Mitsubishi Motors North America
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. is the North American operation of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, overseeing sales, manufacturing, finance, and research and development functions. The company manufactures and sells Mitsubishi brand cars and sport utility vehicles through a network of almost 700 dealers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
It operates its administrative headquarters in Cypress, California. Also based there are its captive finance subsidiary Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. (MMCA), established in 1991. Mitsubishi Motors R&D of America, Inc. (MRDA) also has its Californian Research and Design Center there, while the R&D head office is in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
MMNA's sole production facility, formerly known as Diamond-Star Motors and then Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, is based in Normal, Illinois, where 1,900 workers are employed building the Galant, Eclipse, and Endeavor models.
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