Mitsubishi Motors Philippines

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Mitsubishi Motors Philippines
Type	Subsidiary
Founded	February 20, 1963
Headquarters	Ortigas Avenue Extention Cainta, Rizal, Philippines
Key people	Kengo Takase (President, CEO)
Products	Automobile manufacturing
Employees	c.1500 (2004)
Parent	Mitsubishi Motors (51%) Nissho Iwai Corporation (49%)
Subsidiaries	Asian Transmission Corp. (ATC)
Website	Mitsubishi-Motors.com.ph

Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) is the Philippine operation of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. It was originally established as the Chrysler Philippines Corporation in 1963 before Mitsubishi took control and renamed it on January 30, 1987.

It is one of the company's four manufacturing facilities outside Japan, and currently produces the Lancer, Adventure, L300 Delica and L200 Strada. In 2004 it produced 9,055 vehicles. It also owns a subsidiary, Asian Transmission Corp. (ATC), located at Calamba, Laguna since its establishment in 1973, which produces auto components.

[edit] Production and sales, 2000–2004

Year	Lancer	Adventure	L200 Delica	L300 Strada	Total	Total sales
2000	1,880	6,729	2,918	1,577	13,104	15,285
2001	2,574	7,714	2,079	1,253	13,620	16,367
2002	1,294	7,742	2,925	1,166	13,127	15,231
2003	-	3,921	3,529	692	8,142	13,912
2004	-	5,868	2,826	361	9,055	12,483