History
Mitsubishi began building trucks in Thailand in 1966, by a company called UDMI (established 1964). The Galant sedan followed in 1972 and the L200 pickup truck in 1981. Subsequent to commencing exports of the L200 pickup in 1988, Mitusbishi Motors Thailand exported the Lancer to Canada in the first half of the nineties.
Sittipol, a Thai Mitsubishi distributor since 1961, merged with UDMI in 1987 and formed MMC Sittipol. In 2001 Mitsubishi increased their stake from 46.2 to 99.9%, followed by a name change to "Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co., Ltd." in November 2003. A Thai-only SUV on L200 basis, called the Strada G-Wagon, was built in 2001-2005.
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