Mitsubishi 500

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Mitsubishi
1961 Mitsubishi 500 01.jpg
500/500 Super DeLuxe
Production period: 1959-1962
Class : Microcar
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Otto engines :
0.5-0.6 liters
(15.4-18.4 kW)
Length: 3140 mm
Width: 1390 mm
Height: 1372 mm
Wheelbase : 2060 mm
Empty weight : 460 kg
successor Colt 600

The Mitsubishi 500 was the first passenger car built by Shin Mitsubishi Heavy-Industries Ltd , one of the companies that later became Mitsubishi Motors . It cost 1960 ¥ 390,000, - and was of an air-cooled, mounted in the rear two-cylinder inline engine with 493 cm 3 capacity and a power of 20 HP (15 kW) at 5000 min -1 driven. The engine was equipped with a single downdraft carburetor and the engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a manual three-speed gearbox.

In 1961 the car got a bigger engine with 594 cm 3 displacement with better acceleration. This model was offered as the Mitsubishi 500 Super DeLuxe .

In 1962 the car was redesigned and was now called the Colt 600 .

Motorsport

Today Mitsubishi is better known for its success in off-road competitions with a rally car based on the Mitsubishi Pajero or the WRC based on the Mitsubishi Lancer , but the first homologated racing car was a touring car based on the 500 Super DeLuxe, which was used at the Macau Grand Prix in 1962 . Kazuo Togawa was able to make a name for himself in a furious racing debut because the little racer took the first four places in the class up to 750 cm 3 .

Individual evidence

  1. History of Mitsubishi 1960-1969 (English) ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mitsubishi-motors.com
  2. Mitsubishi 500 (English) ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mitsubishi-motors.com