	mitsubishi motors australia makes mln dlr loss mitsubishi motors australia ltd mmal reported a mln dlr net loss in calendar from a mln dlr profit in on turnover of mln dlrs from mln mmal pct owned by mitsubishi motors corp mimt t and mitsubishi corp mitt t said a tight market meant it had failed to recover mln dlrs in costs sustained because of a weak australian dollar the company said its magna car dominated its market segment with sales of units against in total sales were down in addition export of components to japan increased with mln dlrs invested in to expand output of aluminium cylinder heads to per month from mmal said imported passenger car light commercial and heavy vehicle sales suffered while local manufacturing profitability was eroded by sales substantially below production capacity it said australian car sales fell to in from in although mmal said it lifted its market penetration to pct from pct no dividend was recommended reuter 
