ALL ABOUT SPEED

After the auction price bid is opened during October 2009, PT. Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Motors (KTB) finally announced Strada Triton Hiroshi Masuoka successfully sold the last bid Rp276 million.

The lucky ones get a Mitsubishi Strada Triton has ever used pereli world, Matsuoka was Feryadi Irvan, a businessman from Jakarta.

Irvan's car managed to get a special edition double cabin after previous KTB as the Mitsubishi brand holder open the initial price of Rp235 million.

Strada Triton Exceed the auction block is Strada Triton Exceed M / T, which has a view like Rally cars with the addition of a variety of accessories. These vehicles became more special with the signature of the Dakar Rally pereli Hiroshi Masuoka and Uesugi Gayu develop a Strada Triton products.

"Strada Triton of this, even once used by Masuoka at the launch of Strada Triton Exceed in Bali in May 2008," said KTB President Director Fumio Kuwayama, in a press release received Legal, Tuesday (3/11/2009).

Results from Strada Triton charity auction will be donated by the KTB fully to a non-profit foundation JEEPrograms (Jakarta Extra Education Programs) to assist the interests of education in Indonesia, especially in West Sumatra who had just hit by the earthquake and several schools built in West Java .

Mitsubishi will premiere its ASX compact crossover at the 80th Geneva Motor Show in March. The ASX is the European version of the Japanese market RVR, which will go on sale next month. MMC’s small SUV seats five and will slot below the recently redesigned Outlander, now with Lancer style shark nose.

The Euro-spec ASX will come with an all-new Euro 5 ready 1.8-litre turbocharged direct-injection diesel engine, jointly developed by MMC and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Featuring “Automatic Stop & Go” technology with a 6-speed manual transmission, the ASX is said to be very good for economy and emissions.

Mitsubishi will be debuting its new crossover, the ASX, at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

The ASX is the European version of the Japanese market RVR. It is a 5-seat, compact crossover, about 4.3 meters long, and is slotted below the Outlander in the Mitsubishi lineup.

Mitsubishi hasn't released many details on the model. It will come with a 1.8 liter turbocharged, direct-injection petrol/gasoline engine coupled to a 6-speed manual transmission, but they don't specify power outputs. The concept upon which the ASX is based, the Concept-cX, featured a diesel, but there is no mention of an oil-burner for the European market in the very brief press release. That concept car was also an all-wheel drive but there's no news either on whether this crossover will have that feature too.

The RVR will go on sale in Japan next month. The ASX will be rolled out in European markets in the spring, following its introduction in Geneva. We will have to wait until then for more details.