You're looking at the biggest steering wheel paddle shifters we have seen in 2020! And they are fitted to the new 2020 Mitsubishi Pajero (or Montero) Sport seven-seat SUV! Sure, it's not sporty, but the paddle shifters are pretty cool nevertheless. But, is the new Mitsubishi 7 seat SUV any good? Paul Maric gets behind the wheel to find out!
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00:00 G'day, I'm Paul. Have you got a tent in the garage that you've never used or in my case
00:04 it's goggles because I was going to take up swimming and never did, clearly. That's kind
00:08 of what this is. It's the tent in the garage, the goggles in the drawer. It's an off-roader
00:13 that is built to go anywhere but generally you'll see them in the city because they're
00:17 versatile as a seven-seater. Is that a bad thing? Well, let's go through it today in
00:21 a detailed review. This is the Pajero Sport GLS. It kicks off from a little over $51,000
00:27 and you pay an extra $1,000 for a seven-seat configuration. It's built for adventuring
00:32 and off-roading but also for carrying the kids and towing. It competes with cars like
00:36 the Ford Everest, the Toyota Fortuna and the Isuzu MU-X. And what we're going to do today
00:41 is look at it from a day-to-day point of view. We're not going to go off-roading or do any
00:44 towing. This is simply going to be a detailed review of this car in and around the city
00:49 and what you're going to be using it for with the family. Now, if you do want to skip ahead
00:52 to other parts of this review, you can use the time codes up there or if you're on YouTube,
00:57 just scroll down to the description where you'll see the links to jump ahead. If you
01:00 haven't done so already, I'd love it if you could hit the subscribe button and also the
01:03 bell icon that's going to tell you every single time we drive something new.
01:07 Let's talk exterior. So you've got seven colours to choose from and all but the flat white
01:12 is about $1,000 extra, which is a lot for paint. I don't know, maybe there's more paint
01:16 to throw on this car. I like the styling of this. So Mitsubishi has just given this a
01:20 minor facelift. They've given this a similar front end to the new Triton and I think it
01:25 looks really good. You've got LED headlights with that LED running light. It kind of looks
01:29 like diamonds in there. Girl's best friend.
01:32 What about the specs of this for off-roading? You're virtually going to be able to go anywhere
01:37 with this and we'll go into a bit more detail about the off-roading equipment, but in terms
01:40 of the specifications, we're talking 700mm of wading depth. That's the point at which
01:45 you're going to start hitting your first electronics and things that are going to be ruined by
01:49 water. On top of that, you've got a 30 degree approach angle. That's the angle of the face
01:53 that you can approach with the front of the car before hitting anything. The rear is a
01:56 24.2 degree departure angle and then you have 218mm of ground clearance. That's quite a
02:02 confident looking front end. It doesn't look cheesy. The chrome really gives this a premium
02:07 look and I think everything about this screams adventure and utilitarian.
02:11 Now, have a look at the side here. 18 inch alloy wheels. You don't have the flared wheel
02:15 arches here and the plastic guards that you find on smaller SUVs. I think it's fairly
02:19 evident enough that this is a big SUV that's going to go anywhere. You've got chrome on
02:24 the mirrors. You get privacy glass, but come around to the back. This is where it kind
02:29 of stops working for me. As part of the facelift, they fixed these tail lights by shrinking
02:34 them a little bit, but they still look like they're melted. It's like this was the tail
02:37 light. It then was burned and then it melted down here. They have added these LED bits
02:42 with a diffused look to make it a bit more premium, but I don't know. I think this looks
02:47 a little unresolved and they kind of needed a little bit of work on it.
02:50 Down here you've got the tow package. So this car comes with a 3,100 kilo brake towing capacity.
02:55 So that's the amount you can tow with a brake trailer. It comes with a 310 kilogram down
03:00 bore weight. That's the amount of weight you can put down on the tow bar. Keep in mind
03:04 that some SUVs don't actually have that capacity. So you want to be aiming for the 10% mark.
03:09 If you've got 3,100 kilos of towing capacity, you want 10% of that as your down bore weight.
03:14 Without that, you're not really going to have a safe towing load at the back here.
03:17 Let's talk interior. The Pajero Sport is based on the Triton dual cab ute. Normally what
03:23 that means is they make it a wagon, leave the same interior and it's cheap and nasty
03:28 inside and they charge you more for it. This time around though, Mitsubishi's done a great
03:32 job with the Pajero Sport because yes, it is based on a Triton, but the interior actually
03:36 looks premium and nice. It doesn't feel like you're just driving a ute with seven seats.
03:42 So how nice is it? We have our durometer here. This tests our hardness from zero to 100,
03:48 where zero is very soft and 100 is very hard. That dashboard looks nice and soft. We'll
03:53 give that a shot. Oh wow. Not quite. Okay. So that's almost maxed out our meter. Yeah,
04:01 that's actually really nice and firm. We'll see what this is like. That feels really soft.
04:05 There you go. They're almost polar opposites. That's in the twenties. The dashboard's almost
04:10 a hundred. So hard, soft, doors are okay. So yeah. Okay. It is a little utilitarian.
04:17 There are some hard parts around, but it still looks okay. What about build quality though?
04:21 Let's see how this all feels. That is incredibly loose. In fact, that whole centre console
04:27 is kind of loose. Yeah, look, it's okay. It's not bad, but yeah, it could be a little bit
04:34 tighter around the edges here. This is the compromise you have to make when they kind
04:38 of just take the ute chassis and turn it into a wagon. Let's talk infotainment. As part
04:42 of the Pajero Sport facelift, it also has a new infotainment system. The outgoing system
04:47 was a seven inch unit. This is now an eight inch unit. And so I'm going to give you a
04:50 detailed review. This is part of the new Alliance setup. So that is Mitsubishi, Renault, Nissan.
04:57 They're part of an alliance. And as part of that, they're reducing costs by making an
05:01 infotainment system that will roll out across all of their cars. Great idea because it means
05:05 you can pool your resources and make a kick-ass infotainment system. Unfortunately, they haven't
05:10 done that here. So I'll walk you through what we have on display. I'll then also walk you
05:14 through an application you have available in Pajero, Sport Exceed and other Mitsubishi
05:18 models as well. Start off over here with multimedia. This is where you can pick your audio source.
05:23 DAB, FM, AM are the main radio sources. And then you can also select from iPod, old school,
05:31 Bluetooth audio, USB audio, USB video. There's a HDMI port there as well. And then you also
05:36 have smartphone mirroring, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. What I don't like about the
05:41 display here for the radio is if you need to scroll through this list, it's a little
05:46 bit tricky to make heads or tails of it. They've got all these random characters in there.
05:50 It doesn't appear to be in alphabetical order too. So it kind of just all mixes up and you
05:55 need to go looking for the station that you want. And it takes a while because none of
05:59 it's in order and it doesn't really make a great deal of sense. If we then jump back
06:03 to the home menu and go to info, this is very basic here. It gives you version information
06:08 about the infotainment system. And there's also a help screen if you need assistance
06:11 connecting to the car and also using the voice control. So it just comes up here with instructions
06:16 on how to use the voice control system. Now that's a problem because the voice control
06:20 doesn't allow you to just speak commands at the car. So if I want to put in an address
06:24 destination for example, I'll press this. And what it does is it tells me what I can
06:30 and can't say. Instead of just interpreting my voice, it says, no, no, you need to give
06:35 me everything in these certain orders. That kind of makes it counterintuitive because
06:42 it's not just an easy spoken system. You can do a push and hold to then use the voice recognition
06:47 on your smartphone. And that of course is a much smarter system because it uses the
06:51 cloud for your voice. Speaking of which, this is what the smartphone mirroring menu looks
06:55 like. This is Apple CarPlay. It works with a cable. It's not a wireless system. And there's
07:00 also Android Auto, but we don't have an Android phone, so I can't show you that. Works fairly
07:04 well. It's just Apple CarPlay transitions between the screens okay. Earlier on, this
07:09 was quite laggy. It seems to have sped up now over time, which is interesting. But it
07:14 is good to see Apple CarPlay built in there because it doesn't actually come with satellite
07:18 navigation unless you go for the top spec model. So you're going to have to use your
07:21 smartphone mirroring if you need navigation. Okay, what about the phone menu? I'll disconnect
07:25 Apple CarPlay. We hop into that. This is traditional Bluetooth phone pairing. So you can see your
07:31 recent call history. You can dial numbers, set favorites as well. That all works perfectly
07:36 normally. And then if we jump into the settings menu, this is where you'll find the rest of
07:39 the settings for the car, audio, DAB, display, and your smartphone mirroring, and then an
07:45 ability to reset the voice control learning because it is learning using your recognition
07:50 every time you hit that button. Again, not a very good system, unfortunately. The final
07:55 thing I'm going to show you here is the Mitsubishi remote control application. This is available
08:00 on the Pajero Sport XCeed and other high-end Mitsubishi products. It allows you to remotely
08:05 connect to the car using the phone application. This is just the demo screen because this
08:09 car doesn't have that feature, but I wanted to show you what it looks like anyway. So
08:13 you can see here you can open and close the boot from this application. You can check
08:19 the vehicle status to see whether it's locked or unlocked. You can remotely lock and unlock
08:24 the car from here, see what the windows are doing. You can see previous fuel consumption
08:29 history. You can also find the car by flashing the headlights. And finally, you have the
08:35 ability, if I go to the settings menu, to configure things like how far the tailgate
08:39 opens when you press the button, how long the reservation window is there for it to
08:43 be able to open and close remotely, and then further information about the device and finding
08:48 your car as well on a map. So it is an OK app. It will improve over time and it's good
08:53 to see Mitsubishi getting with the program here and delivering a bit more technology
08:56 in their cars.
08:57 Let's talk about other features you're getting with the Pajero Sport GLS, and you get AEB,
09:02 that's the technology that stops the car if you don't. It'll also detect pedestrians at
09:05 city speeds. Dual-zone climate control. You have a powered tailgate. You get paddle shifters
09:11 on the steering wheel. They're nice and metallic as well. You're getting automatic headlights
09:16 and wipers, an auto-dimming rear vision mirror, leather interior with powered seats, rear
09:21 parking sensors with a reverse view camera. And I'll show you what the key looks like.
09:26 Here it is here. So lock, unlock, tailgate, and then on the back you have the Mitsubishi
09:30 logo, which I think is upside down. Yeah, it kind of has to be that way, which is a
09:35 little bit strange. This is a proximity key, so you just keep it in your pocket, grab the
09:39 door, push the button to open the car, and then you have a push button start as well.
09:43 What about practicality? And we'll kick things off just by mentioning this here. Families
09:48 are going to love the ability to see which kids have their seatbelts on, and that applies
09:52 to all seven seats. So very cool function there. Let's go on to storage. Where are you
09:57 going to put your bottles? They fit nicely there, and there's little tabs there that
10:02 hold the bottle in. And then in the door you have plenty of storage for both bottles and
10:06 other things. Phone. Let's see if that will fit up the front there. It kind of doesn't.
10:11 A small phone would, but a bigger phone doesn't really fit comfortably up the front, but it
10:15 does fit in that center cup holder. There is a secret cavity down here though. Have
10:20 a look at that. Phone fits under there. There's also key storage as well, so that's good.
10:25 There's also a spot up here for your sunnies. And then a center console here with a coin
10:29 tray, and then a little bit more storage beneath. It's not the biggest center console in the
10:33 world, but it'll do. And then what about the glove box? Let's have a look at that. That's
10:37 pretty reasonably sized as well. One of the things I like about the Bajero Sport though
10:42 is how comfortable the seats are. In a previous life at my last job, I spent a lot of time
10:46 driving this, especially off-road, and I loved how good the seats felt after a long drive.
10:51 They hug you in nicely, they're soft, the seating position's really good too, with quite
10:55 a commanding view and a good steering wheel to hold in the hands. Let's talk second row,
11:00 and I'm surprised I don't really have a great deal of knee room, and I literally have no
11:05 toe room there at all. I would have thought being an SUV they would have accommodated
11:08 a bit more room here, but again, throwing back to this being based on the Triton, you're
11:12 kind of compromised for space in a dual cab as well. So, yeah, a little bit disappointing
11:17 there. You can't see any air vents here, and that's because they're integrated into the
11:21 roof. You also have them in the third row, and you control the fans for the third row
11:25 and the second row here just using these controls up the top. So, that's a good function. It
11:30 means if your rear seat passengers need a bit more cooling, they can take care of it
11:34 themselves. Another great function down here that you don't see very often is an actual
11:38 power point. It can supply 150 watts of power, and it's just a three-pin plug. You also have
11:43 USB connectivity for two devices in there. We have a centre armrest with two cup holders
11:49 in this cool contraption. That fits okay in there, and I'll see if we have door storage.
11:55 Yeah, there is. There's storage for a bottle, plus a little bit of extra stuff on the side.
12:00 Matte pockets as well with this Velcro divided down the centre behind the driver and the
12:04 front passenger seat. Now, there is something interesting we noticed just before. This has
12:10 what I like to call a DIY seat belt for the middle passenger. It happens when they can't
12:16 really integrate a seat belt into this split folding seat, but this one's a little bit
12:20 counterintuitive. So, you've got to plug it into here, and then you plug it into here,
12:26 and then your centre passenger sits there. But the problem is, if you then have another
12:30 person in this seat, and I'll demonstrate here with an overlay of Igor in that seat,
12:35 this seat belt then needs to come across them, and then your seat belt. It is just a very
12:41 poorly designed and counterintuitive system. Anyway, you also have ISOFIX points there
12:46 if you do want to have kids here in the second row, and then top tether points for all seats
12:51 in the second row. Okay, let's have a look at the third row, but before I do, look at
12:54 this thing. Meaty grab handle, good for off-roading and also good for sturdy people pulling themselves
13:00 out of the car. So, getting into the third row is pretty straightforward. It's a 60/40
13:04 split folding seat with the 60 side on the passenger side, and watch this. That rolls
13:09 down and then tumbles forward. This isn't really an area for adults, so keep that in
13:14 mind. It's mainly a kids-only zone, despite the fact this car is so big, but we'll see
13:19 what it's like for an adult to get in. Okay, so I'm in, but let's see what happens now
13:26 here if I drop this down. I have no way of pulling that forward. Igor, could you just
13:30 do that stuff for me? Alright, so there you go. Look, it's not terrible. I think this
13:37 is mainly a kid-only zone, but you can see here I've got okay knee room. I don't have
13:42 any toe room at all, but for short journeys, this is going to be fine for an adult. It's
13:45 worth keeping in mind as well, you have air vents here that are controlled by that thing
13:49 right there. You've also got two cup holders too. So, yeah, look, it is a usable space
13:54 and good emergency space if you're ever a designated driver.
13:57 Let's talk cargo capacity. The biggest issue with these ute-based SUVs is that you don't
14:03 really get the boot room you'd expect behind the third row. You've only got around 130
14:08 litres of cargo capacity there. That's clearly not going to fit my suitcase, but it fits
14:14 a little bit of shopping and a laptop bag. But the good thing is you can retract that
14:18 third row. I'll show you that in just a second, but under here you have a storage area for
14:22 valuables so they can't be seen from outside, and then the spare tyre is a full-size spare,
14:27 but it lives under the car. You drop it down using this little gadget here. I'll close
14:32 that back up. I'll show you how these seats flip. So there's two mechanisms here. There's
14:39 the seat back and the seat bottom. Pull one lever there to lift the seat bottom, and then
14:45 this lever to drop it there. Same story on this side. Pull this, lift that, drop that.
14:53 Pretty straightforward. Once you do that, you have a little over 500 litres worth of
14:56 cargo capacity. I'll show you what that looks like. Laptop bag, suitcase, Bob's your uncle.
15:03 Over to the side here you've got hooks if you need to strap down anything, and then
15:08 up the top you've got hooks for shopping, and then finally a 12-volt outlet stuck against
15:13 the wall there. If you do drop the second row, the space expands to just under 1,500
15:17 litres. But I hear what you're asking. What happens to the bases? Do they just sit in
15:21 the way of everything? No, there's a clever system. Let me show you how it works. Come
15:24 around here. Similar to the way that you get into the third row, you fold this out of the
15:28 way, but then this falls down. So that means you have a fairly flat boot floor if you need
15:33 to load a whole bunch of things in. So we've hit the road in the Pajero Sport, but I wanted
15:38 to give you a quick reminder, a friendly reminder, that we're not going to be doing any off-road
15:43 driving and we're not going to be doing any towing with this car. All we're doing is giving
15:47 you a detailed review of what it's like to drive day-to-day, where this is going to spend
15:51 most of its time. The rest of those reviews will come down the track.
15:54 Powering the Pajero Sport is a pretty familiar engine, but it's recently had some changes.
15:59 There's an alloy head and a couple of other bits and pieces that have been modified to
16:03 make it a little more efficient and lightweight. It's a 2.4-litre turbocharged diesel engine.
16:08 It makes 133 kilowatts of power, 430 newton-metres of torque, and it's mated to an eight-speed
16:14 automatic transmission. The transmission does a pretty good job of handling the amount of
16:18 torque in the car. It has a feature when you're going down a hill where it will start rolling
16:21 back through the gears to provide you with engine braking. That's especially useful if
16:25 you're towing, because it means you're not going to cook your brakes. And if you do want
16:28 to take over, there's these giant paddle shifters behind the steering wheel. Just whip those
16:32 back a couple of times, it gives you a gear and away you go. This isn't really a sports
16:36 car, but it is here for the purpose of being able to select those gears at any time.
16:41 Despite its size, I mean, we're talking about a car here that weighs around 2,100 kilos.
16:45 Eight litres per 100 kilometres on the combined cycle. It is pretty impressive. Without testing,
16:50 we've been doing a fair bit of driving, we're closer to that 10 litres per 100 mark, and
16:54 if you whack a trailer on the back, it will go up as well. But it is quite efficient when
16:58 you consider that you could have this full of passengers, full of luggage, and heading
17:02 away for the weekend, and not spending a great deal of money on fuel. Now, how punchy is
17:06 the engine? Let's give it a kick right now. Okay, 430 newton-metres is okay. It's not
17:14 going to pull the skin off your head, and it's nowhere near the 500 newton-metres you're
17:19 getting in stuff like the 2.0-litre Ford Everest, but it is okay for what it is. You can imagine
17:24 if you had this full of passengers, or perhaps you were towing, it's probably going to be
17:27 a little lacklustre in terms of get up and go, and that is one of the big disadvantages
17:32 with these ute-based SUVs. They use carryover engines, and often the engines are just enough
17:37 for a ute, but not quite enough for a full complement in a wagon. And as a reminder,
17:42 700 kilogramme braked towing capacity. Braked towing capacity means a trailer with brakes
17:47 on it. If you don't have any brakes on the trailer, the maximum you can tow is 750 kilos.
17:52 Let's talk ride comfort. Obviously, the Mitsubishi Triton, which this is based on, uses leaf
17:56 springs at the rear. What they've done with the Pajero Sport is ripped out those leaf
18:00 springs and put in a three-link coil sprung setup instead. That gives you ultimate ride
18:05 comfort, but it is probably a little too softly sprung, and where you're going to notice that
18:10 is out on country roads as you hit bumps, it kind of feels like the body's here, and
18:14 then the wheels are just jiggling underneath it. There doesn't seem to be a great deal
18:18 of feedback between the two, and it just kind of doesn't feel reassuring when you're behind
18:22 the wheel. Yes, it is nice and soft, and nowhere near as firm as something like a Toyota Fortuner,
18:27 but in the grand scheme of things, I think it could be a little bit firmer just so the
18:30 ride is more compliant. Turning circle comes in at 11.2 metres, reasonable for a car this
18:36 size, and let's have a quick chat about the four-wheel drive modes. Often with dual-cab
18:40 utes and SUVs that are based on utes, you can't use four-wheel drive high range on a
18:45 sealed surface. That's because it winds up the transmission and it doesn't do any good
18:49 for it. This, on the other hand, is what Mitsubishi calls the Super Select four-wheel drive system.
18:54 So when you move it over into four high, you can do that at speeds of up to 100 kilometres
18:57 an hour, and you can drive on any surface in four-wheel drive mode. So that means that
19:03 if it is raining outside or you're on a gravel road and you want just a little bit more traction,
19:06 you just flick that switch and you get the traction that you need. I think this is what
19:09 sets this SUV apart from others in this segment. This type of technology is going to make you
19:13 safer behind the wheel. You can then, of course, go to a four high with the centre differential
19:19 locked. This is the same mode that's used in other cars in this segment, and that's
19:22 only on unsealed surfaces. And then finally, you can go into a low range mode, which is
19:26 where you'll be able to get additional drive modes that adjust the way the throttle sensitivity
19:31 feels behind the wheels. You've got like a gravel mode, a mud mode, snow mode. Really,
19:34 they are just different variants of the same thing. All they do is adjust how much torque
19:38 is going to each of those wheels. When it is in four-wheel drive mode, it's sending
19:41 60% of torque to the rear and 40% to the front, but it can, of course, vary that with the
19:45 traction control systems. You can switch all of that stuff off altogether, and you also
19:49 have a rear differential lock that you can engage when you are in a four-wheel drive
19:53 mode. When you are flicking through these different modes, you get a display ahead of
19:57 the driver here that shows you which axle is active and then which differential is locked
20:01 as well. That's a good feature, so you can remind yourself what you've left it in. In
20:05 terms of visibility, I can see heaps out the front, including the edges of the bonnet,
20:09 which means it's going to make parking easier. There are only rear parking sensors, though.
20:13 There aren't any front parking sensors. I would have liked to see that, just given how
20:16 big this car is. Good-sized wing mirrors, though. No blind spot monitoring. That's only
20:19 for the top-spec model. Visibility out the rear is also good, but if you do have third-row
20:24 occupants in there, it's going to be tricky to see out the back of the car.
20:27 Finally, let's talk noise, and this is one noisy engine. It is suppressed somewhat inside
20:33 the car, but from outside, it sounds like an old truck. It's very clattery and noisy.
20:37 It doesn't really translate too much into the cabin, and there isn't a great deal of
20:40 tyre noise, so from that point of view, it's good, but it would be nice if it was a little
20:44 quieter.
20:45 Okay, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, what do we reckon? I really like this. It's one of my
20:48 picks of this segment. You've got a third row there if you ever need to carry kids or
20:52 occasionally adults. It is a little bit pokey, but you'd survive in there if you needed to
20:56 do a short trip. You have enough room in the boot as well, behind the third row as well,
20:59 if you need to put little bits and pieces in. It'll go anywhere. The all-wheel-drive
21:02 system in this car is excellent, and it also gives you the ability to drive in four-wheel-drive
21:06 mode on sealed surfaces, which you can't do in other cars in this segment.
21:10 Sure, the back doesn't look that great, but the rest of the car is styled nicely. I'd
21:13 recommend going for the XC, which is the top-spec. It's only around $4,000 or $5,000 more than
21:18 the GLS, and it comes with seven seats. So, once you pay for the seven seats in the GLS,
21:23 you're kind of getting close to it anyway. The engine's nice. It's only really let down
21:26 by the suspension. It's probably just a little bit on the soft side, and it's undersprung,
21:30 so that means when you are hitting those bumps, it doesn't really feel too confidence-inspiring
21:34 underneath. But, outside of that, it really is hard to pick a fault with the Mitsubishi
21:38 Pajero Sport.
21:39 So, let me know your thoughts in the comments below about the Pajero Sport. Have you bought
21:43 one? Have you driven one? What do you think? If you found this review useful, I'd love
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