Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Japanese: 三菱自動車工業株式会社 Hepburn: Mitsubishi Jidōsha Kōgyō KK?, IPA: [mitsu͍ꜜbiɕi̥][3]) is a multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.[4] In 2011, Mitsubishi Motors was the sixth biggest Japanese automaker and the sixteenth biggest worldwide by production.[5] It is part of Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.[6]
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation is in a separate division from Mitsubishi Motors, which builds commercial grade trucks, buses and heavy construction equipment.