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Mitsubishi500
Production1959 – present
Recorded originJapan
ClassAutomobile
Background
The Mitsubishi 500 was the first passenger car produced after the Second World War by Shin Mitsubishi Heavy-Industries, Ltd, one of the companies which would become Mitsubishi Motors. It was built from 1960 until 1962 and formed the basis for Mitsubishi's next model, the Colt 600. It was exported in small numbers.
Text adapted from “Mitsubishi 500” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
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