日本三菱汽車欲同法國標致擴大合作

　　Mitsubishi Motors， the Japanese carmaker that has been struggling to regain its position in global markets after a damaging recall scandal， hopes to expand its relationship with PSA Peugeot Citroen in an effort to reduce costs and raise competitiveness， according to its president.

　　Mitsubishi Motors Corporation（MMC)yesterday said that from the middle of this year it would start procuring 2.2-litre diesel engines from Peugeot for its Outlander sports utility vehicles. Neither company would disclose the volume of engines Peugeot will supply to MMC， which will start selling Outlanders in Europe this month.

　　The deal follows an agreement between the two whereby MMC will supply Peugeot with a new SUV based on the Outlander as an original equipment manufacturer， from this April.

　　MMC still faces a struggle amid a shrinking home market and a tarnished image in the all-important US market.

　　日本汽車制造商三菱汽車董事長表示，三菱汽車希望與法國PSA標致

雪鐵龍擴大合作，以削減成本、提高競爭力。召回丑聞的發生使其元氣大傷，此后三菱汽車一直在力爭奪回自己在全球市場的地位。

　　三菱汽車昨日表示，從今年年中開始，該公司將從標致公司采購2.2升

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發動機，用于三菱歐藍德SUV。雙方都拒絕透露標致會提供多少發動機給三菱，歐藍德本月將在歐洲上市。

　　交易達成前，兩家公司剛達成一項協議：從今年4月起，三菱將作為原始設備制造商，向標致提供一款以歐藍德為基礎的新型SUV。

　　在國內市場不斷萎縮和在其重要的美國市場形象受損的情況下，三菱汽車仍面臨一場挑戰。

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