The long-serving Mitsubishi ASX is no more in Malaysia. The Mitsubishi ASX was Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia’s oldest model on sale and it has no immediate successor.

A quick check on MMM’s site shows that the ASX has been removed from the local line-up, leaving the Mitsubishi Outlander as the sole SUV in MMM’s line-up.

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The Mitsubishi ASX made its Malaysian debut way back in 2010 as an imported (CBU) model from Japan. Local assembly (CKD) of the Mitsubishi ASX commenced in 2014 at Tan Chong Motor Assemblies in Segambut – contract assembler of the ASX.

Over the years, the ASX received a number of improvements

Compared to the ASX that made its debut here back in 2010, more recent models boasted a better interior build quality, a quieter cabin, and more safety features – the sum of Mitsubishi’s cumulative improvements.

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What about the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross?

While the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross may seem like a logical replacement for the ageing ASX, the model is not cheap.

For comparison, in Indonesia, the CBU Japan Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross is priced between IDR 488,750,000 (~RM 138k) to IDR 493,750,000 (~RM 140k). While these prices slot the CBU Japan Eclipse Cross between the ASX (IDR 338,000,000 to IDR 383,500,000) and the larger Pajero Sport (IDR 502,800,000 to IDR 733,700,000), the same cannot be said for Malaysia.

Without local assembly, the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross will be priced too high, potentially overlapping into the larger Mitsubishi Outlander’s price range (RM 133k to RM 147k).