Comments on: 2008 Mitsubishi Pajero Exceed (petrol) review

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:52:53 +0000

I have test driven several diesel Pajeros over the last ten years or so and have always been put off by the amount of engine noise that enters the cabin; my Dad has tractors that are quieter! I have never really considered a petrol because of the perception that diesels are cheaper to run but when you (or you have your accountant) crunch the numbers, they are much of a muchness. Personally, I would prefer to buy a bit more petrol and in return have a quieter, smoother and more responsive drive.

All that said, the diesel that Toyota put in the Prado is pretty good as far as noise goes, inside the cabin I was hard pressed to tell it apart from the petrol…

By: range freak

range freak — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:35:16 +0000

have u eva noticd the way pajero diesels are always unusually smoking unlike prados and landcruiser vx. i have a frend who had to change his pajero engine evry 2 years. the car to buy here is da 200series landcruiser. forget the pajero

By: Regger

Regger — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:52:02 +0000

With having first hand knowledge of trading my Pajero in on a V6 Diesel Touareg I can confirm that that Mits has heaps of work to do to come close to the VW donk. And I mean heaps and That goes for build quality and style aswell. So if the few degrees approach & ramp over angle advantage is all you are looking at then the Paj is it…………What the?

By: Ekow

Ekow — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:40:35 +0000

I was going to buy one but it seem you guys are pretty much against. Pricing was what attracted me but I guess I will have to wait and save a little more to buy something else.

By: Seif

Seif — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:26:12 +0000

Gentlemen

I am on the verge of buying either 3.0L Pajero or 3.0L Paradot. All available models are petrol. I need 4WD but don’t know which one to buy.

Any one who can give advise..

By: Spitfire

Spitfire — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:13:38 +0000

Whilst I will never defend the Pajero’s diesel engine, I will defend its dashboard. It is light years ahead of the Prado. In fact Robert Pepper in Overlander magazine January 2006 said the Prado dashboard reminded him of a 1985 Corolla. I concur.

By: Iamthestig

Iamthestig — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:21:34 +0000

Tomas,

No idea what you are on…

1. I was simply saying that the schoolrun mothers car of choice is not a Pajero, they now prefer others – that is all !

2. Surely you don’t think the interior is good looking and those instruments are actually easy to read ?

3. And your point is…???

By: Tomas79

Tomas79 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:22:58 +0000

# Iamthestig Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
”
Just a old chunky clunky 4WD. People who buy these could have spent their money much smarter elsewhere. It is now only the uneducated school mums piloting these as the smarter ones are in Prados, X5’s, Q7’s and the like.
”
Iamthestig I guess you must be one of those uneducated school mums that would group a Prado with soft-roaders such as the X5 and the q7!!

“Dated ’90’s interior and those instrument graphics ? – whatever happened to designing things like that so you can actually READ them ?”

Are you somehow mentally or Physically challenged?? Or bit of Both??

” So many different styles of buttons and then there is no sign of a proper knob to adjust the stereo volume.”

You know Most 4wd are made to be practical, not tard proof!!

By: Iamthestig

Iamthestig — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:38:49 +0000

No name,

Yes, SH is different but here a new AllRoad starts at $106k but the XC70 starts at under $60k…

By: No Name

No Name — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:43:32 +0000

Ah theres the rub Stiggy. I’m looking second hand. The residual values of cars here (UK) is less than Australia. The Q7 is too new and in demand to be cheap enough for me. A 5yr old Allroad/XC70 is about $30K here.