The Mitsubishi Model A paved the way for the brand we know today.

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Mitsubishi Motors North America, in partnership with West Coast Customs, will re-create the vehicle that started it all, the Mitsubishi Model A.

The major difference with this model is that it will contain current technologies. In other words, they will build a current day Mitsubishi Model A with the looks of the original 1917 vehicle on the platform of the Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV).

The Mitsubishi Model A was launched in 1917 in Japan. Today’s version is being built at the West Coast Customs facility in Burbank, California and will be completed this summer. The build will be featured on an episode of Inside West Coast Customs.