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    Toyota Beats GM in U.S. Sales; GM Had Led Every Year Since 1931

    Toyota and General Motors announced their 2021 U.S. sales numbers today, and Toyota’s 2,332,262 in sales beat GM’s 2,218,228, the first time since 1931 that GM had not been on top in full-year sales.GM saw a 13 percent sales decline in 2021, including a 43 percent drop in the fourth quarter alone. Toyota posted a 10 percent sales increase for the full year. A GM spokesperson quoted by Reuters said he does not believe this change in sales leadership will be permanent: “I wouldn’t rush out if I were [Toyota] and get a ‘We’re No. 1′ tattoo,” he said.For the first time in almost a century, a non-domestic automaker has taken the number one sales spot in the U.S. General Motors has been the best-selling company since 1931, but after 90 years at the top, it has been dethroned by Toyota.Toyota announced today it sold a little over 2.3 million vehicles in the U.S. in 2021, which is just over 10 percent more than it sold in 2020. That beats the 2.2 million vehicles GM announced today that it sold in 2021, a drop of 13 percent. Ford hasn’t yet reported its full 2021 sales figures, but as of the end of November, the automaker had sold just over 1.7 million vehicles, leaving it too far behind Toyota to stop the historic change.

    Analysts may debate the reasons for Toyota’s ascendancy, but one main factor is the production stoppages due to the COVID-19 pandemic and supply-chain problems in the auto industry, particularly when it comes to semiconductor chips. Toyota was able to keep its production lines running smoother than both Ford and GM, which helped the company produce and sell more vehicles.Toyota’s top seller, the RAV4 crossover, was down 5 percent compared with 2020, but other big-selling models including the Camry, Corolla, Highlander, and Tacoma were all up over last year. GM saw declines for both the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups, and its own competitor to the RAV4, the Chevy Equinox, was down 39 percent compared with 2020. For reference, GM sold a total of 2.55 million vehicles in 2020, while Toyota sold 2.11 million and Ford sold just over 2 million.”Toyota is grateful to our loyal customers for putting their safety and trust in Toyota and Lexus vehicles,” a Toyota spokesperson said in a statement to Car and Driver. “Being number one is never a focus or priority. The company’s focus has always been—and will continue to be—on being the best brand in terms of safety and quality in customers’ minds.”A GM spokesperson told Reuters that during the chip shortage, the company focused on profitability instead of volume and that 2021 was still a strong sales year in the United States for GM’s full-size SUVs and pickups. “I wouldn’t rush out if I were (Toyota), and get a ‘We’re No. 1’ tattoo,” GM spokesman Jim Cain told Reuters.Toyota is also highlighting its sales of electrified vehicles, claiming to be a leader in this segment for the 22nd consecutive year. Of course, Toyota lumps three powertrain types into this category—hybrids, plug-in-hybrids, and the hydrogen fuel-cell–powered Mirai—and said sales of these vehicles were up 73 percent in 2021, to 583,697 units. Toyota doesn’t currently sell an all-electric vehicle in the U.S., but that will change when the bZ4x goes on sale later this year. For 2021, electrified vehicles made up one quarter of Toyota’s total U.S. sales.
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    2022 Mazda CX-30 Adds Standard AWD and a Carbon Edition

    Mazda has announced details for the 2022 CX-30 crossover, which starts at $23,425.It now comes standard with all-wheel drive, which was previously a $1350 option on most models.Mazda says the CX-30 will be on sale in the U.S. starting in February.Mazda is making all-wheel drive standard on the 2022 CX-30 but hasn’t raised the base price much. The subcompact crossover now starts at $23,425, which is $150 more than the 2021 CX-30 FWD’s base price but $1200 cheaper than the comparable 2021 CX-30 2.5 S AWD. The more powerful 2.5 Turbo remains available, starting at $31,425, while the naturally aspirated 2.5 S is also available in Select, Preferred, and Premium trims. A Carbon Edition trim is new for 2022, starting at $29,515.

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    The CX-30 Carbon Edition features the same color combination as we’ve seen on other Mazda models, with a Polymetal Grey exterior and a red leather interior. It also comes with 18-inch black wheels and black side mirrors. It features the same equipment as the CX-30 2.5 S Preferred and has the same 186-hp 2.5-liter inline-four engine as all 2.5 S models. The optional turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-four has 250 horsepower. In our testing, it got to 60 mph in a swift 5.6 seconds, while the nonturbo model did the deed in 7.6 seconds.Mazda has also added a new color called Platinum Quartz Metallic, which is a no-cost color option. Polymetal Grey and Snowflake White remain $395 extra, while the Soul Red and Machine Grey hues cost $595 extra. Roof rails are newly standard on the 2.5 S Select trim level.2022 CX-30 models will start arriving at U.S. dealerships starting in February.
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    Tesla Delivered Almost a Million EVs Worldwide in 2021

    In 2021, Tesla says, it delivered 936,172 vehicles around the world. Exactly how many were in the U.S.—or in China or Europe or elsewhere—the company isn’t saying and doesn’t have a habit of ever saying.The sales figures were an 87 percent increase from Tesla’s 2020 sales, and the automaker has now posted six quarters of record high deliveries in a row.The best way we can tell how many EVs Tesla sold in the U.S. comes from a recent recall, in which the company said it would fix all of the Model 3 sedans it sold from 2017 to 2020: 356,309.Anyone who thinks the legacy automakers are catching Tesla in the electric-vehicle sales race should take a quick look at some recently released figures. Over the weekend, Tesla announced it delivered 308,600 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2021. Model S and Model X EVs made up 11,750 of those deliveries, while the bulk—296,850—were Model 3 and Model Y deliveries. These numbers brought Tesla’s 2021 full-year deliveries to 936,172 vehicles.The 936,000 vehicle deliveries represent an 87 percent increase from 2020, Reuters and other news sources noted, based on Tesla’s announcement dated January 2, while the 306,600 deliveries for the quarter mean that Tesla delivered 71 percent more electric vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2021 than it did a year earlier.

    Tesla’s 308,600 deliveries last quarter made it the best quarter ever, said the automaker, beating the 241,300 EVs it delivered in the previous record quarter, the third quarter of 2021. Reuters reports that Tesla has set new record delivery numbers for six quarters in a row now, despite the well-known problems that the auto industry is having with various supply chains and a lack of semiconductor chips. Tesla doesn’t break out its deliveries by country, but its sales are strongest in Europe and China, the New York Times notes. Tesla itself called those two regions “important markets” in its last SEC filing, but the U.S. is still the region where Tesla makes the most money. In the third quarter of 2021, for example, an SEC filing shows Tesla made more than $6 billion in revenue in the U.S., compared to $3.1 billion in China and $4.2 billion in “other” regions. As for the actual number of Tesla sold in the U.S., we know that it sold 356,309 Model 3s here for model year 2017 to 2020, or an average of just under 90,000 a year for those years. Of course, since Tesla’s sales are going up, that’s not a reliable figure for a year. In any case, the confirmation came through recent recall documents regarding problems with the EV’s backup camera’s wiring harness. Perhaps when the company’s next major recall happens, we’ll learn more about how many of the almost million EVs the California automaker sold last year were in its home country.
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    Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX Concept Is a Sleek Sedan with 620-Mile Range

    Range is the big number on the Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX, revealed today as part of the annual CES technology show and claimed to be “the most efficient Mercedes-Benz ever.”The production-viable, although not production-intended, electric sedan puts out only 201 horsepower but is claimed to deliver 620 miles on a charge. Theoretically, of course.The single-motor, most likely rear-wheel-drive EQXX boasts virtuous features such as vegan leather, solar panels, recycled-plastic trim—and an extremely slick 0.17 drag coefficient.
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    While automakers revealing futuristic EV concepts tend to prioritize promises of performance over range, Mercedes is reversing that equation with the Vision EQXX. The compact four-door has been unveiled as part of the CES technology show in Las Vegas—although the automaker participated virtually thanks to COVID concerns. The claimed power output is a relatively modest 201 horsepower, but the company promises that the car has been designed to be able to deliver more than 620 miles (1000 km) of real-world driving on a single charge. But that big claim has the typical concept-car squishiness to it, as it isn’t comparable to the range figure of any other EV. It’s not a number from the WLTP test cycle used in Europe nor is it a U.S. EPA range figure, but instead what Mercedes describes as the result of “digital simulations based in real-life traffic conditions.” Whether it might beat the Lucid Air Dream’s impressive 520-mile EPA rating is anyone’s guess.

    The EQXX looks production viable—even having the door mirrors that the zanier future-looking concepts increasingly do without—but the car seems to be hinting at next-generation advances rather than offering a solid promise. This concept, the company says, will act as a “technology blueprint for series production.”

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    Mercedes has only released limited technical details, but it is clear that the EQXX is short and svelte by the brand’s standards. There is no word on overall length, but confirmation of a 110.0-inch wheelbase suggests it will be a little longer than the A-class sedan, which has 107.4 inches between its axles and a shorter rear overhang. We don’t have a width figure, but the head-on view makes it clear that the EQXX is also much narrower than an average Benz, and also that the rear track is two inches narrower than the front, with the ultra-slippery shape responsible for a claimed drag coefficient of just 0.17.

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    202 MPG? Aerodynamic considerations have clearly dictated much else of the EQXX’s sleek form, especially the long, shallow angle of the falling roofline and the retro droop of the rear fenders, also the way the bodywork tucks in beneath the full-width lighting element at the back above an active, deployable diffuser that motors out at speed. The outline of the trunklid confirms that the Mercedes vision of the future is also a sedan rather than a hatchback or SUV, which is also pleasingly old-fashioned.

    From the reveal on livestream Monday, Jan. 3.
    Mercedes-Benz via YouTube

    The wind-cheating shape plays a large part in Mercedes’s claimed powertrain efficiency, with the official release saying the car can travel six miles on just 1.0 kWh of electrical energy, a figure equivalent to a combustion car capable of 202 mpg (which is close to the efficiency that Mercedes describes as “the golden figure of one liter per 100 kilometers”). The comparison is complicated by the fact that, according to Mercedes, the EQXX’s driveline is 95 percent efficient. That means only 5 percent of the energy put into the battery pack fails to make it to the road. Even the most efficient gasoline engines struggle to do better than 35 percent. This is why the EQXX can put up a big range number without a massive battery pack, Mercedes claiming that EQXX has slightly less than 100 kWh of usable capacity, about as much energy as three gallons of regular unleaded gas, but the car is able to turn much more of this into movement. The company is also very proud of the underfloor battery’s compact size and relatively modest weight, which is 50 percent smaller and 30 percent lighter than the 107.8-kWh pack in the EQS. A 900-Volt Battery Pack The pack was developed jointly with AMG’s High Performance Powertrains division in the U.K., which creates Mercedes F1 engines as well as the almost equally exotic powerplant for the long delayed (but nearly here) AMG One. This operates at a high 900 volts and uses what are described as high silicon anodes capable of holding more energy than lesser cells, with a compact design allowing the same housing to accommodate electronic control gear. The battery’s total weight, 1091 pounds, is impressively light given the pack’s capacity, with the car’s claimed overall mass of 3858 pounds being only slightly higher than that of a standard-range Tesla Model 3. Strangely, there is no official word on the other side of the powertrain beyond apparent confirmation that the EQXX uses a single motor with rear-wheel drive. Mercedes does say that the concept features an underfloor cooling plate for aerodynamic efficiency, active air flaps to channel cooling air, and a heat pump to help heat the cabin. It also features solar panels, although the claimed ability of these to add up to 15 miles of range on a sunny day doesn’t come from directly charging the high-voltage battery but rather by using the energy created to operate the car’s blower fan, lights, infotainment, and other ancillaries.

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    The Now Inevitable Wide Infotainment ScreenThe EQXX’s cabin is dominated by what seems the inevitable conclusion of modern UI design—an LED screen that runs across the full width of the dashboard, unbroken by vertical seams. This is 47.5 inches wide and offers 8K resolution with a 7680-by-660-pixel display that will require some substantial graphical firepower to operate. It certainly looks crisp in the pictures. The official release also enthuses that “a star-cloud avatar, reminiscent of our namesake, Mercedes Jellinek, is the ethereal guide. Shape-shifting in response to the driver’s needs and taking care of the passengers, she makes the journey into a luxury experience.” But we have absolutely no idea what that means.Inside, something close to a full set of sustainability boxes is checked off. For instance, there are two types of vegan leather, one made from the root structure of mushrooms and the other derived from cactus fibers in a “bio-based polyurethane matrix.” There are carpets made from bamboo, and there’s trim that incorporates recycled plastics woven into a shimmering fabric. The exterior bodywork is made from what is described as low-CO2 steel made from scrap, with doors made from carbon fiber and glass-reinforced plastics. The EQXX’s efficient minimalism is strongly reminiscent of another future-looking German prototype: the similarly slippery XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid that Volkswagen put into very limited production in Europe in 2013. The Mercedes’s four seats and four doors make it more practical, and it weighs more than twice as much, but the front end design is strikingly similar. It will be interesting to see how much of the EQXX’s thinking translates into future production models.
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    2022 CES: What Automakers Will Reveal at the Partly Virtual Show

    Tim Causa/Consumer Technology Association

    More than 2200 exhibitors will be at CES this year from January 5 to 7—at least, that was the number as of December 31—but overall, the show is getting way scaled down, with many major companies deciding that an in-person show is not the right move to start off 2022.In the automotive space, General Motors, BMW, and Mercedes all canceled their physical presence, but smaller automotive and related companies including Fisker, BrightDrop, and Blink Charging still plan to have people in Vegas for the show.Two exciting new electric vehicles—the Chevrolet Silverado EV and the Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX concept—will be unveiled through online events during CES.The rapid increase in the number of positive COVID cases spreading across the U.S. changed the way many people celebrated the holidays, and the start of a new year isn’t stopping the spread just yet. CES, the massive electronics and tech trade show that has become an important place for the automotive industry to make announcements about autonomous and electric vehicles, had a busy in-person schedule—until a few weeks ago. Today, the balance has shifted to a more blended in-person/virtual affair, with some companies pulling out of an in-person CES appearance altogether. Over the holidays, CES organizers also decided to shorten the event by a day, as “an additional safety measure to the current health protocols that have been put in place for CES” but the in-person portions of the show were not canceled altogether as they were in 2021.

    Chevy Silverado EV’s fixed glass roof.
    Chevrolet

    GM Goes VirtualNon-automotive companies including Twitter, T-Mobile, and Amazon all decided against keeping their in-person appearances on the schedule recently. One of the biggest automotive names to join them was General Motors, which means CEO Mary Barra’s keynote address and press event revealing an important new electric vehicle will now be done online.

    “We have decided to move to an all-digital approach with our activation at CES 2022 in January,” a GM spokesperson told Car and Driver. “CES is an important technology platform, and we are continuing with our plans on January 5 to share our significant company news including the reveal of the Chevrolet Silverado EV.” GM’s new tech startup BrightDrop will still send some people to Las Vegas, and it plans to offer executive interviews and to invite people to its booth to see the EV600 electric commercial vehicle and the EP1 electric pallet in person. BrightDrop will also make an announcement Tuesday, via a virtual press call.

    Mercedes-Benz’s Vision EQXX concept.
    Mercedes

    BMW, Mercedes Also Going LivestreamBMW canceled its in-person CES appearances this year, announcing that due to the pandemic all of the automaker’s planned media activities for CES will be shifted to a fully digital program livestreamed from Germany this year. Mercedes Benz has made a similar decision, telling CNET that “the health and safety of our customers, partners, employees, and guests are our highest priority. In view of the current situation in connection with the COVID-19 virus, we’ve therefore decided to cancel Mercedes-Benz AG’s participation in CES 2022, after intensive consultations.” The company still plans a digital unveiling of the Vision EQXX on Monday, January 3, at noon ET.

    Fisker Ocean.
    Fisker

    Fisker to Appear with 4D Radar; Other Suppliers Go VirtualFisker will still have a small onsite presence, with CEO Henrik Fisker conducting both virtual and in-person interviews as his company promotes the advanced ADAS system in the upcoming Fisker Ocean, the company’s first all-electric SUV. The Ocean will use what the company said is the first 4D radar system that will ever be offered in a passenger/consumer vehicle, although Aptiv uses a 4D radar system in its test vehicles.Plenty of suppliers and other automotive companies have canceled their in-person CES appearance this year as well. The ZF Group will present its Next Generation Mobility Now news virtually, and Valeo has decided to adjust its participation at CES to a “reduced on-site presence,” with executives now offering interviews about the company’s autonomous driving and ADAS advancements announcements from Paris. Electric vehicle charging station company Blink Charging is launching seven new products in-person at CES and is augmenting the show event with an online one. Waymo also made what it called a “difficult decision” not to participate in CES 2022 on the ground but will still offer updates to its self-driving technology and gender equality in the industry during CES panel sessions.The information in this article was accurate as of Sunday morning. With the holiday and the rapidly changing COVID reality on the ground, things may have changed by the time you read this.
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    How to Watch the Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX EV's Unveiling Live

    Mercedes will reveal its Vision EQXX concept car on January 3, 2022, at noon ET in a livestream.The battery-electric Vision EQXX aims to achieve a driving range of more than 620 miles on a full charge.Mercedes is aiming for its Vision EQXX concept sedan to consume energy at a rate of about 200 MPGe at highway speeds. The mystery surrounding the Mercedes Vision EQXX finally comes to an end on Monday, January 3, 2022, at 12 p.m. ET, when the German automaker will formally pull the wraps off its slinky electric concept car in a livestream event. With a promise of more than 620 miles of range on a full charge of its battery pack, the Vision EQXX ought to give us a better idea of the brand’s future EV plans.
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    Teaser images and videos for the Vision EQXX indicate the concept will feature a slippery teardrop shape as a means of limiting its aerodynamic drag. Expect the Vision EQXX to feature a relatively light curb weight for a battery-powered luxury sedan of this size, too. Credit the car’s aforementioned shape, which will almost certainly allow Mercedes to fit a battery pack with a comparatively small capacity relative to the Vision EQXX’s purported driving range.

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    Still, with Mercedes aiming for energy consumption of around 200 MPGe at highway speed, the company will almost certainly need to fit the Vision EQXX with a battery that packs more than 100.0 kilowatt-hours of energy capacity to hit its targeted driving range. That and more should be revealed on January 3, so be sure to come back to this page at noon ET on Monday to see the official debut of the Vision EQXX.
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    Rivian R1S, R1T EVs with Long-Range 400+-Mile Battery Delayed to 2023

    Rivian is pushing back production of its R1T and R1S with the biggest Max battery pack to 2023.Models equipped with the Explore package also won’t see production until 2023.All 2022 Rivian trucks and SUVs out in the coming year will be equipped with the Large battery pack and the Adventure package.Rivian is pushing back production of its electric R1T and R1S trucks and SUVs equipped with the optional 180.0-kWh Max battery pack or Explore package to 2023. The news was revealed in an email sent to customers by the company’s founder and chief executive officer, RJ Scaringe. The email was subsequently posted to Reddit, and a Rivian spokesperson confirmed its authenticity to Car and Driver. In it, Scaringe says the automaker will prioritize the production of R1T and R1S models fitted with the 135.0-kWh Large battery pack and the Adventure package. The Large battery pack offers up to 314 miles of EPA-rated driving range in the R1T and 316 miles in the R1S. Those figures fall a good deal short of the 400-plus miles of range the Rivian claims the $10,000 Max battery pack will provide for either Rivian vehicle.

    Opting for the Explore package slashes $5500 from the price of the R1T and R1S. Whereas the Adventure package includes niceties such as a Meridian premium audio system, wood interior trim, heated and ventilated seats, and a power-operated tonneau cover for the R1T, the Explore package features a lesser audio setup, matte black interior decor, heated but not ventilated seats, and a manually operated tonneau cover for the R1T.

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    Despite the additional range of the Max battery pack and the cost savings associated with the Explore package, Scaringe notes in his email that the “large majority” of Rivian buyers are opting for R1T and R1S trucks and SUVs with the Large battery pack and the Adventure package anyway, adding that R1T and R1S trucks and SUVs optioned with the Max battery pack make up “approximately 20 [percent] of preorders.” The Rivian CEO goes on to acknowledge the “challenging” aspects of the company’s shifting production schedule for its customers by writing that representatives are planning to reach out to those with preorders for R1T and R1S vehicles with either the Max pack or Explore package. The company wants to “gauge [their] interest in reconfiguring to an Adventure Package with Large pack battery so that [they] can take delivery in 2022,” he wrote.
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    2022 Tokyo Auto Salon Promises VeilSide Toyota Supra, Mitsubishi Ralliart Concept

    Here are a few of the highlights that will be on display next month at the Tokyo Auto Salon, which can be reasonably compared to the U.S. SEMA show because of its friendliness to those ready to full-on enjoy some of the wilder aspects of car culture.Tuner VeilSide will bring a modification kit for the Toyota A90 Supra, and Subaru is going to present a vision of electrified racing with the STI E-RA concept.Kei cars—Japan’s famous regulatory-driven small cars—will be present in force, including a tiny overland camper from Daihatsu and an all-electric concept from Mitsubishi.Omicron or not, the Tokyo Auto Salon is gearing up to take place in mid-January. It was virtual in 2021, but for 2022 there’s a live event again, with a slew of modified, tiny kei cars, gussied-up hybrids, and sports cars that have been put through a tuner’s wringer all gearing up for their turns on the show’s stages. Alongside the already announced debut of the Honda Civic Type R, here are some of the highlights.

    Subaru STI E-RA concept.
    Subaru

    Let’s start with Subaru, which is combining the Salon’s traditional tuner culture with all-electric power in the STI E-RA concept. This performance concept shows one way to engage with carbon-neutral motorsports, as the E stands for electrification and the RA stands for “record attempt” and is used for track-destined vehicles. Subaru will also showcase new Levorg STI and WRX S4 STI concepts to highlight new performance parts created for these models as well as possibly previewing production-bound special editions for Japan.

    Daihatsu

    Daihatsu will bring two tricked-out kei cars: the Atrai Deck Camper with its tiny rooftop tent, perfect for overlanding where parking is tight, and the Atrai Premium van, which takes the wheel-to-grille size ratio to a place most automotive designers fear to tread. Daihatsu will also bring standard-size cars to the show with two versions of the Rocky e-Smart Hybrid subcompact SUV. One is a luxury version called the Premium while the other is called Crossfield, a fitting name for the light off-roading this thing looks capable of.
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    The tuner company VeilSide Toyota Supra will be on hand with a kit for the A90 Supra and has already posted video via social media showing off some of the changes. Action movie fans outside Japan are might know VeilSide’s work from the Fast & Furious franchise, and that association also gives us a hint at what founder Hironao Yokomaku is working on for the show. The kit’s modifications include plenty of front-end work, from the front lip spoiler to the new nose cone. A new hood, modified rear spoiler, and VeilSide-branded wheels are also part of the package.

    Mitsubishi kei-car EVconcept.
    Mitsubishi

    Mitsubishi Motors will bring out two new concept vehicles, including an all-electric kei car and a new Ralliart concept. The Tokyo Auto Salon is unsurprisingly focused on the Japan market; the last Mitsubishi to wear the Ralliart name in the U.S. was the turbocharged Ralliart version of the Lancer, which was available here from 2009 to 2014. But the Ralliart performance subbrand name was revived this past May, and whatever this new concept turns out to be, it certainly hints at something worth getting excited about. Mitsu offers two somethings if you add in the all-electric kei car concept, as we do, since small and electrified sit dead center in this writer’s enthusiasm wheelhouse.The 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon is scheduled to take place from January 14 to 16 at the Makuhari Messe.
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