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MANAWATU FARMING LIFESTYLES
APRIL 2016
RURAL WHEELS
Dealing a pair of aces
Back in the early 1980s, there would have been few people in the world who knew what a ‘sport utility vehicle’ actually was — let alone how to design and build one. The English gentry had their land rovers for grouse hunting, the army had their off-road vehicles for the pursuit of — at the time — communist militias, and Joe Citizen drove a sensible big saloon car or station wagon. The change came at the start of that tumultuous decade of big hair and leg warmers. Toyota’s FJ, the original Range Rover, and Mitsubishi’s Pajero changed the way we looked at off-road travel. Soon would come the leather seats, mini bars, school run specials and fauxwheel-drives. But in the springtime of the SUV, Pajero was a big name. Now it’s set to become so again. This year sees the relaunch of the badge from Mitsubishi, replacing the outgoing Challenger with two variants, in much the same way that Mercedes
has achieved with their GL-E class. The Pajero returns with a solid, angular look, backed up by the power of a 3.2 litre intercooled turbo diesel. Combine the over 400Nm of torque from this power plant with acres of grip, and you can appreciate how the Pajero achieves its rated three ton towing capacity. Inside, we are reminded that the modern driver demands more comforts than his 1980s counterpart — it’s all here, but so too, is a convenient space for a second battery under the hood, and everything in place for the fitting of bars, winches, lights
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Smooth operator — the Pajero Sport rounds out the hard lines of its bigger brother, but still conquers mud and snow
and other off-road necessities. This is the marque which monstered the Paris to Dakar for ten years. The only small complaint — the colour palette doesn’t match the presence of the Pajero’s design, with only ‘high resale value’ neutrals and metallics available. One of these in hot orange would turn more heads than the second coming. Sitting next to the Pajero in the new Mitsubishi lineup is its slick and aerodynamic little brother, the Pajero Sport. If the big bruiser above is all about power and capability, then this offering is more of a crossover into the realm of comfort and connectivity. Don’t get us wrong — the pair of Pajeros blur the line nicely, and
the Sport is still no slouch when the going gets rough. But it puts style and sophistication to the fore, for the driver who will only rarely venture off the beaten track. When you do need to test the mettle of the Sport, it proves it’s no show pony. A very clever off-road mode selector juggles power, grip and torque to handle everything from sand to ice. So, a pair of competent and stylish new machines, worthy of their predecessor’s nametag. The hard part here will not be deciding if they are a contender against the likes of Toyota and Ford — but which one to pick. Where to find a suitable shade of candyorange paint.
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