Pajero iO 1.8 GDI

STORY

The Pajero iO arrived in Japan in 1998 as the replacement for the Pajero Junior, which Mitsubishi had introduced in 1995 and which stopped production in 1998. It was a compact 4x4 offered with 1.6 L and 1.8 L GDI petrol engines, styled in collaboration with Pininfarina. A turbocharged 1.8 GDI version, added in 2000, is listed at 160 hp and 220 Nm in the Japanese catalogue, without a stated test cycle. Europe sold the car as the Shogun Pinin, and in 2002 Mitsubishi's Brazilian importer began building a version of it at Catalao as the Pajero TR4.