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Mitsubishi Raider Gets The Axe

By TheCarConnection Team's avatar TheCarConnection TeamMarty Padgett, January 12th, 2009

Mitsubishi Raider Gets The Axe

Few will be crying when the last Mitsubishi Raider pickup rolls of the line sometime in 2010. A half-hearted beast from the very start, slow sales of she snout-nosed, restyled Dodge Dakota "mid-size" pickup first killed its only decent engine, an optional Chrysler V-8, in 2008. Next to go was optional four-wheel drive, struck from the options sheet in 2009.

All that remains is an emasculated, steel-wheeled beast on a full frame motivated lackadaisically by the 3.7-liter V-6 that Mopar truck guys despise for replacing the stalwart 4.0-liter Jeep inline six. Surely Mitsubishi, who once proudly sold rugged Monteros and MightyMaxx pickups to...

Few will be crying when the last Mitsubishi Raider pickup rolls of the line sometime in 2010. A half-hearted beast from the very start, slow sales of she snout-nosed, restyled Dodge Dakota "mid-size" pickup first killed its only decent engine, an optional Chrysler V-8, in 2008. Next to go was optional four-wheel drive, struck from the options sheet in 2009. All that remains is an emasculated, steel-wheeled beast on a full frame motivated lackadaisically by the 3.7-liter V-6 that Mopar truck guys despise for replacing the stalwart 4.0-liter Jeep inline six. Surely Mitsubishi, who once proudly sold rugged Monteros and MightyMaxx pickups to... Read More

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Posted in: 2010, Mitsubishi, Pickups, Raider