When the Mitsubishi Pajero was brought to these shores, as the Mitsubishi Montero and the Dodge Raider, the bosses at Mitsubishi figured they’d just move the steering wheel to the other side and translate the text on all the controls from Japanese to English, end of story. As I learned while working for a localization company a few years back, this job is not always as simple as it looks. (Read More…)
Posted in History, Nissan
Tagged as 1980s, Dodge, Dodge Raider, Japan, junkyard, Mitsubishi Montero, Mitsuibishi, Pajero
Tagged as 1980s, Dodge, Dodge Raider, Japan, junkyard, Mitsubishi Montero, Mitsuibishi, Pajero
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FuzzyPlushroom - From this angle, I’m seeing a Lancer hatchback without the visibility. I suppose I’ll have to wait until I see it in person.
jimbob457 - Uhh.. Duh de GM Northstar wuz already dere. It was designed, debugged and already tooled up. What part of stupid do you not understand?
cgjeep - The trailer wiring didn’t come with the hitch, was an extra item. Some people use hitches as a recovery point, or for accessories like a bicycle...
yesthatsteve - Most of ‘em got shed in the bankruptcy. An inner ‘burb near me once had stand-alone Dodge, Chrysler, and...
PrincipalDan - Some men are Baptists, some are Catholics, my father was an Oldsmobile man. That son of a bitch would freeze up in the middle of summer on the...
cgjeep - From what I read, if you have an after market hitch they will inspect it. If it doesn’t meet their criteria they will replace it with a Mopar one. I...
APaGttH - Ummmmm, the points were snark.
AKADriver - Exchange rates weren’t that crazy at the time. By the time the S15 came out it was almost exactly 100 yen to the dollar and these cars...
Easton - Cadillac-Pontiac, Chevrolet-Buick platform sharing would have been perfect.
th009 - Audi, which has already adopted MLB, is doing much better (see same link). So assuming there is a relationship between the two, then the signs are good...