Mitsubishi Challenger

The Mitsubishi Pajero Sport is a mid-size SUV from the Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors. Since 1996 the car is in Okazaki, Catalão and Beijing was built. In Australia he was named Challenger, Nativa in Latin America, as Shogun Sport in the United Kingdom and South America and Spanish-speaking countries as Montero Sport offered. In Japan, the Montero Sport was founded in 2003 and replaced in the U.S. in 2004 by the Mitsubishi Endeavor. By mid- 2006, the first generation of the Montero Sport was offered in Germany.

First generation K90 ( 1996-2008 )

1st generation Vorfacelift

Production of the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport started in 1996 in Japan, from 1997, the car was also available in most exporting countries. Although the Mitsubishi Pajero 's name, the V6 petrol and the diesel engine R4, as well as shares the selectable Easy-Select - wheel drive, it is based on the platform of the pickups L200 with ladder frame and solid axle rear.

Facelift ( Montero Sport )

The Pajero Sport is available with the following engines in Germany:

  • 3.0 V6, six-cylinder engine with 2972 cc capacity in serial type and 130 kW ( 177 hp ), 1998-2002
  • 2.5 TD, four-cylinder turbo diesel engine with 2477 cc capacity in serial type and 73 kW ( 99 PS), 1998-2000
  • 2.5 TD, four-cylinder turbo diesel engine with 2477 cc capacity in serial type and 85 kW ( 115 hp), 2002-2006
  • 2.5 TD , four-cylinder turbo diesel engine with 2477 cc and 98 kW in series type (133 PS), 2003-2006

Second generation KH0 (since 2008)

2nd generation

In August 2008, the second generation of the Pajero Sport was unveiled at the Moscow Motor Show, which continues to be based on the L200 and its ladder frame construction took over; also the design of the front is similar to the pickup. In addition, the new Pajero Sport is equipped with the Super - Select- wheel drive system from the Pajero and is available with two common-rail diesel engines with 2.5 and 3.2 liters and a 3.5- liter V6 petrol engine. Depending on the version, two rows of seats with five or three rows of seats with seven seats available. In the fall of 2008, the sales of the model in the Middle East, Latin America and Oceania began. In Russia, only the five-seater with 3.2 liter diesel engine will be offered. The second generation model will be exported into the U.S. to Western Europe, thus its predecessor remains, at least in Germany without a successor.

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