Model · Lineage

Colt

1962 – 2025

A long-running Mitsubishi supermini nameplate first used in 1962. Best known in modern form as the Z30-series hatchback, built until 2012, and revived in 2023 as a rebadged, Renault Clio-based hatchback for Europe.

Explore the lineage

64years

7generations

8trims

50–148hp range

Lineage Trims Owners

The Lineage

7 generations · tap any to explore

1 trim1st gen (Colt 600/1000)

1962–1971

Flagship 50 hp

1 trimA150

1978–1983

Flagship 69 hp

1 trimC10

1983–1988

Flagship 104 hp

1 trimC50

1988–1991

Flagship 134 hp

1 trimCJ/CK/CL/CM

1995–2002

Flagship 74 hp

2 trimsZ30

2004–2012

Flagship 148 hp

1 trim2023 (Clio-based)

2023–2025

Flagship 141 hp

The Story

Why the Colt matters

Mitsubishi first used the Colt name in 1962 on the Colt 600. The 1978 car that Europe bought as the Colt was sold in Japan as the Mirage. The Z30 Colt went on European sale in May 2004, built at NedCar in Born, Netherlands, on the technical basis it shared with the Smart Forfour, which was built alongside it. After the Z30 ended in 2012 the name returned in 2023 on a rebadged fifth-generation Renault Clio, built in Bursa, Turkey, with a 91 PS 1.0-litre turbo petrol among its engines.

Trims · 2023 (Clio-based)

1 trim · 2023–2025

The 2023 Colt, a rebadged fifth-generation Renault Clio built in Bursa, Turkey, for Europe. Reports put the end of European sales at the end of 2025, with no successor on the Clio VI.

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