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BOLD, muscular new face for Mitsubishi’s all-new Triton. | PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF MMPC
During the 60th-anniversary expo of Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. last August, MMPC president Takeshi Hara launched the all-new Mitsubishi Triton.
The pickup truck, known for decades in the Philippines as the L200/Strada, is now called the Triton which is its original name and the one being used in other countries.
The sixth generation Triton (it was in 1993 when the 2nd generation L200/Strada was first introduced in the Philippine market) is genuinely "all-new" with a redesigned ladder-chassis. It will eventually form the basis of future pickup truck models from Nissan and Renault (Mitsubishi Motors' strategic partners in a group called the Alliance, formed in 1999).
The Triton sports a newly developed 2.4-liter turbo diesel engine and a redesigned "Dynamic Shield" front face. An imposing square grille now dominates the front, with chunky squared-off wheel arches. Its large, flat hood completes the pickup truck's muscular look.
- ONE of the frontal crash tests done on the all-new Triton of Mitsubishi. | PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF ASEAN NCAP
- IMPACT tests performed by the ASEAN NCAP are considered severe and are very reliable method to determine what good side protection is required for the driver.