TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Motors will double the production capacity of a Chinese assembly plant to more than 260,000 autos a year in a push to expand sales of sport utility vehicles.
The Japanese carmaker will invest more than 10 billion yen ($87.8 million) to add lines at the Hunan Province plant run by a joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group. Construction will begin during fiscal 2017, with the additional capacity expected to come onstream the following year.