Mitsubishi announced last week that it's reviving the Pajero SUV, a large off-roader that was sold in the US as the Montero and may return to the US with that name. But that is just the start of Mitsubishi's plans for more all-terrain-capable vehicles, with the automaker also declaring its intention to return to the mid-size-truck segment in the US as part of a collaboration with Nissan.
The new pickup truck will be built in the US by Nissan. Nissan is already gearing up to launch a next-generation body-on-frame platform around 2028 that will underpin a redesigned Frontier truck. It will also underpin a new Xterra SUV and a new body-on-frame Infiniti SUV. This platform will likely be the same one found under Mitsubishi's workhorse, which will presumably be built in Nissan's factory in Canton, Mississippi.
View Price on AmazonNo timeline was announced for the new truck, but we expect it to arrive before 2030. Mitsubishi is the only Japanese automaker without a manufacturing presence in the US, and this move would give it a product in a high-volume segment without the need to contend with import tariffs.
The truck, announced by Mitsubishi CEO Takao Kato, will be part of a broader plan to improve global sales from the 797,000 sold in the fiscal year that ended March 31 to 930,000 units annually by the early 2030s. Mitsubishi has not sold a truck in the US since 2009, when the Raider—a rebadged Dodge Dakota—was cut from the lineup.
Source: caranddriver.com
