Mitsubishi has priced its new Triton range of 10 all-diesel commercial utes as its rivals gear up for a sales race that will be even more competitive this year than last. The commercial market saw record sales in 2014 and was dominated by the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux, each selling more than twice the numbers of rivals like the Nissan Navara, Holden Colorado, Mitsubishi Triton, and Mazda BT-50. 
rivals – Toyota, Ford, Nissan, Mitsubishi – have new or updated models on the way. First up in April is the new Triton. It will be followed in June/July by the new Navara, roughly around the time of the facelifted Ranger. Later in the year comes the new Hilux, although there is talk it mightn’t land until early next year. Daniel Cook, head of sales and marketing for Mitsubishi Motors NZ, is looking forward to the head start Triton gets over its rivals, especially on the back of a year in which Mitsubishi became the fastest growing mainstream brand and commercial utes accounted for 20 per cent of all new vehicle sales. Cook expects a zero price rise for the new model to help perhaps double the 1599 units registered last year. “It’s exciting to offer customers important spec and safety enhancements, but immediately you get behind the wheel of the new Triton you know it is so much more than that: it is unbelievably better to drive and to enjoy,” Cook said. It is the first all-new Triton in nine years. The range is made up of three two-wheel- and seven four-wheel-drive models. Cook says Mitsubishi’s designers and engineers have taken a vast leap ahead in interior space and comfort, noise, vibration, and harshness enhancements. 
