Welcome to the North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club Friday March 29, 2024
Home Forums Images WikiNASIOC Products Store Modifications Upgrade Garage
NASIOC
Go Back   NASIOC > NASIOC General > News & Rumors > Non-Subaru News & Rumors

Welcome to NASIOC - The world's largest online community for Subaru enthusiasts!
Welcome to the NASIOC.com Subaru forum.

You are currently viewing our forum as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our community, free of charge, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is free, fast and simple, so please join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.







* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads. 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-15-2006, 07:50 AM   #1
NYCshopper
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 5126
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: www.nugateway.com
Default Mitsubishi "i" takes RJC Car of the Year 2007

Mitsubishi "i" takes RJC Car of the Year 2007



Press Release:
Quote:
"i" takes RJC Car of the Year 2007

Tokyo, November 15, 2006 - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced that the "i" has been awarded the "RJC Car of the Year 2007" by the Automotive Researchers' & Journalists' Conference of Japan (RJC) *1. The "i" is the first Mitsubishi car to win RJC Car of the Year.

Ushering in a new age for the minicar, "i" was developed as an innovative Premium Small Car that successfully overcomes the tradeoffs traditionally associated with the category: design versus comfortable interior space; comfortable interior space versus impact safety. Mitsubishi Motors has conquered these challenges by developing a new and leading edge "rear-midship layout" that mounts the engine forward of the rear axle line and permits three new "innovations" within the category's dimensional constraints: futuristic and uptown styling; agile handling and a comfortable ride; and excellent multidirectional impact safety. This highly original exterior and interior design, which is delivered by the ingenious platform, brought the grand prize in the award.

MMC president Osamu Masuko made the following remarks: "We are honored to receive this significant award today with our "i" minicar that has found favor with customers for its outstanding and futuristic design. We will keep working on the development of customer-oriented models with this unique "rear-midship layout" platform that brings new levels of ride comfort and impact safety together with innovative design."

*1: In this year's RJC Car of the Year, 62 members of a selection committee considered 25 domestic vehicles whose production plan is more than five thousand vehicles per year, launched between November 1, 2005 and October 31, 2006.
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
NYCshopper is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
Old 11-15-2006, 07:59 AM   #2
Mopho
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 32334
Join Date: Jan 2003
Chapter/Region: SCIC
Location: Suitcase-my stuff lives in LA
Vehicle:
05 Outback
Caterham 7 Superlight R

Default

A colleague had one on loan from Mitsubishi here in LA a couple of months ago. Very neat little car. We took it out to dinner and everywhere we went people were snapping pics of us with their phones.
The funny thing is the Nav in it thought we were in Tokyo

Of course I did not have my camera with me
Mopho is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2006, 11:25 AM   #3
US2JDM
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 5893
Join Date: Apr 2001
Chapter/Region: E. Canada
Location: Fairport, NY
Vehicle:
1997 Black GC4
1995 White BK6

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mopho View Post
A colleague had one on loan from Mitsubishi here in LA a couple of months ago. Very neat little car. We took it out to dinner and everywhere we went people were snapping pics of us with their phones.
The funny thing is the Nav in it thought we were in Tokyo

Of course I did not have my camera with me
What the...

What kind of automotive photographer are you?!?!
US2JDM is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2006, 01:19 PM   #4
Mopho
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 32334
Join Date: Jan 2003
Chapter/Region: SCIC
Location: Suitcase-my stuff lives in LA
Vehicle:
05 Outback
Caterham 7 Superlight R

Default

I was slacking
Mopho is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X takes “2008 Sports Car of the Year” award AVANTI R5 Non-Subaru News & Rumors 7 11-19-2008 12:50 PM
Mazda Demio (Mazda2) Wins 2008 RJC Car of the Year Award NYCshopper Non-Subaru News & Rumors 3 11-20-2007 10:47 AM
Top Three Finalists - 2007 World Car of the Year (Winner @ 2007 NYIAS) NYCshopper Non-Subaru News & Rumors 12 03-20-2007 05:14 PM
Robb Report Editors name "Bentley Continental GTC" 2007 Car of the Year NYCshopper Non-Subaru News & Rumors 1 01-06-2007 06:35 PM
MotorTrend: 2007 Car of the Year... NYCshopper Non-Subaru News & Rumors 54 11-28-2006 12:32 AM

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:08 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Powered by Searchlight © 2024 Axivo Inc.
Copyright ©1999 - 2019, North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club, Inc.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission
Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.