1997 Mitsubishi MAIA

1997 Mitsubishi MAIA was Powered by the GDI engine and developed for the 21st century. This 4-seater multi-use minicar is friendly to all: the environment, occupants, and pedestrians. The design is solved in the same "cubic" style: the exterior panels of the body are flat, and their intersections form characteristic "ribs." Again, it is based on a spatial frame, and the new GDI engine with direct fuel injection has a volume of only 1.1 liters. (By the way, six different Mitsubishi models, including Pajero SUVs, are already equipped with GDI engines of different volumes, and the total output of cars with GDI has exceeded 120 thousand). The MAIA was also interesting in seats that move back and forth and rotate and move in a transverse direction. So a small car has a huge number of combinations of interior transformation.

Source: www.tokyo-motorshow.com; Газета «АВТОРЕВЮ», 1997 / №21 (160) (translated from Russian)

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