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
Remember the Raider? No, you don’t. Nobody remembers the Raider, because this one that I found yesterday at a self-service wrecking yard near Denver was the only Raider Dodge ever sold. 
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