Marques
Mitsubishi built Willys Jeeps under licence for forty-five years (about 200,000, the JGSDF’s Type 73), then made the Pajero — more than 3.3 million between 1982 and 2021, twelve Dakar wins, sold as the Montero and Shogun and licensed to Hyundai as the Galloper — alongside the Triton and L200 pick-ups since 1981 and the Pajero Sport since 1996. Its crossovers have no low range and are outside the registry.
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All 3 Mitsubishi marques by years in production, 1948 → today
Japan’s licence-built Jeep: from the J1 and J2 of 1952–53 for the police and forestry service and the J3 of July 1953 to the J54 and J58 of the 1990s — about 200,000 built on the CJ-3B pattern, with petrol and diesel engines, until emissions and safety rules ended production in August 1998.
More than 3.3 million in thirty-nine years: the Pajero of May 1982, the Super Select second generation of 1991, the integrated-frame monocoque of 1999 and the fourth generation that ran to March 2021 — sold as the Montero and Shogun, licensed to Hyundai as the Galloper, and the winner of twelve Dakar rallies including seven in a row; with the Triton-based Pajero Sport since 1996.
Mitsubishi’s pick-up with four-wheel drive since 1981: six generations of the Forte, Triton and L200, built at Laem Chabang in Thailand since 2005, with Easy Select and Super Select 4WD, and rebadged as the Fiat Fullback of 2015–19 and the Middle Eastern Ram 1200.
