An MPV battle royale is shaping up in Indonesia, where the 2021 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) will open to the press on November 11. Earlier, the all-new Toyota Avanza that will be launched in Indonesia on November 10. The Avanza is of course the grand daddy and pioneer of this segment, which has since grew to include the Honda BR-V and Mitsubishi Xpander. The new second-generation BR-V was revealed in September and it will be joining the revamped Avanza/Daihatsu Xenia at GIIAS. Now, Mitsubishi has released a teaser of what looks like the Xpander facelift.
The graphic above was posted on social
media with the line “Ride the Life Adventure”. It shows the silhouette of a
tall car with Mitsubishi’s signature Dynamic Shield grille and some fancy LED
lights, arranged in two levels. The pieces of light on the top level has some
signal lamp orange, while the main beam below it is in a sideways-T shape.
The lights match what we saw in spyshots
from last month, when the Xpander facelift was undergoing a commercial shoot.
The current reflector LED headlamps are stacked vertically at the edge of the
bumpers, while what we see here are slim, horizontal units going in deep to
meet the grille. The LED DRLs appear longer too. The spyshots also showed
two-tone wheels with a blade-style pattern, which is new. At the back, there
appears to be a new bumper with vertical cutouts at the sides, joined by a
strip. There’s bound to be a new grille, too.
