
In Bangladesh, the Pajero Sport is assembled by state-owned automotive industry Pragoti. It is equipped with a 4D56-T 2.5-litre turbo-diesel. In India, the Pajero Sport was imported in CKD kits, and assembled by Hindustan Motors-Mitsubishi joint venture. The Montero Sport mainly competes with the Toyota Fortuner and Chevrolet Trailblazer in the Philippines and several other markets. In the Philippines and Mexico, the Pajero Sport is officially named as Montero Sport. As with the Triton pickup on which it is based, production of the new Pajero Sport for all markets is concentrated in Thailand.

2.5- or 3.2-litre diesel and 3.0- or 3.5-litre V6 petrol engines are available as before, while five- or seven-seat interior configurations are offered.


The design is partially influenced from the 4.7-litre V8 powered 2001 Pajero Evolution concept car. The second-generation of the vehicle, based on the ladder frame chassis of the Triton, was gradually introduced to selected markets (Russia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East) through the autumn of 2008, following its debut at the Moscow International Automobile Salon.

Sales were discontinued in Japan in 2003, in North America in 2004 (excluding Canada) where it was sold alongside the Endeavor, where it was superseded by the Endeavor, and central and western Europe in 2008. As its popularity increased, local assembly for foreign markets was introduced in China in 2003, and Brazil in 2006. In addition to numerous facelifts over the years, there was a major suspension change from rear leaf to coil springs in late 2000. Like the Pajero, it featured independent front suspension with torsion bars and a live rear axle. front doors), the first-generation Challenger was also built on the second-generation Pajero wheelbase, and served as a smaller model to the larger Pajero. Based on the Strada pickup truck of the same vintage, sharing many components and some body panels (i.e. Production began in Japan in 1996, and was available for most export markets by 1997, where it was variously known as the Challenger, Pajero Sport in Europe, Montero Sport in North America, South America, Spain and the Philippines, Nativa in parts of Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East, Shogun Sport in the United Kingdom, and Strada G-Wagon in Thailand.
