http://www.autonews.com/article/2015...on-report-saysDETROIT (Reuters) -- Mitsubishi Motors Corp., faced with declining U.S. demand and an expiring union contract at its only plant in North America, declined to comment Thursday on a report that it planned to end auto production in America.Japan's Nikkei news service said the move to cease production at Mitsubishi's factory in Normal, Ill., is part of a strategic shift to the growing Asian market.
The company has "no statement," said a spokesperson for Mitsubishi Motors North America.
The Nikkei report said Mitsubishi, one of Japan's smallest automakers, would look for a buyer for the plant, which opened in 1988 as a joint venture between Mitsubishi and its then-partner, Chrysler.