{"id":86137,"date":"2021-12-07T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=86137"},"modified":"2021-12-17T08:49:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T08:49:48","slug":"40-years-of-mitsubishi-pajero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/40-years-of-mitsubishi-pajero\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Years of Mitsubishi Pajero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Production of an off-road legend recently came to an end in Japan. This previously ran for almost 40 years in four model generations from the assembly line. As can be seen from the headline, it was the Mitsubishi Pajero, which in some countries was better known as the Montero or Shogun. The four-wheel drive history of Mitsubishi Motors goes back to 1934. At that time, the Japanese government commissioned Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to develop a compact military vehicle. A total of four prototypes of the PX33 were built. Series production didn’t take place. However, Japan decided that Mitsubishi should build trucks and buses instead. It wasn’t until almost 40 years later that the subject was taken up again. In the meantime the American Jeep was produced under license. A concept vehicle called the Pajero was exhibited for the first time at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1973. The Pajero II concept car followed five years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three body variants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

These concepts prepared the production off-roader both visually and technically. This made its debut in Tokyo in 1981 and was available at Japanese dealers from early 1982. International sales began in 1983, but Mitsubishi had to change the model designation in Spanish-speaking countries. The importers there rightly pointed out that the word “Pajero” in Spanish vulgar language means “wanker”. So the Pajero became the Montero there. In Great Britain, on the other hand, the name Shogun was chosen. The first model version was a three-door body variant with a fixed roof. Alternatively, there was also a convertible with soft top. From February 1983, the longer five-door model with up to seven seats followed. Depending on the market and model year, there were different gasoline and diesel engines with four or six cylinders available. Unusual for the time was the use of turbodiesel engines.<\/p>\n\n\n

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