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| Formerly |
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|---|---|
| Company type | Joint venture |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | October 1985 |
| Founders | Chrysler Corp. Mitsubishi Motors |
| Defunct | November 2015 |
| Fate | Chrysler sold its equity stake to Mitsubishi in 1993, which became the sole owner |
| Headquarters | 100 N. Mitsubishi Motorway, Normal, Illinois 61761, United States |
Key people | Jerry Berwanger (EVP, COO) Hideyasu Tagaya (Chairman, MMNA) |
| Products | Automobiles |
| Brands | |
| Owner | Chrysler (1985–1993) Mitsubishi Motors (1985–2016) |
Number of employees | 1,900 |
| Parent | Mitsubishi North America |
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. Manufacturing Division (originally, Diamond-Star Motors) was an automobile-manufacturing joint venture between the Chrysler Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors.[1] The name came from the parent companies' respective logos: three diamonds (Mitsubishi) and a pentastar (Chrysler).[2]
Diamond-Star Motors was officially renamed "Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc." (MMMA) in 1995, four years after Mitsubishi took sole control of the plant, and from 2002 to 2016 its official name had been "Mitsubishi Motors North America", Inc.", and "Manufacturing Division".[3]
In the automotive enthusiast community, DSM, especially used in the singular (e.g. a DSM) generally refers to the original first- and second-generation Mitsubishi Eclipse, Eagle Talon, and Plymouth Laser, which all shared the same Diamond-Star Motors vehicle platform.
- ^ "Mixing Cultures On the Assembly Line", John Holusha, The New York Times, June 5, 1988
- ^ " Business People; Mitsubishi Executive Joins Chrysler Venture", John Holusha, The New York Times, June 15, 1991
- ^ History of MMMA Archived 2007-01-17 at the Wayback Machine, MMMA official website