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Mitsubishi Shogun Sport/ challenger review covering 1998 To Date

Monday 17 October 2005

You really do have to wonder what the ‘Sport’ refers to in the Mitsubishi Shogun Challenger and Sport models. Could picking the kids up from school ever be considered a sport? Or negotiating a shopping centre multi-storey ramp? Perhaps this is being a trifle harsh, but a great many of these excellent cars arrive on the used market never having got their tyres dirty. It’s a bit like buying a Lotus Elise and using it to fetch the Sunday papers in – you won’t see it at its best and it’s a bit overspecified for the task. What it does mean is that for the used buyer there are hundreds of well-maintained and low-mileage Shoguns Sports and Challengers out there that have led yawningly easy lives. Couple that with Mitsubishi’s enviable reputation for engineering ruggedness and a near flawless reliability record and you’ve got something that could reasonably be described as a gift horse. But before you prepare to look one in the mouth, arm yourself with the following information.