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The Mitsubishi Pajero will go into production in December 2026 and will be built in Thailand — already the manufacturing home of the Mitsubishi Triton, and other dual-cab utes like the Toyota HiLux, Ford Ranger and Isuzu D-Max — according to new reports out of the Phillipines.
That's the word from The Daily Tribune, which is reporting that the "Desert King" will be built alongside the Triton before being shipped to its on-sale markets.
The move would all but lock the Pajero in for sale in Australia, given our Mitsubishi Triton is built there in right-hand drive, and also suggests the model will adopt a ladder-frame chassis, one it shares with Mitsubishi's workhorse ute.
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It would also lend credibility to reports that the reborn Pajero will hark back to its rugged roots, rather than take a more on-road focussed approach.
In fact, reports out of Japan have already pointed to the Triton and Pajero sharing a platform, with Best Car Web making the claim earlier this year.
According to the same site, the Pajero won't borrow from the Y63 Patrol, and will instead forge its own ute-based path. That would likely mean sharing the Triton's diesel powertrain – a twin-turbo-diesel 2.4-litre that produces 150kW and 470Nm. But reports suggest the new model will be future-proofed, with a mid-term plan to fit Mitsubishi's next-generation petrol plug-in hybrid technology.
It would still be a large SUV, though, measuring a reported 5100mm in length, 1930mm in width and 1815mm in height.
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According to Best Car, Mitsubishi would target a starting price in its domestic market of around 6.5m Yen, or $67,000 AUD. A similar pricing strategy in Australia would see it significantly undercut the cheapest LC300 ($96k) and Y62 Nissan Patrol ($95k).
"I have put up my hand and said we would love to have one because it's a very valuable nameplate, because it is a fantastic product, because it's a halo product," Mitsubishi Australia boss, Shaun Westcott has previously told CarsGuide.
"For all of the above reasons, we would love to have one here.
“I cannot tell you what it is, what it looks like, what the powertrain is, whether there’s a ladder frame, whether there’s monocoque. I cannot give you any of that information other than to say that Mitsubishi has announced that we are working on a large SUV."
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