It will debut alongside the Kei EV Concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon.
Ralliart finally returned to the market after a decade-long hiatus. Although this is not the car we had hoped for, there is hope. Mitsubishi has teased a new Ralliart concept vehicle. The mysterious showcar will be unveiled at Tokyo Auto Salon 2022 in Japan next month. It aims to inspire passion and engineering for Monozukuri craftsmanship challenges.
Although it’s not much, there is a teaser picture that shows a large portion of the vehicle’s rear bumper. It features a sports diffuser with the Ralliart logo. The fog light could be modeled after a Formula 1 car’s fog lights. A sculpted bumper, which signals something with some aggression, and thin red reflectors can also be seen.
But what are we actually looking at? It doesn’t have an obvious exhaust tip, so we believe it will be entirely electric. It would have made sense for Mitsubishi’s to add a lot of exhaust finishers to enhance the sporty appearance of its concept car if it was a vehicle with a combustion engine. However, August rumored that there would be a Ralliart-spec OutlanderPHEV. We’ll have to wait and see.
The Tokyo Auto Salon will also feature the Kei EV Concept, an electric vehicle with production intent, which is “based on safety, security and comfort as well as being environmentally friendly.” The tiny electric car, weighing in at just 1.2 lb, will go on sale in The Land of the Rising Sun’s next fiscal year (April 2022 to April 2023).
The zero-emissions kei car was developed in collaboration with Nissan. It will cost around $18,000, after taking into account applicable EV subsidies. The IMk concept showed the tiny electric hatchback and estimated to have a range of 124 miles (200 km). It must not exceed 3.4 meters (134ins), be wider than 1.48m (58.2ins), or taller than 2 meters (78.7ins) to meet kei car regulations. It must not exceed 63 horsepower (47 kW).
This won’t be Mitsu’s first electric kei vehicle. The i-MiEV that was sold in Japan also complied to the segment’s regulations, but without the combustion engine.