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The Mitsubishi L200 named Pick Up of the year, again
In the last 18 years What Van? Has named the Mitsubishi L200 “Pick-up of the Year” 15 times, this year is the 5th consecutive time. Since its launch in 1978 over 2.8 million units have been sold worldwide, making it one the most popular Pick-up trucks in the world.
Recent history dictates that the Mitsubishi L200 has been the class leading innovator in styling, specification and off roading abilities. With a wide range of Pick –up truck models under its wings the L200 is the market leader in its sector, the L200 currently holds 32.6% of its market.
The What Van? Editor, Paul Barker spoke highly of the L200 “”The Mitsubishi L200 has again retained the What Van? Pick-up of the Year title, and it’s easy to see why, The versatility of the range is unmatched, with everything from practical and functional single-cabs through to powerful lifestyle double-cabs, and all are as stylish and drive as well as anything in the market.”
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Mitsubishi L200 – A Bit of an Animal?
The humble pick-up truck has evolved from its agricultural roots into an altogether different beast. There was a time when ownership of a pick-up usually went hand in hand with displaying a confederate flag and wearing a lot of denim. When I visited the states a few years ago it appeared as if every other car on the road was an enormous pick-up of some description, a few of which found their way to the UK. The rather incongruous Dodge Ram started to appear on British roads a few years ago (the ones it could actually fit on) but the sharp rise in fuel prices and following credit crisis soon killed them off.
Elsewhere the pick-up is the vehicle of choice in a lot of Middle Eastern and African countries usually transporting about thirty heavily armed blokes in the back. The Japanese manufacturers seem to have the market pretty sewn-up with Toyota, Nissan and Mitsubishi leading the way. Not all pick-ups have four wheel drive but like their SUV cousin’s, pick-ups have come in for a certain amount of criticism recently especially as manufacturers have discovered that if you stick a cab on the back you end up with a cheap SUV.
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