Why can't we get this Triton here in the states!!!

[PacS14]

Triton frame test loaded with 1 ton of weight still having flex and suspension barely sagging... Meanwhile Mitsubishi still keeps this gem away from us

 

[plh]

Chicken tax is why, not Mitsubishi's fault. Lobby the government to remove the 25% import tax on small trucks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax

 

[plh]

Bangkok Motor show last week

 

[AZPAJERO]

Dang that is a gorgeous truck.......

 

[Toasty]

If we get a truck it'll likely be an american made Nissan based truck and the rest of the world will get a Mitsu pickup. Kinda like how we get the Tacoma instead of Hilux, plus most Americans like bigger trucks so it just works out to where they can just make bigger pickups and avoid a tax. The current Sport is based on the Triton and has turned out to be a really awesome wheeling machine. Too bad we'll never get it.

 

[plh]

Here is the Pajero Sport from the same show in Bangkok. Had a great time there.

 

[Todd780]

That is the ugliest most disproportionate truck I have ever seen. What is that like 4' of rear over hang? They can keep it.

 

[Toasty]

That is the ugliest most disproportionate truck I have ever seen. What is that like 4' of rear over hang? They can keep it.

Ha ha ha! Yeah, they call that the "J Line" it's how they got a better turning radius out of a very LWB truck while keeping the bed length. The swing must be like driving a bus, Jeep did the same thing with the Gladiator. We saw them on the Rubicon when they were testing, not one of them didn't have a smashed up tail end. I'm not a fan either.

 

[PacS14]

That is the ugliest most disproportionate truck I have ever seen. What is that like 4' of rear over hang? They can keep it.

Is just taste and preference, kind of like the guys that love walking sticks vs the guys that love extra cushion lol

 

[plh]

If we get a truck it'll likely be an american made Nissan based truck and the rest of the world will get a Mitsu pickup.

I've heard that Mitsu will take the lead for Pick-ups globally in the future with the Renault/Nissan/Mitsu partnership.

 

[coffeegoat]

Yep - https://carbuzz.com/news/mitsubishi-tasked-with-developing-nissan-s-next-pickup-truck

 

[Toasty]

Let's hope so but i could totally see Nissan making US pickups and Mitsu building them for the rest of the world.

 

[plh]

Let's hope so but i could totally see Nissan making US pickups and Mitsu building them for the rest of the world.

It may very well be a Mistu engineered Pick-up & SUV going down that assembly line in Mississippi.

 

[AZPAJERO]

Well this thread went from awesome to depressing

 

[Toasty]

It may very well be a Mistu engineered Pick-up & SUV going down that assembly line in Mississippi.

Ewe!