What's the better buy, Pajero Sport Exceed or Toyota Fortuner Crusade?
- Toyota HiLux
- Mitsubishi Triton
- Toyota Fortuner
- Mitsubishi Pajero Sport
- Mitsubishi Pajero Sport 2020
- Toyota Fortuner 2020
- Mitsubishi Advice
- Toyota Advice
- Toyota HiLux Reviews
- Mitsubishi Triton Reviews
- Toyota Fortuner Reviews
- Mitsubishi Pajero Sport Reviews
- Mitsubishi SUV Range
- Toyota SUV Range
- Mitsubishi
- Toyota
- Family Cars
Asked by Bradley
What's the better buy, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport Exceed or Toyota Fortuner Crusade?
Answered by CarsGuide
21 Aug 2021These two vehicles share a lot of traits both in terms of their engineering and their target market. Both are aimed at the high-end of the mid-sized off-road station-wagon market and both do a pretty good job of offering lots of off-road ability along with the sort of luxury and convenience that many families want. In the case of design and engineering they are both based on utilities (the Mitsubishi Triton and Toyota HiLux respectively) and share the drivelines and front structure with those utes. To make them work as passenger rather than load-carrying vehicles, both the Pajero Sport and Fortuner do away with the utilities’ leaf-sprung rear axle and replace it a coil-sprung unit for greatly enhanced comfort.
Both vehicles have had their niggling reliability problems, mainly to do with DPF and some EGR problems, but overall, they’re both now old enough for the majority of the bugs to have been ironed out. Perhaps the biggest packaging difference is that the Pajero Sport is a good deal narrower across the cabin than the Toyota, and that matters for families with bigger kids. Both vehicles were facelifted late last year with new tech and mechanical and performance improvements. Both also have seven seats as standard.
The Mitsubishi is about $4000 cheaper based on RRP than the Toyota, but the final price can vary from dealer to dealer and what state you live in. The best advice is to try each one on for size and maybe even throw in contenders like the Ford Everest as a direct comparison.
Other Toyota Fortuner problems
- What tow vehicle or hybrid camper should I consider for after retirement?
- Has Toyota rectified the diesel DPF issues for their 2021 vehicles?
- Will Toyota make a 3.3 litre diesel V6 engine in the Fortuner?
- What do you recommend for towing a horse trailer and large draft-horse?
- What four-wheel drive should I buy?
- What car should I buy for $70,000?
- Diesel Particulate Filter clogging in HiLux, Prado and Fortuner?
- Fortuner or Prado?
