Mitsu Outselling Ford in QLD !!!!!

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FORD and its dealers need to get their act together ASAP !!!!

MITSUBISHI finished the financial year on a high and claimed some prized scalps along the way to a bumper sales result in June.

The diamond badge outperformed Ford in Queensland to be the third best seller while nationally it slipped past the high-flying Mazda.

A total of 8346 Mitsubishis were sold last month, which accounted for a substantial 7.8 per cent of the market.

The figures caught Mitsubishi executives off-guard as the company finds its feet after the announcement the locally made 380 sedan would cease production earlier this year.

"June is traditionally a strong month in the Australian automotive industry," Mitsubishi Australia president and chief executive Rob McEniry said. "Everyone at Mitsubishi was keen to make June '08 a month to remember."

A lot of the success came from the Lancer (2667 sales) and the well-regarded Triton (2683) workhorse range. The June total took Mitsubishi's year-to-date business to 35,167, which is a 4.5 per cent lift over the same period last year.

Mitsubishi is launching the cracking Lancer Evolution sedan this week.

THE NUMBERS GAME

Lancer up 11.7% with 10,495 sales

Colt up 14.6% to 2148

Outlander up 18.8% to 4552

Triton 4x2 up 101.2% to 4096

Triton 4x4 up 7.2% to 5277

Express van up 16.0% to 2049.