The Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution, PajEvo for short, was built from '97 through '99 as a means of sneaking into the Dakar Rally's production-based T2 class. The Dakar Rally is the toughest car (and ...

But it wasn’t the only Mitsubishi to receive the honorific. So did the Dakar Rally-winning Pajero, which in 1997 matured into the Pajero Evolution—kicking off one of the most dominant racing ...

Whoever buys this 1988 Mitsubishi Pajero Paris-Dakar Special on Bring a Trailer, though, will never have to worry about weather conditions ever again. Mitsubishi decided to pull out of the Dakar ...

A homologation special built for the Pajero’s entry into the Dakar Rally’s T2 class from 1997-1999, the Pajero Evolution was based on the second generation, two-door Pajero we never received ...

The Japanese company also dominated the Dakar Rally, hence this 1997 Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution homologation special which is being auctioned this week in Australia by Chrome Temple. Mitsubishi ...

Plus, the actual Dakar race trucks used automatics, so opting for the auto would be sticking true to the truck’s homologation roots. By modern standards the Pajero Evolution isn’t very quick ...

Photo: Mitsubishi Motors Corporation The Dakar program also resulted in the 1997-1999 Pajero Evolution, a badass version of the second-gen SUV that was developed for the competition’s production ...

The Dakar-spec Pajero faced a slightly different route to today’s racers, namely because the rally it competed in actually started in Dakar (it moved to South America in 2008 after a terrorist ...

A year later, the Montero made racing history when it won the triple-crown at the Paris-Dakar rally in its first ... the Mitsubishi Pajero. While the build was popular in the U.S. throughout ...