Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has announced that exports of the new Triton pickup truck produced at Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (MMTh), its local unit in Thailand, are to move onto a full-scale footing in the second half of 2006.
 
The commencement of full-scale exports announced today follows the start of Triton shipments to Europe (L200 in Europe) in December 2005. Triton is to be shipped a total of about 140 markets around the globe, including Australia, the Middle East, Latin America, the ASEAN region, and Japan.


Mitsubishi Motors has been exporting vehicles produced locally in Thailand since 1988 and became the first manufacturer in Thailand to reach cumulative total exports of 800,000 vehicles (as of January 2006).