The facelifted Mitsubishi Xpander will make its Thailand debut at this 12 months’s Bangkok Motor Show, which is scheduled to happen from tomorrow (March 22) till April 3. The refreshed seven-seat MPV was first revealed in Indonesia final November, and after Thailand, we should always anticipate it to come back to Malaysia as properly.
In phrases of design adjustments, the most recent Xpander boasts a new Dynamic Shield entrance fascia that includes redesigned LED place lights, a new consumption and grille setup in addition to T-formed principal headlamps. The round fog lamps have additionally been higher built-in into the decrease apron they usually have a physique-colored trim encompass as properly.
Other gadgets embody a reprofiled tailgate with new LED mixture taillights, accompanied by a new rear bumper. These revisions outcome in a entrance overhang that’s elevated by 75 mm on the entrance and 45 mm on the rear – the trip top is alleged to stay a category-finest 220 mm in accordance with Mitsubishi’s press launch.
As for the inside, the standard of the cabin is alleged to be upgraded through the use of delicate pads for the armrest and door trim. There’s elevated comfort too, together with extra storage areas like a bigger open tray for the centre console, whereas chosen trim ranges with the armrest can home as much as 4 600 ml drink bottles in the Indonesian-spec Xpander.
Additional options out there on the Indonesian-spec Xpander embody an digital parking brake with auto brake maintain operate, an eight-inch touchscreen show (present Malaysian fashions get 9-inch items), single-zone automated local weather management system with digital show, and a new steering wheel design with a extra fashionable centre boss.
Under the bonnet, the new Xpander launching quickly in Thailand is predicted to retain the present mannequin’s gasohol-compliant 4A91 1.5 litre naturally-aspirated 4-cylinder MIVEC engine. The mill makes 105 PS at 6,000 rpm and 141 Nm of torque at 4,000 rpm at present, however as an alternative of a 4-pace automated, there’ll be a new CVT as an alternative.
Mitsubishi Thailand has but to disclose pricing for the facelifted Xpander, however the outgoing mannequin retails from 789,000 baht (RM99,144). In Malaysia, the Xpander acquired its official pricing again in November 2020 and is at present out there in a single variant that sells for RM92,349.80 on-the-street with out insurance coverage and inclusive of the complete gross sales tax exemption – the latter as a result of it’s a regionally-assembled (CKD) mannequin.
GALLERY: 2022 Mitsubishi Xpander facelift
