Honda plans to add a pickup truck developed with Mitsubishi Motors to its Southeast Asian lineup, an announcement relevant to a region tied to Honda manufacturing. The agreement concerns an overseas market and a future vehicle. It does not announce a pickup assignment for an Ohio factory.

The companies said Oct. 22 they signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a Honda model based on the Mitsubishi Triton. Sales are scheduled for 2028 in the ASEAN market, the Southeast Asian regional grouping. Mitsubishi describes the Triton as a pickup built on a ladder frame, with demand concentrated in that region.

Honda says the arrangement would give it a pickup in a market where it currently lacks one, while Mitsubishi expects increased production and better use of its Thailand plant. The announcement describes planned collaboration rather than a vehicle already available to customers. It supplies no American sale date or United States pricing for the proposed model….READ MORE…