By EWAN KENNEDY CAPTION: A. B. C. 2015 Mitsubishi ASX BODY COPY Mitsubishi has long been a major player in the Australian 4WD and SUV sales race. Beginning with the ground-breaking Pajero almost 40 years ago when it was the first affordable 4WD designed with comfort, not just off-road ability, More
At last: after living with the lumpen lines of previous Pajeros, the latest iteration of the large wagon from Mitsubishi has taken up looks more in character with that of a true sports utility vehicle. While Mitsubishi says the Pajero Sport is the most technically advanced off-roader it has produced, More
Australian designed and built, the Mitsubishi Magna showed Holden and Ford a thing or two about family car design when introduced in 1985. A smooth, refined ride and excellent noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) suppression were big features of the Magna, even more so in the upmarket Verada versions of More
Rather than being a new variant of the popular Mitsubishi Pajero as the name suggests the Pajero Sport is actually the replacement for the outgoing Challenger. The Pajero Sport name has been used in Europe for the Challenger since it was first produced in 1996. Launched in 1982 Pajero was More
Mitsubishi Outlander is an important vehicle for the Japanese giant, competing as it does in one of the strongest market areas in Australia, that of midsize SUVs. Mitsubishi has long been a major player in the field of comfortable passenger-oriented vehicles, having introduced the Pajero to a surprised public downunder More
Mitsubishi Pajero is often seen as being a tough looking people mover rather than a real 4WD, which is a pity because it’s pretty competent off-road and can handle most situations likely to be encountered by an adventurous holiday in the bush. Mitsubishi Pajero comes as a station wagon with More
Mitsubishi’s Triton has been around for almost 40 years and has sometimes been regarded as the poor relation of Japanese rivals Navara, HiLux and Mazda BT-50. To some degree that image was diluted by the current model released in Australia in 2006. For the next few months that current model More
Often when a vehicle undergoes a mid-life facelift the changes are so subtle it takes a visual third-degree to tell the difference between the old and the new. There’s no chance of that applying to the upgraded Mitsubishi Outlander SUV, launched this week with Mitsubishi’s new ‘’Dynamic Shield’’ appearance keeping More
Japanese designed and built to a high quality, Mitsubishi Lancer is at the forefront in the reliability stakes, so has long been popular on the used-car scene in Australia. The Lancer began life as a small car, then gradually morphed into a medium model. From the new model launched in More
In the words of the maker Mitsubishi, the Lancer has been ‘tweaked’ for the new year to include a revised model range with price cuts, more features, door mirrors with side repeater lamps, emergency stop flashers and a new style of door trims. The Lancer is now available from just More
