The Pajero Jinchang is the second generation of the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, and although it has the word Pajero in its name, it is not directly related to the Pajero. The car is based on the Mitsubishi pickup Triton, released in Moscow in 2008, imported in 2011 and sold in China in 2013, and then handed over to GAC Mitsubishi in 2013 for domestic production, but it launched the third generation in 2015, and the second generation is still being sold in China, and is in a state of discontinuation and sale.
 
There are two sets of powertrains in this domestic Pajero Jinchang, the difference is mainly in the engine, one is 4G64S4M, 2.4L naturally aspirated engine, only 137 horsepower, the official zero hundred acceleration result is 14.4 seconds, for a medium-sized SUV with off-road as the main function, it is not ugly, but it is not very recommended. The other engine is a 6B31, a V6 naturally aspirated engine with a maximum horsepower of 252 and a 0-100 acceleration time of 11.3 seconds, which is very good.
 
The two engines are also mated to different gearboxes, with the 2.4-liter self-aspirated mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox, while the 3.0-liter self-aspirated is mated to a Mitsubishi F5A5 5-speed automatic manual transmission. During driving, the gearbox and the engine are highly matched, the logic and smoothness of the gear shift are good, and the locking of the low gear is also very perfect when off-road, and the 1st gear will not be upshifted when the climb is pulled to 5000 rpm, and the 1st gear will not jump downhill. It's just that this engine tuning is a bit strange, normally speaking, the off-road models will increase the torque at low speeds a little bit to get better off-road ability, but Jinchang will have abundant power output in the high rev range, which can only be understood as the characteristics of the MIVEC engine.
 
3.0L self-priming engine with 5AT, fuel consumption has also become an inevitable problem, Jinchang 100 kilometers of fuel consumption can easily reach more than 13 liters, which is more than 200,000 yuan for a car, the cost of daily use is too high.
 
Jinchang uses a non-load-bearing body, the front is a double wishbone independent suspension, the back is a coil spring integral bridge, the whole suspension tuning is quite hard, harder than the Pajero, it is very uncomfortable to drive on the city road, the action of crossing the speed bump is very stiff, and the rear row will even have an obvious sense of throwing. This tuning is more suitable on the highway because it can suppress the undulations of the road surface and create a smooth driving feeling. In off-roading, the stiffness of the body provides a good sense of confidence, and when crossing some cross-axles, the suspension moves up and down a lot, and the wheels off the ground are more likely to touch the ground, providing grip as early as possible.
 
The four-wheel drive system used by Jinchang is Mitsubishi's first-generation Super Select system, which is a full-time four-wheel drive system, with a 100% mechanically locked central differential and a rear axle tooth embedded differential, the transfer case has 2H, 4H, 4HLc, 4LLc a total of 4 gears, in 2H, 4H mode, are mainly rear-wheel drive, only when the rear wheel slips, the viscous coupling will be immediately connected, and the front and rear axle torque will be distributed in a ratio of 50:50, which is very close to the current time-sharing four-wheel drive system.
 
The steering power is hydraulic, very heavy at low speeds, and will not actively return to the right, only after the speed will be reduced. This tuning feature basically does not have much effect on off-road conditions, and this mechanical steering feel also brings a lot of confidence to the grasp of road conditions.
 
The interior is one of the most obvious shortcomings of Jinchang, to say that it sounds good, it is called retro, nostalgic, hard, to say that it is ugly, it is backward, simple, sitting in the carriage, there is no feeling of 200,000 price at all, and there are a large number of models with better interior workmanship than it at the same price or even lower than it.
 
There is basically no ergonomics in the carriage, because Jinchang uses a pickup truck chassis, which not only needs to put a transmission shaft, but also to ensure ground clearance, so the floor in the carriage is very high, and the passengers in the front and rear rows have to sit with their legs hanging, and the legs are not effectively supported, and the ride comfort is impossible to talk about.
 
In terms of reliability, Jinchang's powertrain and in-car electrical appliances are not easy to break, because the 6B31 engine is known for its reliability, and the electronic components in the car are also very traditional, and there will be no fault in normal use. It's uncomfortable to sit on, but don't worry about it dropping you off the road.
 
In the A-NCAP test, the third-generation Pajero Jinchang, which was launched in Australia in December 2015, received a 5-star safety evaluation. The overall score was 36.22 points. However, in the C-NCAP, GAC Mitsubishi Pajero Jinchang only received a 4-star safety evaluation, with an overall score of 53.7 points. In the event of an emergency, the rear passenger is likely to suffer serious injuries to his chest.
Mitsubishi Pajero Jinchang evaluation report