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The 2022 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport GLS is one of the few seven-seat SUVs on the market with proper 4x4 credentials As one of a handful of  seven-seat SUVs with proper off-road credentials  currently on the market, the  Pajero Sport  remains popular with adventure-driven families. And for good reason; it’s well-priced and comes with a generous warranty and class-leading after-sales support. In its current guise though, this  Mitsubishi Pajero  was first released back in 2015 and is somewhat long in the tooth - despite a mid-life refresh in 2020 that was largely cosmetic. With an influx of more modern large SUVs arriving locally - think Everest - is the ageing Pajero Sport still a worthy consideration? The 4x4 models that occupy  the Mitsubishi Pajero line-up  - GLX, GLS, and Exceed - with the choice of either five or seven pews available. The mid-spec GLS we have here is the cheapest entry point into a seven-seat 4x4 variant. Interior Despite feeling dated in certain areas, the Pajero Spo

Strong on value, the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport continues to play at the pointy end of the ute-based SUV market What’s it all about? Bakkie-based SUVs like the seven-seat Mitsubishi Pajero Sport are an increasingly popular option for adventurous family buyers. As practical and as comfortable as road-biased rivals, they offer the go-anywhere ability and towing capacity of the body-on-frame light commercial models from which they’re derived – a bit of a ‘cake-and-eat-it’ kind of SUV, if you will. In the case of the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport we find underpinnings shared with the updated Triton utility. The pair is mechanically identical, and shares a familiar cabin décor and frontal styling treatment. The rear-end (obviously) is unique to the Pajero Sport, and includes a third row of seats and 1488-litre boot behind a top-hinged tailgate. At the other end we find Mitsubishi’s carryover 2.4-litre MIVEC four-cylinder turbo-diesel (133kW/430Nm) matched to an Aisin-sourced eigh