Mitsubishi slapped its badge on the Renault Captur and referred to as it a day after unveiling the “new” ASX final month. It will be placing extra effort into this small crossover for ASEAN markets the place it plans to promote a manufacturing model of the XFC Idea. Unveiled in Ho Chi Min Metropolis (previously often called Saigon), Vietnam’s most populous metropolis, the car is touted as being the “best-suited buddy for an thrilling life” with a “silky and stable” design.
Advertising jargon apart, it has an all-Mitsubishi design versus the ASX’s apparent French DNA. It boasts L-shaped LED headlights with louver-like daytime operating lights mounted under for a light-weight signature repeated on the rear the place the taillights have an analogous look. Illuminated hexagonal shapes are positioned at each ends of the XFC Idea whereas the facet profile reveals cameras as a substitute of standard mirrors.
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The inside follows current developments by adopting side-by-side screens, however fortunately, there are nonetheless separate controls for the local weather settings. They’re mounted on a touch-capacitive panel on the middle console the place we additionally discover the “floating” gear selector and a cease/begin button. The flat-bottomed steering wheel hosts hexagonal contact buttons to reflect the HVAC module and the controls mounted on the door playing cards.
Curiously, sections of the entrance seats and rear bench have a contrasting yellow end that has additionally been used for the stitching all through the cabin. The XFC Idea seems to have a totally flat flooring with sufficient room within the again for 3 passengers who’ve entry to local weather controls mounted on a contact panel. Mitsubishi says the small crossover has class-leading inside area and beneficiant cargo quantity behind the seats.
Technical specs haven’t been supplied, however we do know that is Mitsubishi’s first car to have a “Moist” driving mode to allow “protected driving even on roads flooded by sudden showers.” The XFC Idea has different selectable driving modes: Regular, Gravel, and Mud.
The following manufacturing model can be clearly toned down, so do not anticipate these glitzy lights and facet cameras to outlive. Consequently, we will say the identical factor concerning the two screens mounted on the extremities of the dashboard since these present the footage captured by the cameras. Within the road-going mannequin, Mitsubishi will probably set up the air vents. The idea’s 20-inch wheels appear to be overkill for a small crossover, and the contact controls are most likely going to get replaced with common buttons.
Mitsubishi can have the manufacturing mannequin on sale in Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) markets – together with Vietnam – from the fiscal yr 2023, so someday between April 2023 and March 2024. If it’ll be a industrial success, availability can be expanded to different areas exterior the ASEAN.
