A time-share condo.

October 1985, Diamond-Star Motors (DSM) was incorporated as a joint venture of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Chrysler Corporation.

April 1986, ground broken for the auto assembly plant in Normal, Illinois. Construction of the 1.9 million square foot facility, with an annual production capacity of 240,000 vehicles, was completed in March 1988.

Diamond-Star Motors simultaneously launched its first two mass production vehicles in September 1988: the Mitsubishi Eclipse and the Plymouth Laser.

In 1989, 90,741 vehicles were produced. A second production shift and a third shift for engineering and maintenance were added in May 1989.

In 1991, MMC purchased Chrysler's 50 percent share and the plant became a wholly-owned subsidiary of MMC. On July 1, 1995, Diamond-Star Motors was renamed Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc.

In October 1995, MMMA celebrated the one-millionth vehicle - which was the first Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder convertible. It was also the 10th anniversary of incorporation.

The plant has had three expansions since 1988; the most recent was in November 2000 when groundbreaking occurred for a 170,000 square foot expansion to Stamping and Body Shops to accommodate the new sport utility to be built at MMMA in 2003 (2004 model year ). Upon completion of this expansion, square footage will be 2.5 million.

Rich Gilligan joined MMMA in December 1998 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and began a restruct...

east coast state, discriminated against by those who have been only as far as the outskirts of new york city. while new jersey has its fair share of cities, grime, and crime, a large portion consists of expansive suburbs, beautiful land, and farms.

brick, new jersey: second safest town in the nation.

home to bon jovi, bruce springsteen, catch 22, jay and silent bob (and several kevin smith films, including "dogma"), princeton university, the sopranos, and the celebrated "weird nj."

while accents and hairstyles vary, it is extremely rare that one falls into the stereotypical "joisey" caricature.

An activity or full-time job that approx. 85% of people from luton participate in, involving one of the following:

1. Stealing stuff you cant afford
2. Stealing stuff you can afford

Sang term for inhabitant of Cornwall, specifically from the area around St. Buryan. Characteristic features: don't make their fair share of brews, deny being a pikey themselves, but happy to suggest that others (i.e. their neighbours from Pendeen and St Just).

A more specific type of grinch relative to the recreational smoking of marijuana. They are defined as a friend who brings over his/her marijuana to share with yours but, often put down an extremely smaller amount than what you do to smoke.

Something that is good to be sometimes; stupid to be ALL the time.