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Overview
The Grandis was launched on 14 May 2003 and sold in Japan, Asia, Europe, Oceania
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, Mexico, Honduras
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, Jamaica
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and South America.["Mitsubishi Motors Releases New Grandis"](_blank)
Mitsubishi Motors press release, 14 May 2003
The exterior styling was based loosely on designer Olivier Boulay's earlier Mitsubishi Space Liner, a monobox four-seat concept vehicle with centre opening "suicide door
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s", first exhibited at the Tokyo Motor Show
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in October 2001.
It was the first all new vehicle featuring the company's new common "face", comprising a curved lower grille edge and a sharp crease rising up the leading edge of the bonnet from the prominent corporate badge. It shared its platform with the Mitsubishi Airtrek, minus the increased ground clearance.
The Grandis was also the basis for the Mitsubishi FCV (Fuel Cell Vehicle) concept, powered by a fuel cell
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technology developed by then controlling shareholder DaimlerChrysler
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. DCX's "FC System" uses a fuel cell stack to replenish an array of NiMH NIMH may refer to:
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batteries from 117 litres of compressed hydrogen storage.
The Grandis was launched in Malaysia on 28 July 2005 in conjunction with Mitsubishi's return to Malaysia. The Grandis was updated in Malaysia in September 2007, July 2009 and in August 2010.["Mitsubishi Grandis and Strada win Car of the Year Awards at Bangkok International Motor Show"](_blank)
, Mitsubishi Motors Press Release, 29 March 2005
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MMTh website
"มิตซูบิชิ ควบ 2 รางวัล "รถยอดเยี่ยม”"
Thai PR, 2 April 2008
Thai Auto Shop, 8 April 2009
"ผลตัดสินรถยอดเยี่ยมแห่งปี2010 ในงานมอเตอร์โชว์ บีเอ็มฯคว้า7รางวัล มิตซูฯ5 นิสสัน3 จยย.ฮอนด้าได้4"
, Matichon Online, 31 March 2010 During March 2009, it saw the cancellation of this model in the Japanese market. For 2011, it was discontinued globally.
Powertrain
Engines available were a 2.4-litre four-cylinder
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and a Europe-only Volkswagen
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sourced 2.0-litre turbodiesel
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, badged DI-D rather than TDI as Volkswagen denotes it. The diesel model arrived in conjunction with the Grandis' European launch in 2004. It originally used the BSY version of Volkswagen's Common Rail diesel engine; in 2008 it was changed to the BWC variant of the same with no declared performance changes.
Annual production and sales
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References
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Grandis
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* Grandis (company), a company producing High quality Italian racing bicycles
* Grandis (surname)
* Mitsubishi Grandis, a large multi-purpose vehi ...
Cars introduced in 2003
2010s cars
Minivans
Front-wheel-drive vehicles