Mitsubishi XFC Idea Debuts As Small Crossover Coming In 2023

Mitsubishi slapped its badge on the Renault Captur and known as it a day after unveiling the “new” ASX final month. It’s going to be placing extra effort into this small crossover for ASEAN markets the place it plans to promote a manufacturing model of the XFC Idea. Unveiled in Ho Chi Min Metropolis (previously often called Saigon), Vietnam’s most populous metropolis, the car is touted as being the “best-suited buddy for an thrilling life” with a “silky and strong” design.

Advertising jargon apart, it has an all-Mitsubishi design versus the ASX’s apparent French DNA. It boasts L-shaped LED headlights with louver-like daytime working lights mounted under for a light-weight signature repeated on the rear the place the taillights have an identical look. Illuminated hexagonal shapes are situated at each ends of the XFC Idea whereas the aspect profile exhibits cameras as a substitute of typical mirrors.

The inside follows current developments by adopting side-by-side screens, however fortunately, there are nonetheless separate controls for the local weather settings. They’re mounted on a touch-capacitive panel on the middle console the place we additionally discover the “floating” gear selector and a cease/begin button. The flat-bottomed steering wheel hosts hexagonal contact buttons to reflect the HVAC module and the controls mounted on the door playing cards.

Curiously, sections of the entrance seats and rear bench have a contrasting yellow end that has additionally been used for the stitching all through the cabin. The XFC Idea seems to have a very flat ground with sufficient room within the again for 3 passengers who’ve entry to local weather controls mounted on a contact panel. Mitsubishi says the small crossover has class-leading inside house and beneficiant cargo quantity behind the seats.

Technical specs haven’t been offered, however we do know that is Mitsubishi’s first car to have a “Moist” driving mode to allow “secure driving even on roads flooded by sudden showers.” The XFC Idea has different selectable driving modes: Regular, Gravel, and Mud.

The next manufacturing model will likely be clearly toned down, so do not count on these glitzy lights and aspect cameras to outlive. Consequently, we will say the identical factor concerning the two screens mounted on the extremities of the dashboard since these present the footage captured by the cameras. Within the road-going mannequin, Mitsubishi will doubtless set up the air vents. The idea’s 20-inch wheels look like overkill for a small crossover, and the contact controls are in all probability going to get replaced with common buttons.

Mitsubishi could have the manufacturing mannequin on sale in Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) markets – together with Vietnam – from the fiscal yr 2023, so someday between April 2023 and March 2024. If it may be a business success, availability will likely be expanded to different areas exterior the ASEAN.