Sport drive of Pajero from Mitsubishi is expected to roll down in middle of this year. The new version will be based on Triton pick-up platform and will enter into SE Asia, South America, Latin America, South Africa and Russia. New Pajero will encounter Toyota Fortuner running on Hilux pick-up and is in the process of make in Thailand. It will then be imported to India from early 2011 to be sold at an approximate cost of Rs20 lakhs.
The Thailand market gets this Pajero coming with two engines options- 4M41 3.2 DID common rail diesel presently fit in Montero. It has the power of output range of 165ps and 351Nm torque helped by 4 speed auto tran. Another engine is 4D56 2.5 lit 4 cylinder common rail diesel. This engine has the output power of 140 ps, 31ps. However, the drawback is with the 2.5 engine in Thailand which does not have 4WD.
Hindustan Motors- Mitsubishi partnership is making all out effort to import this engine plant to India to reduce the overall cost of the car. Now for this Sporty car, Mitsubishi has to chalk out a different strategy with engine and drive train. We must admit that this Mitsubishi Pajero Sport wears a nice interiors and exteriors, along with suspension, soft ride, and is ideal for off and on the road. With the arrival of this Pajero Sport, the current model Pajero will become Pajero classic before getting outdated in metro cities on Euro norms.