Mitsubishi makes Raider death official

[VH_Supra26]

by Jeremy Korzeniewski on Feb 19th 2009 at 5:28PM
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We can now officially put a fork in the short-lived Mitsubishi Raider pickup. It's done. Mitsubishi and Chrysler, the company that actually assembles the Raider pickup that's little more than a restyled Dodge Dakota, have jointly admitted that the midsize truck's contract will not be renewed. Mitsubishi is not currently planning on offering a new vehicle to fill the departed truck's spot in the lineup.

This revelation goes right along with remarks made by CEO Osamu Masuko, who suggested that his company would refocus all its efforts on small, fuel efficient cars, hybrids and electric vehicles. In any case, neither Mitsubishi nor Dodge is going to miss the vehicle all that much since sales for all of last year totaled under 3,000 units. Rest in peace, Raider.

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[ceis_r]

Not surprised was kinda rare to see it on the streets.

[raulcr2k3]

Was a fail idea to put the truck into pruduction. IMO

[al]

awesome. Now kill everything but the Evo and we'll forget all past gayness

[PaPo]

i never seen one in person before

[Replica]

I thought they didn't make it past the first production year.

[JHizzleX]

awesome. Now kill everything but the Evo and we'll forget all past gayness

i think if they killed everything except the lancer,lancer ralliart,eclipse and evo mitsubishi would be fine i see quite a few eclipses around and the lancer is the best selling mitsubishi, and the evo speaks for itself.

but thank god they killed that truck

[Cstarflare]

true^ lol never seen that mitsu truck ever in my life. lol

[OverDriveAddict]

i mean did they look at the truck before they thought about selling it...its ugly as hell

[Red88Si]

I actually like how it's styled, but it's still a Dakota. Parked next to one every day at my old apartment complex =P