JAPANESE car maker Mitsubishi has announced its plan to introduce a new compact SUV. Keen to offer more affordable, compact to a wider audience, the car will be launched in firm’s home market in February 2010.

Derived from the company’s 2007 Concept-cX show car, it is the latest development of Mitsubishi’s mid-size global platform, and is hoped to be the corporation's next ‘game changer’ alongside its i-MiEV electric vehicle by promoting lower consumption and CO2 emissions.

After the car’s Japanese launch, buyers can expect it to make its European public debut at the Geneva Motor in the spring of 2010.