Mitsubishi will build SUV at Illinois plant

new SUV crossover at its plant in Normal, Illinois, next year, promising to keep the facility open less than a month after its 1,100 union employees agreed to wage concessions.

The tax breaks are contingent upon the company maintaining at least 1,200 jobs, but a Mitsubishi spokesman said that doesn't mean the company has plans for layoffs, or,

Jump 2013, is aimed at producing more vehicles to sell in emerging markets such as China and Brazil. The Outlander Sport is part of that plan. The goal, according to Mitsubishi, is to raise sales to 1.37 million vehicles in 2013 from the roughly 1 million it expects it will sell by the end of the current fiscal year in March.

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