How Mitsubishi Turned A Boring SUV Into A Dakar Champion

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[@Garuddd]

My father bought a Pajero when i was 8 now im 28 and its my daily driver still running strong

[@cheetocatto01]

It came to Brazil (in 1982) with it's world name, Pajero. It was a favorite in the local regularity Rallies.

[@gustavovasconcelos4372]

It actually came to Brazil in 1992. Imports were forbidden in Brazil from 1976 to 1990. Mitsubishi started bringing the L200 in 1991 and the Pajero in 1992.

[@Rostol]

@@gustavovasconcelos4372 it came to all of south america around that time, maybe a few years earlier in some countries. it was called Montero in the spanish speking countries cos pajero means wanker (lit)

[@lorenzofrancorossi6470]

Aqui Brasília

[@paolojosecastillo6523]

Mitsubishi Pajero is like the Nissan GTR but only on the sand dunes

[@XPSGD]

More like Porsche

[@lordm3s447]

​@@XPSGDoh I remember Porche 959 also joined to test their new 4 wheel drive in dakar and won like mitsubshi did but sadly for an early super car that is superior than its rival Ferrari F40 was out sold just because that Porche is too stable and they can't feel the speeding up feel thing but that porche is much faster than its counter part another thing that makes even more troublesome for 959 is Mclaren F1 that suddenly also showed up on the picture making it even harder for Porche to sell it and compete

[@jamesdrives993]

I'm proud of my 1995 Mitsubishi Pajero V6, it can go places where other SUVs would be stuck and it's an uncommon sight on the road too. The only downside is the maintenance. I have to wait for months to import a few spare parts from Japan.

[@agentholmes369]

In. Sri Lanka We have so many pajeros as government vehicles ( police, municipal council, Agricultural department etc) all most all of them nearly 3 decades old still runs like it came out factory yesterday, you can easily found a Pajero in any vehicle advertisment page And people recognize Pajeros as synonym for Reliability and longevity

[@spd7693]

I wish this car can return to its glory, no matter how.

[@Bibekarj]

How is it boring.. Pajero is a legend..

[@maximizejyle]

Have you watched the video and it's title?

[@Jdawg2803]

I love pajero/montero, including the new one

[@helderluis4313]

i know that pajero was a winning car, but you had to see the story of the UMM team (Portuguese team) all of them finished and still helped a lot of teams!

[@almaefogo]

What? I had no idea UMM went to the Dakar, damn

[@KuyaVenture]

One ot the reasons I keep my 2009 4x4 montero sport/pajero sport RELIABILTY

[@marcoscherrutti1451]

Awesome content as usual! Keep up the good job!

[@victornguyen4114]

at that time Mitsubishi SUV may not be fast, but she won my heart till now. a beauty icon

[@BryceLois0828]

The pajero evo was a legend

[@nahuel3256]

They changed the name in south America cuz 'pajero' means 'wanker'.

[@iaintloud.7886]

the monterosport was so good tooo

[@kylethenoobssnoobie2737]

Just found out this family Suv is a rally champion and a very a rialiable family car

[@reypogi6934]

We were supposed to buy the Pajero final edition but we can't seem to get rid of any of our 3 older Pajero. They still work very well. Cheap parts, easy to fix. Both gas and diesel models. Mine would probably be my final car. Hate the tech on new cars. Unnecessary novelty, more stuff that could break.

[@ampur2]

my first thought as to why Mitsubishi could win more than other manufacturers, is because they build vehicles for military, and correct I am lol

[@elishaemanuel8512]

Mitsubishi king of the world champion

[@shappirefishing1186]

Magnificent

[@ThePandasian34]

The Pajero was the rally big brother to the lancer evo

[@macoyupadoodle]

I have the thumbnail ver. (Montero Sport) and, after 16 years , is still a daily (most used) .

[@cuconatparfour665]

When mitsubishi were actually cool

[@JohnSmith-qk4rm]

It is only a champion because no one else want to join there type, Mitsubishi was the only one which joined that T2 group. Every time Mitsubishi join the race, it will garanted be the chanpion, that was why.

[@w1ldm4n82]

Wrong. If that's the case, then surely they wouldn't have lost against euro rally cars multiple times. Namely porsche, audi, citroen and vw. Smh. 🤦‍♂️

[@zerotolerance3560]

Similarities of the pajero and the dakkar pajero.. 4 wheels Headlights Pajero sticker There is nothing resembling the daily driven pajero. Everything is specialized, forged.

[@ciscosebanes]

Mitsubishi Evo❤

[@kenesufernandez1281]

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[@corbinvandeventer6541]

Love my 3gen wanker car its too bad shitsubishi parts are so hard to find with 20 yo electronics and plastic being the lifeblood of its 4wd magic

[@CedrickSantos-gp2be]

Bc we have both cars

[@CedrickSantos-gp2be]

Padjero and montero is different kind of cars

[@jeanmichaelc1]

They are the same car

[@LyricsHaven8]

Pinoy kaba? Ang bubo mo.

[@shutter-chan]

​@@jeanmichaelc1He's not entirely wrong tho. In other countries Montero and Pajero are two completely different model. At least here in our country Pajero is considered a slightly more luxurious model compared to Montero.

[@solidsnake7797]

Mitsubishi is suck now 😢

[@Ben0TheNeko]

Yep, pumping up boring tiny cars, they slap on the ralliart sticker once in a while, but that's it. The mitsubishi now will never know how much the prestige and value of that sticker in its past glory days of mitsubishi ralliart tem.

[@bmad1386]

They got bought by Daimler-Benz that's why

[@lemonsweet69]

bad financial decisions, scandals was the downfall of Mitsubishi.

[@AxelGaba]

:D

[@milaventurasprod]

My dad owned this exact car when it came back to Portugal 4:12 Tough little UMMs :)

[@Creality.R.Crooks]

Thanks for another great motor racing story. At 5:25 when the second pair of ads had reared their ugly faces, I was worried that this channel might have gone the way of another channel that I had subscribed to for around five years; Triggernometry, which started running two ads every three minutes. I unsubscribed and deleted their bookmark after a few episodes of that rort. Thankfully, there were no more ads on Motor Legends after those two pairs at the beginning. Phew! Also interesting to see one set of shots of the Pajero Evo with a licence plate from Victoria, Australia. Definitely a very popular model for a few decades in Australia. Hard to guess how the Pajero fared saleswise against the Toyota Landcruiser and the Nissan Patrol, being quiite a bit smaller than both those two, but with a reputation as a better 4x4 than either.

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It's YT that put the ads, not the channel.

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