Mitsubishi will discontinue
the Diamante sedan and Montero Sport SUV at the end of the 2004 model year, according to Automotive News, and the larger seven - seat Montero will be removed from the lineup after the 2006 model year.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is getting a new flagship luxury model that could — in Japan at least — be a successor to
the Diamante sedan that was killed off in 2004.
Not exact matches
The
Diamante entry, based on the same platform and carrying about the same base price as the ES
sedan, is svelte and well - equipped.
It competes in the upper - middle / near - luxury
sedan segment alongside the Maxima, Avalon,
Diamante and Mazda Millenia, and could even go head - to - head with such premium marques as the Acura TL, Volvo S60 and Lexus ES 300.
I particularly like the car's styling, which borrows cues here and there from the vastly underrated Mitsubishi
Diamante luxury
sedan.
Worse still, even the minor facelifts the company's limited budget allowed seemed to go drastically wrong: witness the final
Diamantes imported to the U.S. or the progressive uglification of the Galant
sedan.
One replaces the aging
Diamante luxury
sedan; the other is a smaller version of Mitsubishi's popular Montero sport - utility vehicle.
We drove a 1999 Mitsubishi
Diamante luxury
sedan.
Using a cab - forward approach, the
Diamante is among the sleekest of the luxury
sedans in its price range.
CARS
DIAMANTE: No changes for the stylish midsized luxury
sedan.
In recent years Japanese automakers have introduced dozens of small, sporty
sedans, such as the Mazda Millenia, the Nissan Maxima, the Acura Legend and the Mitsubishi
Diamante.