A Japanese miracle made in Spain? From €26,100, Japanese reliability is reborn in Valladolid with an 8-year warranty

Forget the old MPV, the one your parents used to drive to Decathlon. This new Grandis is an SUV, because if it isn’t an SUV, you simply don’t sell. And Mitsubishi, with the greatest subtlety, has thrown it headfirst into the wildest segment, that of compact SUVs. A segment where it goes head to head with the Nissan Qashqai, the Hyundai Tucson or the SEAT Ateca. A minefield where only the strongest survive. And the Grandis, against all odds, seems to have an ace up its sleeve. Or, better said, eight.

Let’s go straight for the jugular, which is what matters. Price and warranty. With a starting price of 26,100 euros for the 130 CV MHEV version, and 30,300 euros for the 1.8-litre full hybrid (HEV), Mitsubishi is not playing around. They are putting their cards on the table with a nerve that borders on insolence. And as if that weren’t enough, they add a 1,200-euro discount that can reach 3,700 if you finance with them. Yes, you read that right. Less than 23,000 euros for an SUV with an ECO label, built in-house, with almost 500 litres of boot space and standard equipment others would envy.

But the real atomic bomb, the missile that will shake the foundations of the competition, is not the price. It is the warranty. Eight years or 160,000 kilometres. Read it again. Eight. Years. It is a declaration of intent. A glove thrown in the face of the entire industry. It is Mitsubishi saying: “I trust my product so much that I give you nearly a decade of peace of mind. And if it breaks, the problem is mine”. It is the boldest way to sell reliability, that quality that seemed lost in the limbo of downsized engines and touchscreens.

Inside, the Grandis does not disappoint. It looks robust, with a design that, although it follows the Dynamic Shield pattern of the brand, has been modernised. In the cabin, connectivity is at the centre of the storm. Integrated Google, Harman Kardon sound and an app to control everything from your phone. You know, the usual. But what did you expect? It is a 2025 car, not a Lancer EVO. Even so, it manages not to look like a sad city car.

The thing is, Mitsubishi, a brand that not long ago seemed on the verge of fading into oblivion in Europe, is rising from its ashes hand in hand with the Alliance Renault-Nissan. And this Grandis, which is based on the same platform as the Renault Austral, is irrefutable proof that the strategy is working. Taking advantage of synergies to produce cars with an unbeatable value for money, and then adding its own personal touch and its heavy hammer: the warranty.