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Article: Pininfarina will make Mitsubishi convertible; Colt is part of Italian coachbuilder's [euro]300m investment in 4 cars.(News)(Alfa Romeo models)(Brief Article)
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- Automotive News Europe
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- August 23, 2004
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Byline: Luca Ciferri
Pininfarina will build the convertible version of the Mitsubishi Colt small car.
The Italian contract manufacturer will begin building 10,000 units a year of the Colt convertible in spring 2006.
The model will compete with the Peugeot 206 CC, Citroen C3 Pluriel and Nissan Micra CC, which will be introduced next year.
Pininfarina recently announced that it will invest [euro]300 million to build a total of four new models for Alfa Romeo, Ford and Mitsubishi.
Pininfarina executives wouldn't say which models the company will build, but supplier sources tell Automotive News Europe the project for Mitsubishi ...