2024 Mitsubishi Triton/L200 first look: Plug-in hybrid and more power coming!

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Mitsubishi is just about to release the all-new Mitsubishi Triton/L200. It will be revealed mid-2023 and go on sale late in 2023 or early in 2024. This platform is expected to be shared with the next generation Nissan Navara as well, which is likely to go on sale later.  More Mitsubishi content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/mitsubishi More Mitsubishi Triton content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/mitsubishi/triton  Skip Ahead: Intro: 00:00 What is a Triton 00:44 Design 01:50 XRT Concept 05:14 Interior Details 07:00 Verdict 09:28  We review every new car on the market, bust car myths, cover the latest car tech and answer your burning questions.  Whether you need new car advice, purchase validation or simply love learning more about new cars and technology, we are your car experts.  Subscribe to Car Expert: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DvMhvy3H7ntEgn9n3xQcQ?sub_confirmation=1  You'll find us dropping new video content three times a week. If you'd like to ask a question about one of our videos, simply leave us a comment. If you'd like to give us any feedback on our content, feel free to email us, or alternatively, hit us up on social media.  Finally, we want this channel to grow with your support and feedback. If there's anything you don't like or would like to see us change, we'd love to hear from you!  Follow us on social media to see what we're up to and to ask any questions!  CarExpert: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarExpertAus Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CarExpertAus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carexpert.com.au  Paul Maric: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulMaric Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PaulMaric Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PaulMaric  #mitsubishi #triton #l200

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00:00 G'day, I'm Paul. So, Mitsubishi Triton, it is one of the best-selling dual-cab utes here

00:05 in Australia. It's called the L200 in other parts of the world. There is a brand new version

00:09 of it coming in today. I want to take you through some new pictures that have just been

00:13 released plus some renders that our computer person has put together based off the images

00:19 that Mitsubishi has actually officially released, plus some info that we've recently found out

00:25 about as well. So, today's going to be a brief video. If you do want to skip ahead to other

00:28 parts of this video, you can use the time codes on the screen there, or if you're on

00:31 YouTube, you can scroll down and use the chapters below. And hey, if you haven't done so already,

00:35 subscribe to our channel and press the bell icon. That'll keep you posted whenever we

00:39 get more information on the new Mitsubishi Triton, but let's get right into it.

00:44 So let's kick off with what is the Mitsubishi Triton. So, it is a dual-cab ute that is sold

00:49 around the world. In Australia, it is a, I guess, a value proposition. So, it's not as

00:54 expensive as something like a Toyota Hilux or a Ford Ranger, but it still gives you a

00:58 lot of the stuff that you'd need without all those frills. It seems to me that Mitsubishi

01:02 is going to continue down that path. We do have some sources that have given us some

01:06 information and we now have some further details from Mitsubishi in terms of the design. One

01:12 of the things that is worth pointing out early on is that it is likely to have a plug-in

01:16 hybrid at some point within its life. So, Mitsubishi has told us on the record that

01:21 they are looking to electrify the Triton, and that means giving it technology such as

01:25 plug-in hybrid, which is currently found on things like the Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in

01:30 hybrid, also the Eclipse Cross as well. So, they have the technology there and they could

01:33 be the first to market with that kind of tech. And it is big for commercial organizations

01:38 who need to tick boxes. And it means they don't have to spend mega dollars on something

01:42 like the electric version of the LDV-T60, which is incredibly expensive compared to

01:47 most other dual-cab utes on the market.

01:49 Now let's talk about the design. I'm going to start off with our renders here. I'm going

01:55 to do some sort of squiggling and colouring in here as well so you can see what I'm seeing.

02:00 Our renderer has done a really good job here because he's based this off a concept that

02:04 was shown for the Beijing Motor Show, and it kind of gives you a bit of an idea of where

02:09 Mitsubishi is heading with everything. So, this is kind of an off-road version that we've

02:12 rendered here. You can see straight away up the front here, they've gone down the path

02:16 of splitting those headlights. So, you've got an LED daytime running light at the top,

02:20 and then you have the headlight cluster just beneath it. And then in addition to that,

02:24 you have fog lights all the way down the bottom there. That's going to mean that this probably

02:27 has LED headlights, hopefully a bi-LED setup as well. Mitsubishi's headlights are typically

02:34 pretty good, but we have seen with Triton that it has lagged behind a little bit in

02:37 terms of headlight technology, and I think this kind of setup here will really bridge

02:41 the gap that it needs to bridge.

02:43 It is interesting though, we did notice with the LDV-T60 when they moved to that two-tier

02:47 setup that it really affected things like a big bumper or a big bull bar that you want

02:52 to fit on the front, because all of a sudden you have to engineer it to work for the safety

02:55 system, such as that radar sensor there, the camera directly above it as well. And then

03:00 you also have to allow for the headlights to work too. So, there are a lot of openings

03:04 there that you have to kind of compromise your bull bar to actually fit around. It is

03:08 worth pointing out as well at the same time that the concept has shown us that it will

03:12 come with a 360 camera. So, you can see a camera nestled in there. You can also see

03:16 a camera nestled in over here as well under that wing mirror. That means that this is

03:22 likely to have a 360 degree camera setup. Hoping the camera quality is good. In the

03:26 Outlander, the camera quality is actually pretty good, so hopefully they use that same

03:29 technology here in Triton to deliver that decent camera quality when you are off-roading.

03:34 We did notice as well in the Spy photos that Mitsubishi has unfortunately retained drum

03:41 brakes. It is a bit hard to see, but in this particular picture and in the other Spy photos

03:45 we've had, it shows that there are still drum brakes here behind the rear wheels. And look,

03:50 to be honest, that doesn't make any sense to me. You're building a car on a brand new

03:54 platform for a brand new generation. This is going to have a shared platform with the

03:57 Nissan Navara as well, and then you're still fitting drum brakes to the rear. It almost

04:02 feels prehistoric when you consider things like Hilux and also Ranger, at least in top

04:06 specs are now available with disc brakes that really sort of modernize that vehicle.

04:11 The other thing that has really irritated me as well, and I'm going to go back to my

04:15 little drawing tool here, is this. Look at that. That camera is still offset. One of

04:22 the things that we noticed during our big towing test recently, and if you haven't seen

04:25 that video, click up here, where we tested every dual cab ute on the market and we tested

04:31 the towing systems. And that offset camera meant that when you were mounting a trailer

04:35 to the vehicle, it wouldn't be central. So when you were reversing it, nothing was kind

04:39 of lining up. Most other dual cab utes on the market will actually fit the camera dead

04:43 centre and that means when the camera is there, you have direct line of sight to your tow

04:46 bar and it means that when you do connect it all in, there is little effort required

04:50 to line everything up.

04:51 The other thing you'll notice on the back here as well is Mitsubishi is persisting with

04:55 incandescent lighting. Again, a vehicle that's going to be released in 2023, it needs to

05:01 be LED and it looks like they haven't gone down the path of doing that. We'll jump back

05:05 over to our actual renders here so you can have a bit of a clearer look at what the aggressive

05:12 version of this is going to look like.

05:14 So this is the rear. You'll notice here that they've gone down the path of adding a bit

05:17 of taper there to those taillights. So keep in mind, this is just our artist's impression

05:22 of spy photos and also the pictures that we've seen. So a little bit of depth there to the

05:26 rear and then the light sort of tapered down and inwards a bit there just to give you a

05:30 bit more profile. And again, as I mentioned, incandescent globes there. There will probably

05:34 be some LED element up the top there, but for the most part, it'll be incandescent and

05:39 then that's a clearer look there of that camera that isn't mounted directly in line with the

05:45 tow bar.

05:46 I would like to see the return of the lip up the top. So we did see in the spy photos

05:50 that Mitsubishi has put a plastic lip up the top. Nissan had it on the Navara and they

05:56 removed it. Mitsubishi has put it back here. Like I said before, this is going to have

06:00 a shared platform in the Navara. So having that in place there means if you do load stuff

06:04 into the tray and have it sitting out, we'll prevent that from getting scratched up.

06:07 Other thing, hopefully, that it will come with is a torsion bar here. When you do drop

06:11 that tailgate down, it'll make closing it a little bit easier as well. We don't have

06:16 a side step. Well, we haven't seen a side step here. So Ford with the Ranger seems to

06:20 be the only one at the moment that has that side step integrated. It'll retain leaf springs

06:24 at the rear, even though Navara went down the path of coil springs, it looks like Mitsubishi

06:29 will keep leaf springs within the Triton.

06:32 It's worth keeping in mind that they are doing a lot of tuning work to Triton in Australia.

06:36 They've said that on the record. So hopefully that means the ride will at least be nice

06:39 and compliant for Australian conditions. Keep in mind this one here is a bit of an aggressive

06:43 looking thing we've mocked up. So it's probably not going to have all of those side scoops

06:47 and stuff like that, but it gives you a bit of an idea of what they could do with a rally

06:51 art version of this with those big sports bars up the top there.

06:55 Let's talk about interior. One of the things we noticed in one of the spy photos is this.

07:01 And there's a bit of a backstory to this, but with these camouflaged vehicles, when

07:06 they are driving around, they'll often have like a material that they put over the dashboard.

07:11 When the vehicle is parked, it means you don't get to see what the interior looks like. When

07:15 it is driving around though, the driver needs to be able to change climate controls, radio,

07:18 that type of thing. And often they'll uncover it briefly. And you can see here as the driver

07:23 has gone to cover that back up again. This is an indicator to me that it's going to have

07:27 the same infotainment system as the Outlander. What makes me think that, look at that taper

07:32 there that cuts down. If we then jump over to our shots here of the Mitsubishi Outlander's

07:38 infotainment system, you can see it has the exact same taper there. So I think that they're

07:43 going to fit that same infotainment system, which is a good thing. It's nice and sharp,

07:48 easy to use, comes with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. So it is a really good system

07:52 they can be integrating into Triton. And it looks like it'll sit nice and high as well

07:56 there, so you get good visibility while you're driving the vehicle into that. And just so

08:00 you can have a little bit of a refresher, this is what it looks like inside the Outlander

08:04 as well. So sits up the top there, screen central with actual physical controls either

08:09 side of it. Hopefully they'll also fit a digital display like they've got there in the Outlander

08:14 as well. We did notice on the Spy Photos that it looks like they're going to have more rear

08:18 leg room. So that door looks like it opens a little bigger than it does on the current

08:22 generation Triton. That'll mean that you have a bit more space afforded in the back. Spy

08:26 photos also show us that they have some kind of a permanent roof rail system set up there

08:31 with the antenna located at the front of the vehicle. And that'll probably point backwards.

08:36 You can actually see a physical antenna sticking out of there. So hopefully it's not like the

08:40 Ranger that has a shark fin aerial and then another aerial that sticks out of there as

08:43 well. So I've showed you there what the aggressive version of the Triton will look like, but

08:47 here is just your standard one. It's a little more simplified, but again, same story. You

08:50 have that split headlight design up the front here with fog light section at the bottom

08:56 and then daytime running light at the top. Big Mitsubishi logo there, big grille as well.

09:01 And then underbody here, it looks like they have rated tow hooks. Certainly it looks very

09:06 similar to the D-MAX. I am hoping that they follow that trend and make them rated recovery

09:11 points as well so you don't run into any dramas. On the safety system front, this will come

09:14 with autonomous emergency braking and hopefully a full suite of technology that we find in

09:18 vehicles like the Ford Ranger and the Toyota Hilux today. This is what the back of the

09:23 standard one looks like as well. It's all sort of pretty straightforward there.

09:27 So that has been your first look at the new Mitsubishi Triton. We are expecting it to

09:33 be released in 2023 and it'll go on sale either late 2023 or early 2024. There is still a

09:39 lot of development work going on with this. And in terms of the engines, I am hoping that

09:43 they go down the path of a V6 diesel and at the very least, they really amp up the current

09:48 generation diesel to have at least 500Nm of torque. Hopefully they stick as well with

09:52 the Super Select 4WD system we found during our big dual-cabute off-road test. And if

09:57 you haven't seen that one, click up there. The Triton actually did incredibly well despite

10:01 the fact that the platform is so old. So let's hope that Mitsubishi continues that trend

10:05 with Super Select 4WD and we have the availability of a full-time 4WD system that you can drive

10:11 on sealed surfaces as well.

10:12 So let me know what you reckon about the new Mitsubishi Triton. I know that I've talked

10:17 a lot at you today, but I just wanted to share all of the information that we have on it

10:21 so far. When we do get more details, we will update you as much as we possibly can. Let

10:25 me know in the comments section below, what do you think about this design? Do you think

10:28 it's aggressive enough? Do you want to see a full-on rally art version that is kind of

10:32 a Raptor in disguise as well? Let me know what you think in the comments section below.

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