The Mitsubishi Pajero belongs to the class of cars with increased off-road performance. The third generation of this famous SUV was significantly different from previous generations. The impression was that the Japanese engineers at the turn of the millennium decided to release an absolutely new SUV, which was completely different from all the others. When developing this model, manufacturers used all the experience that accumulated over 18 years of release of previous generations of this model.
Mitsubishi Company was founded in 1873 by Yataro Iwasaki. Initially, it was a shipbuilding and ship- repair company. Today the company produces a wide range of machineries - from buses and heavy trucks to compact city cars. The headquarters is in the city of Tokyo. The first Mitsubishi car - Model-A - was produced in Japan in 1917 and immediately gained popularity. After the war, the production of cars was resumed only in 1960 with the production of the Mitsubishi 500 sedan. In 1982 the Mitsubishi Company produced the famous Mitsubishi Pajero SUV. Today Mitsubishi is one of the largest car manufacturers in the world.
If we consider the external characteristics of Pajero of the third generation in a five-door body, it becomes apparent that the dimensions of the car has slightly increased in comparison with the previous version. This effect is also created by rounded body shapes in the area of wheel arches. It became 70 mm longer and 100 mm wider. The Japanese designers tried to use even such a slight increase in the size at most. The car got a third row of seats for two people that could be hidden in the floor of the luggage compartment, if there was no need to use it. Thus, the five-door Pajero could carry up to seven people, and its smaller three-door «brother» up to five.
The technical specifications of Mitsubishi Pajero of the third generation depended on the engines with which it was completed. The car was equipped with diesel engines with a volume of 2.5 and 3.2 liters and petrol 3.5-3.8 liter units. They were able to develop the power from 115 to 202 horsepower. Mitsubishi Pajero 3 diesel was the most economical and consumed up to 10 liters of fuel per hundred kilometers, while the «appetite» of petrol engines exceeded 15 liters per hundred kilometers. Both were equipped with a mechanical or automatic gearbox. The engines of this series were the pride of the Japanese engineers - they had a direct fuel injection system. Mitsubishi Pajero 3 diesel was in great demand in the west, in our country the gasoline engine was much more popular. The gasoline engine of the Pajero 3 was able to speed up this two-ton vehicle to hundreds km per hour in 10.6 seconds.
Body
Type of SUV body, 5
Number of doors, 5
Number of seats, 7
Dimensions, mm
Width, 1895 mm
Length, 4770 mm
Height, 1855 mm
Wheelbase, 2780 mm
Ground clearance, 235 mm
The front track, 1560 mm
The rear track, 1560 mm
Volume and mass
The trunk volume min, 415 l
The trunk volume max, 1700 l
Engine
Type of engine, gasoline
Engine capacity, 2972 cm³
Power ,180 hp
Gas distributing mechanism (SOHC)
The arrangement of the cylinders is V-shaped
Number of cylinders, 6
The brand of fuel, AI-95
At revolutions, 5500
Torque, 265/4000 N * m
Degree of compression, 9
Number of valves per cylinder, 4
Distributed Injection engine power supply system
The diameter of the cylinder is 91.1 mm
Piston stroke, 76 mm
Engine Model, 6G72
Transmission
Transmission, automatic
Number of gears, 5
Drive type, full
Number of gears (automatic gearbox), 5
Gear ratio of main pair is 3.87
Suspension
Front suspension type, double crossbar
Rear suspension type, helical spring
Brake system
Front brakes, ventilated discs
Rear brakes, ventilated discs
Steering
Steering type, steering rack
Turning circle, 11.4 m
Performance indicators
Permissible gross weight, 2445 kg
Fuel tank capacity, 90 l
Tire size, 265/70 R16 H