Mitsubishi Grows Its U.S. Lineup to Six Models — and Confirms a Nissan-Built Pickup
The updated Momentum 2030 plan adds a Leaf-based Eclipse Sportback EV this fall and an off-road Outlander in early 2027. A Nissan-based truck comes later, with no name or date yet.
Mitsubishi will sell six models in the U.S. in 2027, up from four today, and it has told its dealers that a pickup truck built with Nissan is coming after that. The automaker laid out the details on August 25 in an update to its Momentum 2030 business plan, the roadmap it first published in April 2024.
The near-term additions are already known: the Eclipse Sportback EV, a Nissan Leaf-based electric crossover due at dealers this fall, and a rugged, off-road-leaning version of the Outlander scheduled for the first quarter of 2027. Mitsubishi says the Outlander variant's name will be announced within the next few months. Both join the Outlander Sport, Eclipse Cross, Outlander, and Outlander Plug-in Hybrid.
A truck, but not yet
The bigger news is the pickup. Mitsubishi confirmed it intends to return to the segment in North America through its partnership with Nissan, which is also supplying the Eclipse Sportback. The company hasn't released a name, a timeline, or any technical details, and it hasn't said which Nissan platform the truck will use. Nissan's only midsize pickup in the U.S. is the Frontier, and Edmunds reports the Mitsubishi version will be a body-on-frame truck arriving sometime after spring 2027, most likely on the next-generation Frontier.
Mitsubishi hasn't sold a pickup in the U.S. in more than a decade, and the plan was previewed at the corporate level in May, when Mitsubishi Motors Corporation in Japan named a joint pickup project with Nissan for North America among the 13 new models it plans to launch globally over six years.
The update was delivered at a closed-door dealer meeting, where Mitsubishi also showed concepts and design studies for future models. The brand says the overall direction is toward adventure and off-road products, a shift it attributes to customer demand.
What the EV brings
The Eclipse Sportback is Mitsubishi's first battery-electric vehicle in the U.S. since the i-MiEV minicar left the lineup after the 2017 model year. It carries a 75-kWh liquid-cooled battery, a native NACS port for DC fast charging at up to 150 kW, and a separate J1772 port for Level 1 and Level 2 AC charging. Mitsubishi quotes a 10-to-80 percent fast-charge time of about 35 minutes.
Those numbers match the 2026 Nissan Leaf, which is EPA-rated at up to 303 miles of range and starts at $31,535 including destination, according to WardsAuto. Mitsubishi hasn't published range, output, or pricing for its version yet. The differences it has confirmed are cosmetic: new front and rear fascias, different lighting signatures, unique wheels, and Mitsubishi badging.
Why Mitsubishi needs this
The brand sold 94,754 vehicles in the U.S. in 2025, a year-over-year decline it blamed on the discontinuation of the Mirage hatchback and sedan. SUV sales edged up, but four models is a thin roster for a brand trying to grow share. Momentum 2030 promises at least one new or heavily revised model every year through the end of the decade, and the company now describes its dealer network as roughly 300 stores, down from the roughly 330 it cited in January.
"When we launched Momentum 2030, many questioned whether such an ambitious vision could be achieved," said Mark Chaffin, president and CEO of Mitsubishi Motors North America. "Today, that vision is taking shape."
One thing that isn't in the U.S. plan is the Pajero. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation confirmed in May that the nameplate, sold in the U.S. as the Montero, returns as a body-on-frame flagship built on the Triton pickup's ladder frame, with a global debut set for early September. MMNA says no decision has been made on bringing it to the U.S.
Next up: Eclipse Sportback pricing and EPA figures ahead of the fall launch, and a name for the rugged Outlander before the end of the year.
