Mitsubishi in a press release sent out today said a new model of the Pajero will be launched in the first three months of year 2012. Initially planned for the 2012 Auto Expo, the launch the Pajero Sport model had to be rescheduled due to the ecological disaster in Thailand.
This is Mitsubishi’s first high-volumes launch in many years. The Pajero Sport is likely to lock horns with the Toyota Fortuner and Ford Endeavour and could be the Japanese company’s turn-around model as the lack of right products and diesel engines has made it a pedestrian participant in the Indian market.
The statement also dwells on a new HM passenger vehicle (we assume on the Winner platform, spied recently by ICB) waiting for approval from ARAI and commercial vehicle variants on the Ambassador platform.
The Pajero Sport was supposed to be launched last year but the rising yen meant the SUV would never come to India at a lucrative price point. We know Mitsubishi doesn’t keep all its promises, and even “confirmed” launch dates have to be termed speculative or tentative in this Japanese company’ case. I’ll tell you why – Mitsubishi told Indian Autos Blog that the Pajero Sport, in the CBU form, [ Read More ]
Mitsubishi and its Indian partner Hindustan Motors have been dormant for too long in India. The only products that did well for them were the mid-size Lancer and the butch-looking Pajero. Other potent products like the Lancer Cedia, Montero and the Outlander managed to find not many takers.
In the coming months, HM-Mitsubishi is planning to regain its lost glory by introducing a number of cars into the Indian market, including the iconic Lancer Evo X. Lancer Evos have dominated the rally arena for the last few decades and Mitsubishi India is going to bank in on this stellar reputation to manage better sales in India.
Mitsubishi had plans of introducing the Evo IX (the Evo version of the Cedia sold in India) but as they had better priorities like getting rid of rodents in their factory, they chose to wait for the Evo X to come by.
The Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, which was introduced in International market in October, 2007, is powered by 2.0 liter turbocharged, all-aluminum inline-4 engine which produces a monstrous 290 bhp. We expect the car to come with the advanced 6-speed Twin Clutch SST transmission with paddle shifts.
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A little research in wikipedia yields the Mitsubishi Pajero sold in India is a 18-year old car. Yes, in the year 1991, the second generation Pajero began its life and till date, in spite of the successive generation of models it continues to be a salable model in places like India, and now Brazil.
Japanese Auto major Mitsubishi will unveil the PAJERO Sport at the Motor Show. The SUV is larger than its predecessor and so far we have learned that under the hood there’ll be the standard 3.2 liter turbodiesel engine that develops 162bhp (120 kW) and 343 Nm of torque. However, it’s possible that a 2.5 liter turbodiesel and a 3.5 liter V6 could also join the range.
Mitsubishi in a press release sent out today said a new model of the Pajero will be launched in the first three months of year 2012. Initially planned for the 2012 Auto Expo, the launch the Pajero Sport model had to be rescheduled due to the ecological disaster in Thailand.
