Mitsubishi to Launch Engine Production in China in 2018

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. aims by the end of next year to begin making engines in China for its locally assembled SUVs.

The powerplants will be produced at a 10 billion-yen ($92 million) factory that has been under construction since the end of March in Changsha. The facility will be operated by GAC Mitsubishi Motors, MMC’s 5-year-old joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group.

MMC says the factory will have capacity to make about 150,000 engines per year. The GAC-Mitsubishi venture currently imports powerplants from Japan. The company makes ASX small SUVs and larger Pajero Sport and Outlander SUVs.