Pajero vs Pajero Sport - What to Buy

[littleriver]

Hi Peter,
They do a GLS version now in a 5 seat option. Decent option if you don't need the extra row. Still has rear vents for the A/C.
Cheers

Mark

Could one just get the seven seat option and remove the third row (better resale value)

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[PA.]

I have been advised the 5 seat GLS is $1,000 cheaper than the 7 seat GLS. At the other end of the day I think the 7 seater may be easier to sell and demand a higher price in the used market.

[DID Dash]

Recently had the opportunity to drive a Pajero Sport towing about 2 tonnes of firewood in a big work trailer when a friend of a friend had a little heath issue preventing him from driving home from a trip. I was pleasantly surprised at how well it towed the load. Engine performance was quite strong, the 8 speeder just did the job without fuss, almost negating the need to use the paddle shifter. I reckon the Pajero Sport towed the 2.5t better than my Challenger tows 1.5t. I was really impressed. Definitely on my list when the time comes to update.

[Pander6]

Exceed On The Way

Hi Peter,
They do a GLS version now in a 5 seat option. Decent option if you don't need the extra row. Still has rear vents for the A/C.
Cheers

Mark

Well we made a decision - a challenge for us! Exceed it is, Terra Rossa and hoping for the end of the week but more likely early next week. We will probably take the back seats out when we decide to head off on our lap of the country.

[littleriver]

Well we made a decision - a challenge for us! Exceed it is, Terra Rossa and hoping for the end of the week but more likely early next week. We will probably take the back seats out when we decide to head off on our lap of the country.

Well done .. enjoy ... keep is updated with the trip and performance...

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[DID Dash]

Pajero or Pajero Sport. I have agonized over both for a few weeks now, driving each twice.
Top 3 things I like about Pajero: (owned gen 1,2,3 and 4 Pajero's in the past)
Big unstressed 3.2L 4M41 diesel engine.
Big open cabin and commanding view from drivers seat.
Good old fashioned key start.
Top 3 things I like about the Pajero Sport: (current vehicle, Challenger)
Lift up tailgate, convenient as a sun shade, umbrella and easy access when trailer coupled.
8 speed auto / deep low range ratio.
Lots of my Challenger gear should bolt straight up.
EOFY's prices were under 40K drive away for PS / 44.5K drive away for Pajero.
Pulled the trigger on a Pajero Sport today. 17MY GLX, negotiated into the deal a factory towbar and electric brake harness, roof bars and rubber floor mats. Will install the King Springs and Pedders Cones out of the Challenger, know my spare set of Alloy Rims and A/T's bolt up, and suspect my custom rear storage system and factory bash plate will fit. Hope to pick it up later this week. If it is as reliable and comfortable as all of the 6 Mitsubishi 4WD's I have owned over the last 30 years, I am going to be a happy man. Can't wait for Friday.

[dean]

Have had my NM for just over 18 years.
If I was buying to lug the family around I'd buy a Paj again.
Had a look at both recently and the Paj is looking very dated and boring internally and externally compared to the Sport.
For just the two of us it's going to be the Sport.
Dean

[erad]

I have never driven a Pajero Sport - mainly because I cannot safely see out of it around town. The roofline is too low on the sides and the windscreen rakes back so far that you could hide a B Double behind the A pillars and I would not see it. Yes - I could lower the seat a bit, but the thicker parts of the A pillars are still in the way. It is a pity, because I think that the PS has a lot to offer over the Pajero. Forward visibility and the smaller engine make the PS a non viable alternative to the Pajero for me.

[dean]

I have never driven a Pajero Sport - mainly because I cannot safely see out of it around town. The roofline is too low on the sides and the windscreen rakes back so far that you could hide a B Double behind the A pillars and I would not see it. Yes - I could lower the seat a bit, but the thicker parts of the A pillars are still in the way. It is a pity, because I think that the PS has a lot to offer over the Pajero. Forward visibility and the smaller engine make the PS a non viable alternative to the Pajero for me.

Yes can't disagree with that...we have a 2017 smaller car and it's similar but you do get used to it.
Dean

[DID Dash]

Erad, agree your comments for visibility, Challenger with clear glass much better than Pajero Sport with swept D Pillars and privacy glass, but amazing what you get used to over time. Can manage in the work panel van with no windows and with 3 teenagers in the back seat of current car blocking the Rear view mirror.

[erad]

Erad, agree your comments for visibility, Challenger with clear glass much better than Pajero Sport with swept D Pillars and privacy glass, but amazing what you get used to over time. Can manage in the work panel van with no windows and with 3 teenagers in the back seat of current car blocking the Rear view mirror.

My wife's car is a ZJ Outlander - the first of the latest body shell Forward visibility at intersections is abysmal. You could hide a B double behind the A pillar. The A pillars come right back almost past where I sit, and they create a massive blind spot. I think that the Pajero Sport is even worse than the Outlander. Mind you, Mazda BT50, Ford Ranger are even worse as far as I am concerned.

I am particularly careful at intersections, looking Right, then Left , then Right again and then Left again. Then I start to enter the intersection, but as I go through I do a final check both ways initially Right and then Left. Three times now I have not seen a car coming from the left,, and had it hit me, I would have been in the wrong. Each time, the offending car was a dark colour and was moving fast, but that counts for nothing when the brown stuff hits the whirring blades. I would still legally be wrong. The best thing as far as I am concerned is that I don't drive through that many intersections these days. Last weekend we were in Sydney and when we got out of that place, I am sure the seat was a lot browner - that place is insane. Why people live there is beyond me, but at least they are not coming into my territory (other than thousands of skiers every day), so I really cannot complain.

[Amok]

My wife's car is a ZJ Outlander - the first of the latest body shell Forward visibility at intersections is abysmal. You could hide a B double behind the A pillar. The A pillars come right back almost past where I sit, and they create a massive blind spot. I think that the Pajero Sport is even worse than the Outlander. Mind you, Mazda BT50, Ford Ranger are even worse as far as I am concerned.
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Interesting, I recently sold my NX Pajero and bought a ranger. I find the ford has better visibility past the A pillars than the Pajero. Maybe because my Pajero had dark weathershields that you couldn't see though.

[DID Dash]

Picked up my Pajero Sport on Friday arvo. Friday evening had the false floor (straight bolt in from the Challenger) fridge slide and 12 volt wire in. Saturday morning saw some custom brkts made to mount the awning to the factory roof bars, and then the Challenger 17" rims on. Sat. arvo the son and I threw the swags in the back and headed for Salt Creek. Just home from 700km round trip taking in freeway, second class bitumen, dirt, a beach drive and a muddy run home. Couldn't be happier with it. Kings Springs improved the ride and load carrying, 8 speed auto is a thing of joy. No rubbing of guards with the 265/70R17 A/Ts even with 10mm of mud packed in. About 10.5L according to the fuel meter, will check when I fill tomorrow.

[gaz1]

Interesting, I recently sold my NX Pajero and bought a ranger. I find the ford has better visibility past the A pillars than the Pajero. Maybe because my Pajero had dark weathershields that you couldn't see though.

Agreed about the weathershields - my NT-VRX had them fitted when I got it, I find that I need to take a lot of care at intersections to be sure nothing is coming. I had a larger version on my previous NM, they had only a slight tint so didn't pose the same problem as those on the NT which are very dark tint. Like the side and rear windows other than front row - too dark I reckon.

[KiwiNTPajero]

looking what to buy ,any thing is on the table looking at everything from modding the Nt,buying a NX(is the current model still the nx,) fortuner,prado,76 or even a 200.
Drove a Pajero sport today.Quite impressed.Far far more refined ride than that of a challenger i drove when i bough the Pajero.The ride rivalled that of the Pajero but i must allow the Pajro has very well worn BFGs and has done over 200 ks.Was a vrx.It is the first time a salesman has ever spent anytime explaining all the mod cons!
The initial impressions were that the ride was nice,no rattles or squeaks(has 10000 ks on the clock).The auto is firm,changes are much more noticeable than on the Pajero,and whilst the motor is willing and the 8 spd helps the 3.2 def has more grunt.The paddle shifters are nice and the auto has quite good engine braking.The nvh is superior in the Pjero sport the engine is much quieter
When you first get in the cabin that huge central dash trim sweeps down into the cetral console.Seems quite clustrophobic at first but i didnt notice it after a very short while.
The only time i noticed an real inferiority was when i went over quite a sharp bump,the rear suspension was quite crude compared to the previous few minutes,you could sense the weight of the rear axle.I am now temted to see if I can drive some rougher/corrugated road s to see how it would go.
Overall i am impressed though