Bold Autos: 08/13/11

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Mitsubishi Pajero

The Mitsubishi Pajero is a sport utility four wheeler vehicle manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. The Mitsubishi Pajero was named after Leopardus Pajeros, the Pampas Cat which is native to the Patagonia plateau region of southern Argentina. However, since the Mitsubishi Pajero is an offensive term for wanker in Spanish, alternative names have been used for many markets in overseas. The Mitsubishi Montero in Spain, India and the Americas excepting Brazil and as Mitsubishi Shogun in the United Kingdom. Discontinued in the United States as of 2006, the vehicle continues to sell well in the rest of the world in it's fourth generation guise. Thanks to their success, the Montero, Pajero and Shogun names were also applied to other, mechanically unrelated models, such as the Pajero Mini kei car, the Pajero Junior and Pajero iO/Pinin mini SUVs, and the Mitsubishi Pajero/Shogun/Montero Sport. Its Main rivals are the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado SWB/LWB, Land Rover Discovery and Nissan Patrol.

Mitsubishi Pajero Blueprint

Mitsubishi Pajero First Generation

Production : 1982-1991

Mitsubishi Pajero Second Generation

Production :1991-2000

Mitsubishi Pajero Third Generation

Production : 1999-2006

Mitsubishi Pajero Fourth Generation

Production : 2006-

Toyota Prado

Toyota Land Cruiser Prado is a mid size four wheeler drive vehicle in the Toyota Land Cruiser range produced by the Japanese car maker Toyota Motor Corporation. It is one of the smaller vehicles in the range. The vehicle is marketed in many other parts of the developing world such as large parts of Africa and the Caribbean. In Europe it is sold as simply the Toyota Land Cruiser LC3, LC4 or LC5 depending on the generation or with the number series LC 70, LC 90 and LC 120. In North America it is not part of the Land Cruiser range, it is being sold instead as the Lexus GX 470 with nearly identical body panels and V8 engine.