BM Creations 1:64 1996 Mitsubishi Pajero 3.0 V6: Jungle Package

The Mitsubishi Pajero is a full-sized sport utility vehicle manufactured and marketed globally by Mitsubishi.

Due to the name “Pajero”, Mitsubishi marketed the SUV as the Montero in Spain and the Americas (except for Brazil and Jamaica) and as the Shogun in the United Kingdom, but is no longer sold in North America as of late 2006. The Pajero nameplate derives from Leopardus pajeros, the Pampas cat.

The Pajero has earned a respected legacy in rally and are particularly noted for having won the Dakar Rally 12 times, having the highest number of Dakar Rally stage wins (nearly twice that of the nearest competitor), and seizing 80% of Dakar Rally podium finishes from 2001-2005. Records for which Mitsubishi earned a place in the Guinness World Records and are currently unbeaten.

Due to their success, the Pajero, Montero, and Shogun names were also applied to other, mechanically unrelated models, such as the Pajero Mini kei car, the Pajero Junior and Pajero iO/Pinin mini SUVs, and the Pajero/Montero/Shogun Sport pickup truck-based mid-size SUVs. The Pajero is one of three models by Mitsubishi (the others being the Mitsubishi Triton and Mitsubishi Pajero Sport) that share Mitsubishi's heavy-duty, off-road-oriented Super-Select four-wheel-drive system as opposed to their light-duty Mitsubishi S-AWC all-wheel-drive system.

The Pajero will be discontinued in 2021 due to declining sales figures and Mitsubishi's decision to focus more on the Crossover market.