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Off-roading, body-on-frame sport-utility vehicles tend to stick around the market longer than most cars and trucks. The Mitsubishi Pajero - the current fourth-generation model - having been around since 2006. So sooner or later, the Japanese automaker will have to replace it – just as Mercedes has the G-Class, Jeep Wrangler, and Land Rover soon will with the Defender. Fortunately Mitsubishi – now part of the Renault Nissan Alliance – has the new corporate partners and the resources to develop fresh new Pajero models . The question (or one of the questions at least) is what a new Pajero might look like. And this is a pretty good idea. It's an independent design done up with Enoch Gabriel Gonzales , who's no stranger to speculatively redesigning Mitsubishis on the company's behalf. Gonzales' latest looks unmistakably like a Pajero, but thoroughly modernized with design cues similar to those we've seen on recent Mitsubishi concepts (of which there have been...

Upgraded pick-up also pushes up prices, fuel consumption and weight, while payload drops And that’s not all that’s on the rise as the bluffly-styled new Mitsubishi Triton 2019 is up in weight and fuel consumption. Mitsubishi says a big hike in equipment, especially driver assist systems, justifies the big price increase for the GLS Premium. However, the 2019 Triton remains far cheaper than the flagship models of the only two one-tonne utes that outsell it in Australia, the Toyota HiLux Rugged X and Rogue and the Ford Ranger Wildtrak (yes, the Raptor is more expensive but would anyone cross-shop that against a Triton?). “You saw the price rises are not that large. We are still going to be the best value for money.” No other Triton in the 20-model range increases in price as much as the GLS Premium.  At the opposite end of the spectrum pricing of the GLX petrol and diesel 4×2 and 4×4 single-cab models remain unchanged, which gives you an idea of where most of t...