The alternative for the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport has been spied once more, this time with a production-ready physique and underpinnings probably borrowed from the most recent Triton.
Our spy pictures company snapped this automobile throughout sizzling climate testing in southern Europe lately. With dwell rear axle, working boards and chunky tyres it seems to be the successor to the Pajero Sport that’s nearing its tenth birthday, and is predicated on the previous-generation Triton ute.
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Though the Pajero Sport stays in manufacturing, Mitsubishi Australia is counting on present inventory because the automobile can now not be imported on account of autonomous emergency braking laws.
An earlier prototype spied in September 2024 had the entrance finish of the present sixth-gneration Triton ute, however used the doorways and rear physique panels of the prevailing Pajero Sport.
This newest improvement automobile, although, is carrying a production-ready physique that shares nothing in widespread with the sixth-generation Triton that made its debut in 2023.
Whereas the present Pajero Sport has a physique that’s distinct from the Triton it’s based mostly on, Mitsubishi goes the additional mile this time round to differentiate the SUV from its ute sibling.
Up entrance the Pajero Sport alternative has a bluff fascia with a tall, broad grille flanked by a ladder of LED driving lights. The primary beam unit juts out and connects with the grille.
Across the aspect the brand new SUV has squared-off wheel arches, a clamshell bonnet, and a blocky silhouette. Apparently the doorways characteristic sharper window frames and a extra upright-looking windscreen than the Triton.
On the again the present Pajero Sport’s dripping eyeliner tail-lights have given option to extra conventional set of tail-lights. The styling right here doesn’t appear a world away from the next-generation Nissan Patrol.
It’s unclear what’s powering this SUV, however the sixth-generation Triton makes use of a 2.4-litre four-cylinder twin-turbo diesel mill making 150kW and 470Nm.
It’s paired to a six-speed handbook or automated transmission, and the selection of rear-wheel drive or full-time four-wheel drive.
With the design now extra like a traditional off-roader than a ute-based household wagon, a hearsay is circulating the brand new mannequin may undertake the Pajero title with out the Sport suffix.
Whether or not this seems to be true stays to be seen, as an earlier hearsay indicated Mitsubishi was going to revive the Pajero title for a extra luxurious mannequin based mostly on the plug-in hybrid Outlander.
If the Pajero does grow to be an Outlander-based mannequin, it should abandon the mannequin’s lengthy historical past as a real off-roader. Nonetheless, if the Pajero title is used on the automobile pictured right here, it should see the mannequin return to its body-on-frame roots, which it deserted when the third-generation automobile debuted in 1999.
