Mitsubishi has concluded a deal with Avis Australia that will see 2,500 of its Mitsubishi 380s introduced to the Avis Australia car rental fleet between January and December, 2007.

Mitsubishi's General Manager, National Fleet and Diamond Services, David Conway, said that this latest deal showed that Avis had great faith in the 380.

"Mitsubishi has re-positioned its complete product range to offer customers the best value in every market segment in which we compete and Avis has included the multi award-winning 380 because they believe it does offer good value in the large six-cylinder models."

"Avis will take a mixture of 380 models continuously throughout the year and customers renting from Avis will get an opportunity to see just how well the 380 performs on the road and at the petrol pump."

"No other large car offers the same level of standard equipment as the 380 including ABS with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution and a RISE (Re-Inforced Innovative Safety Evolution) bodyshell to safely cocoon occupants in the event of an accident. The 380 is also backed by our industry leading 5 year/130,000km bumper to bumper warranty and 10 year/160,000 non-transferable drive-train warranty, which means great piece of mind for our customers" Mr Conway said.

Avis Australia's Director of Fleet, Mr Cress Dawson said "the 380 has a good reputation for reliability and durability and that means that the operating costs will be low. The car also provides our customers with features that they want, including power windows on all four doors, automatic, air conditioning, power driver's seat, AM/FM audio with CD and MP3 compatibility and many safety related features."