.5 Diesel VB5W (20211020) 02.jpg, Mitsubishi Kuda Super Exceed 2.5 Diesel (VB5W; pre-facelift, Indonesia) File:2002-2004 Mitsubishi Kuda Grandia 2.0 MPi VB2W (20191020) 01.jpg, Mitsubishi Kuda Grandia 2.0 MPi (VB2W; first facelift, Indonesia) File:2002-2004 Mitsubishi Kuda Grandia 2.0 MPi VB2W (20191020) 02.jpg, Mitsubishi Kuda Grandia 2.0 MPi (VB2W; first facelift, Indonesia) ;Soueast Freeca File:Soueast Freeca 01 China 2012-04-14.JPG, Soueast Freeca DN6440-IM (pre-facelift, China) File:Soueast Freeca 02 China 2012-04-14.JPG, Soueast Freeca DN6440-IM (pre-facelift, China) File:Soueast Freeca 01 China 2012-04-28.JPG, Soueast Freeca GLS (pre-facelift, China) File:Soueast Freeca 02 China 2012-04-28.JPG, Soueast Freeca GLS (pre-facelift, China)

Production

* Freeca and Zinger combined production figures ''(Sources
Facts & Figures 2000Facts & Figures 2005Facts & Figures 2009
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References

{{Mitsubishi Motors timeline 2010 to date Freeca Cars introduced in 1997 2000s cars 2010s cars Compact MPVs Rear-wheel-drive vehicles