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MMC's Eckrodt to resign to take blame for business woes

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Rolf Eckrodt (in file photo) may step down to take the blame for poor results at the firm, which is trying to revive itself with help from its biggest shareholder, DaimlerChrysler AG, sources close to the company said Feb. 16. Eckrodt, a former senior official at DaimlerChrysler, assumed the presidency in June 2002 after being sent to the MMC board in 2001 from the German-American automaker to turn around the Japanese company.

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Mitsubishi Motors to review North American strategy

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Rolf Eckrodt speaks to reporters at the firm's Tokyo headquarters about a new business plan to be released early next year.

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Mitsubishi Motors falls into red in 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Rolf Eckrodt speaks about the company's earnings report for the first half of the current business year in Tokyo on Nov. 11.

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MMC to launch next-generation Grandis minivan

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi President and Chief Executive Officer Rolf Eckrodt stands beside a new Grandis minivan to be put on the Japanese market on May 17 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 14. The four-door, three-row-seat vehicle will carry suggested retail prices of between 2,083,000 yen and 2,923,000 yen.

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MMC unveils Colt compact car featuring high-fuel efficiency

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Rolf Eckrodt introduces the company's Colt compact car featuring the high-fuel efficiency of 20 kilometers per liter of gasoline of its 1.3-liter engine version at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyada Ward on Nov. 11. The Colt is equipped with the same platform and suspension as that of the planned compact car to be released by the Smart car division of DaimlerChrysler AG, MMC's leading shareholder.

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Eckrodt becomes 1st foreigner in all-Mitsubishi group meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Rolf Eckrodt, president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., became the first non-Japanese attendant at the monthly luncheon of the Mitsubishi group companies' leaders in Tokyo on July 12. His presence apparently indicates that globalization has reached one of Japan's largest business groups which was created after the pre-war Mitsubishi ''zaibatsu'' was disbanded.

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New president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

TOKYO, Japan - Rolf Eckrodt, who was installed as president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) on June 28, replacing Takashi Sonobe, who has become chairman.

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MMC to revive Colt name for new small car

TOKYO, Japan - Rolf Eckrodt, new president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), tells a news conference June 25 at a Tokyo hotel that a new small car MMC is to launch this fall will be called the Colt, reviving the name used for a sedan MMC made between 1962 and 1972.

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Mitsubishi Motors back in black for 1st time in 3 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Rolf Eckrodt (C), vice president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), and Takashi Sonobe (R), MMC's president and chief executive officer, speak at a news conference in Tokyo on May 13 about the company's financial results for fiscal 2001. Eckrodt will replace Sonobe as the automaker's president and chief executive officer.

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DaimlerChrysler's Eckrodt to head MMC

TOKYO, Japan - DaimlerChrysler AG's representative at its partner Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), Rolf Eckrodt (file photo), will take over the presidency of the Japanese carmaker from Takashi Sonobe, MMC sources said on March 26. Eckrodt, 59, chief operating officer at MMC since January 2001, will succeed Sonobe pending approval by an MMC shareholders' meeting in late June.

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Mitsubishi Motors launches new SUV

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sonebe (L), president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), and MMC Executive Vice President Rolf Eckrodt unveil the Airtrek, the company's new sports utility vehicle, on June 20 in Tokyo. The Airtrek, MMC's first new model in seven months, is available with a 2.4-liter or 2.0-liter engine and will go on sale in North America and Europe next year. It is priced between 1.70 million yen and 2.30 million yen.

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MMC posts record 278 bil. yen group net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) president Takashi Sonobe (L), and executive vice president Rolf Eckrodt hold a news conference in Tokyo on May 18. They said MMC registered a record consolidated net loss of 278.14 billion yen for fiscal 2000, sinking into the red for the second straight year on lower sales and extraordinary losses including those related to a scandal over its cover-up of recalls.

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M'bishi Motors to cut 9,500 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sonobe (L), president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), and Vice President Rolf Eckrodt, who was dispatched to work with the troubled Japanese carmaker by DaimlerChrysler AG, announce the company's major restructuring plan at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 26. Under the plan, MMC, hit hard by cover-up scandals involving vehicle defects, will cut some 9,500 jobs, or 14% of its group workforce, by 2003 and close down its key Oe plant in Nagoya.

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DaimlerChrysler's Eckrodt assumes MMC vice presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Takashi Sonobe (L), Rolf Eckrodt of DaimlerChrysler AG speaks at a news conference following his appointment as MMC's vice president and chief operating officer. Eckrodt, who currently heads the DaimlerChrysler group's railway systems division, becomes MMC's second-in-command after Sonobe.

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MMC's new No. 2 Eckrodt meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Rolf Eckrodt of DaimlerChrysler AG speaks to the media Jan. 19, shortly after the board of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) approved his appointment as an MMC vice president and chief operating officer. The appointment makes Eckrodt MMC's second-in-command, overseeing such key activities as procurement, model development, production and sales.

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Shareholders OK DaimlerChrysler's Eckrodt to MMC board

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) head to a meeting in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 19. During the meeting, they approved the appointment of Rolf Eckrodt of DaimlerChrysler AG as an MMC board member.

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Mitsubishi Motors to review North American strategy

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Rolf Eckrodt speaks to reporters at the firm's Tokyo headquarters about a new business plan to be released early next year. (Kyodo)

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MMC to revive Colt name for new small car

TOKYO, Japan - Rolf Eckrodt, new president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), tells a news conference June 25 at a Tokyo hotel that a new small car MMC is to launch this fall will be called the Colt, reviving the name used for a sedan MMC made between 1962 and 1972.

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(4) MMC unveils Colt compact car featuring high-fuel efficiency

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Rolf Eckrodt (L) shakes hands with the first owner of the Colt compact car, featuring the high-fuel efficiency of 20 kilometers per liter of gasoline of its 1.3-liter engine version at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyada Ward on Nov. 11. The Colt is equipped with the same platform and suspension as that of the planned compact car to be released by the Smart car division of DaimlerChrysler AG, MMC's leading shareholder. (Kyodo)

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(3) MMC unveils Colt compact car featuring high-fuel efficiency

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Rolf Eckrodt introduces the company's Colt compact car featuring the high-fuel efficiency of 20 kilometers per liter of gasoline of its 1.3-liter engine version at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyada Ward on Nov. 11. The Colt is equipped with the same platform and suspension as that of the planned compact car to be released by the Smart car division of DaimlerChrysler AG, MMC's leading shareholder. (Kyodo)

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MMC's Eckrodt to resign to take blame for business woes

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Rolf Eckrodt (in file photo) may step down to take the blame for poor results at the firm, which is trying to revive itself with help from its biggest shareholder, DaimlerChrysler AG, sources close to the company said Feb. 16. Eckrodt, a former senior official at DaimlerChrysler, assumed the presidency in June 2002 after being sent to the MMC board in 2001 from the German-American automaker to turn around the Japanese company. (Kyodo)

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MMC to launch next-generation Grandis minivan

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi President and Chief Executive Officer Rolf Eckrodt stands beside a new Grandis minivan to be put on the Japanese market on May 17 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 14. The four-door, three-row-seat vehicle will carry suggested retail prices of between 2,083,000 yen and 2,923,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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MMC unveils Colt compact car featuring high-fuel efficiency

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Rolf Eckrodt introduces the company's Colt compact car featuring the high-fuel efficiency of 20 kilometers per liter of gasoline of its 1.3-liter engine version at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyada Ward on Nov. 11. The Colt is equipped with the same platform and suspension as that of the planned compact car to be released by the Smart car division of DaimlerChrysler AG, MMC's leading shareholder. (Kyodo)

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Eckrodt becomes 1st foreigner in all-Mitsubishi group meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Rolf Eckrodt, president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., became the first non-Japanese attendant at the monthly luncheon of the Mitsubishi group companies' leaders in Tokyo on July 12. His presence apparently indicates that globalization has reached one of Japan's largest business groups which was created after the pre-war Mitsubishi ''zaibatsu'' was disbanded.

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MMC posts record 278 bil. yen group net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) president Takashi Sonobe (L), and executive vice president Rolf Eckrodt hold a news conference in Tokyo on May 18. They said MMC registered a record consolidated net loss of 278.14 billion yen for fiscal 2000, sinking into the red for the second straight year on lower sales and extraordinary losses including those related to a scandal over its cover-up of recalls.

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M'bishi Motors to cut 9,500 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sonobe (L), president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), and Vice President Rolf Eckrodt, who was dispatched to work with the troubled Japanese carmaker by DaimlerChrysler AG, announce the company's major restructuring plan at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 26. Under the plan, MMC, hit hard by cover-up scandals involving vehicle defects, will cut some 9,500 jobs, or 14% of its group workforce, by 2003 and close down its key Oe plant in Nagoya.

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Shareholders OK DaimlerChrysler's Eckrodt to MMC board

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) head to a meeting in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 19. During the meeting, they approved the appointment of Rolf Eckrodt of DaimlerChrysler AG as an MMC board member.

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MMC's new No. 2 Eckrodt meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Rolf Eckrodt of DaimlerChrysler AG speaks to the media Jan. 19, shortly after the board of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) approved his appointment as an MMC vice president and chief operating officer. The appointment makes Eckrodt MMC's second-in-command, overseeing such key activities as procurement, model development, production and sales.

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DaimlerChrysler's Eckrodt assumes MMC vice presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Takashi Sonobe (L), Rolf Eckrodt of DaimlerChrysler AG speaks at a news conference following his appointment as MMC's vice president and chief operating officer. Eckrodt, who currently heads the DaimlerChrysler group's railway systems division, becomes MMC's second-in-command after Sonobe.