The 2022 Mitsubishi Xpander facelift is set to make its debut in Indonesia at the 2021 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) next week, but the refreshed MPV has been revealed, by MMC itself in the carmaker’s FY2021 Q2 financial report. Intentional or not, we don’t know. That’s the car you see above, listed in the document as a new model that is “coming soon”. It matches both the official teaser by Mitsubishi Indonesia released earlier this week, as well as spyshots from last month.
Look at the headlamps for the biggest
change. Sideways-T shaped LED headlamps replace the vertical block seen on
today’s car, with the slim, horizontal units going in deep to meet the Dynamic
Shield grille. The LED DRLs on the upper tier are longer and more prominent. This
is our first look at the facelift grille, and while the sunken cheeks outline
remains, the insides have a new look. The upper part of the grille (where the
logo is) is now in two smooth pieces, rendered in black. It’s a cleaner look
than the current chrome-heavy style. Below that is another similar trim piece,
and the rest of the grille is covered in honeycomb mesh.
On the lowest part of the face, the round
fog lamps remain, but the design of the “skid plate” is new and less fussy than
the previous four-hole design. The blade-style two-tone wheels are also in a
new design. We don’t have a good look of the rear yet, but spyshots hint at a
new bumper with vertical cutouts at the sides, joined by a strip.
