Mitsubishi in Japanese means three for Mitsu and hishi means water chestnut.
When these words are combined the word translates to and means three diamonds which refers to the companies iconic three diamond emblem.
In Japanese, Mitsubishi (三菱) combines "mitsu" (三), meaning "three," and "hishi" (菱), meaning "water chestnut," which also refers to a rhombus or diamond shape.
Mitsubishi is owned by Mitsubishi group, which is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies.
Mitsubishi group was founded by Yataro lwasaki in 1870.
The Mitsubishi Group traces their origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, which is a unified company that existed from the year of 1870 to 1946.
Nissan also acquired a controlling 34 percent stake in Mitsubishi Motors in the year 2016, which makes it a part of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance.
And in late 2024, Mitsubishi bought back a portion of their shares from Nissan, which reduced Nissan's ownership to around 24 percent, but with plans for continued collaboration on future vehicles, which includes potential electric vehicle development with Honda.
while Nissan did acquire a 34 percent stake in Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan did not buy out Mitsubishi outright.
Mitsubishi Motors for passenger vehicles makes many of the Mitsubishi engines at their Kyoto and Shiga plants in Japan.
For industrial and other Mitsubishi motors, the company that made those motors is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
There are also some partnerships, like Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-VST Diesel Engines Private LTD MVDE in India, for the production of Mitsubishi branded engines for regional markets.
Mitsubishi does not make any cars in the U.s.
Mitsubishi's sole North American car manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois, closed down in 2015 and their vehicles are now produced in countries like Thailand and Japan.
The company also had previously sold their Illinois plant to electric automaker Rivian, which now uses that facility for their own production.