Created at Mistubishi’s Cypress, California design studio, the SSS concept reflected the company’s “Geo-Mechanical” styling philosophy. This was the third in a series with the bold design, and was created to combine the driving pleasure and passenger comforts of a sport sedan with the packaging versatility of an SUV. Mitsubishi was developing a whole new vehicle category - the "enhanced utility sedan" in a shape like nothing else on the road. Powered by Mitsubishi’s 3.5-liter SOHC V-6, mounted transversely, the SSS was built on a front-wheel-drive platform with 4-wheel independent suspension for sophisticated ride and handling. Functional touches of the SSS include parallelogram-hinged doors that minimized the space needed to open side doors, high intensity discharge (HID) front lighting, LED lighting system in the rear, and a dual front bumper system (one low and a second one higher) that decreased the possibility of nosedive under a larger SUV in a rear-end collision.
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