Mitsubishi Pajero Pinin

Mitsubishi Pajero Pinin

A serious toy

How to make a desirable car, Lesson 1: Take a proven track number, an Italian stylist can beautify your car and the final result depends on one price tag, making the new creation achieved the larger group of buyers. That is exactly what Mitsubishi has done with his big SUV "Pajero". The new Pajero looks handy, of modern and is still very strong. Everything is good for a covetable combination that begs for a test!

Märzlicher end Saturday, the sky is suddenly threatening grim. With thunder and lightning on the A2 goes down a blizzard that has no equal. The cars in front of me forming a Christmas tree made of brake lights and the speed drops to 50 km / h Appears on my face a big smile, I put the gear stick to 4th, go to the left lane and step on the gas again deeper. The radio melody happily singing along I drive past the dam. Well, the poor, not everyone drives a Mitsubishi Pinin, Mitsubishi's new small SUV based on large Pajero.

To meet the demand for a practical SUV, Mitsubishi has asked none other than Ferrari designer Pininfarina to take the Pajero in the hands and adapt to European tastes. As a designer, best known for deep, streamlined sports car, you already have concerns when you have to design a car in which things like ground clearance and outlet angle are important. These concerns are unjustified, not the off-road qualities of the original Pajero has been lost. Moreover, a "lean-made" car can steer often easier than a large through the grounds. This little Pajero is lighter and as he does not sink so fast. Furthermore, the risk is less that the car gets stuck on bumpy roads. The Pajero Pinin has a ground clearance of 20 cm and in - and outlet angles of 35 and 42 degrees. Directly below the front bumper is a large protective plate that runs through to the front suspension. The deepest point of the car is the viscous coupling, which provides for the connection between the front and rear axle.

Normally, only the rear wheels are driven. That's enough for most situations and saves fuel by not having unnecessary ingredients are driven. In heavy rain or ice can, even while driving, the all-wheel drive is turned on. The viscous then ensures that the power is distributed so that the front and rear wheels rotate at the same speed and therefore remains the most traction. Depending on the situation, this means that either the power goes only to rear wheels, or depending on requirements, it is distributed to the two axles.

In difficult terrain can turn off the intermediate coupling. For extreme circumstances, a low ratio is present in the transmission behavior has about twice as much force as is normally the case. This technique explains why this compact SUV has won a modest price. As expected, the Pinin is easily some (modest) test on the unpaved road.