The alternative for the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport has been spied once more, this time with a production-ready physique and underpinnings seemingly borrowed from the newest Triton.
Our spy images company snapped this automotive throughout scorching climate testing in southern Europe just lately. With stay rear axle, operating boards and chunky tyres it seems to be 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 automotive can not be imported as a consequence 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 present Pajero Sport.
This newest improvement automobile, although, is sporting 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 primarily based on, Mitsubishi goes the additional mile this time round to tell apart the SUV from its ute sibling.
Up entrance the Pajero Sport alternative has a bluff fascia with a tall, extensive grille flanked by a ladder of LED driving lights. The principle 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. Curiously 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 strategy 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 guide or computerized 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 might undertake the Pajero identify 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 identify for a extra luxurious mannequin primarily based on the plug-in hybrid Outlander.
If the Pajero does turn into an Outlander-based mannequin, it would abandon the mannequin’s lengthy historical past as a real off-roader. Nonetheless, if the Pajero identify is used on the automotive pictured right here, it would see the mannequin return to its body-on-frame roots, which it deserted when the third-generation automotive debuted in 1999.
