1997 Mitsubishi Pajero Mini Iron Cross 4WD, Turbo Intercooled, 5MT · 52,764 mi

Available from stock, no wait for shipping from Japan: a 1997 Mitsubishi Pajero Mini Iron Cross 4WD, Turbo Intercooled, 5MT (Red). Transmission is manual. Its chassis number is H56A-5210244.

As listed

• Year: 1997
• Make: Mitsubishi
• Model: Pajero Mini Iron Cross 4WD, Turbo Intercooled, 5MT
• Chassis code: H56A
• Transmission: Manual
• Odometer: 52,764
• Engine: 4A30 660cc 4 Cylinder EFI
• Colour: Red
• Chassis number: H56A-5210244
• Body type: Kei Car
• Stock reference: BUC95064

The H56A Pajero Mini explained

The Pajero Mini is Mitsubishi's kei-class four-wheel drive, and H56A is the 1994 to 1998 car. Its engine is the 4A30, a 659cc twin-cam *four*-cylinder — Mitsubishi was one of only two makers to put four cylinders in a kei engine — and the quicker versions are turbocharged and intercooled. Styled as a scaled-down Pajero, it is a genuine four-wheel drive inside the kei footprint.

The clock reads 52,764 miles, roughly 84,900 km on the scale it was built with. Mitsubishi kei vehicles of this era turn up across a broad range of readings and this is squarely within it.

The configuration

A kei passenger car is built to the same statutory ceiling as a kei truck — 660cc, 3.4 metres, 1.48 metres — but with the whole package turned toward people rather than payload. Japanese manufacturers compete hard inside those fixed limits, which is why kei cars are so much roomier inside than their footprint suggests.

In the $8,000 to $12,000 band a kei car is normally either a turbocharged specification, a four-wheel-drive one, or a model that was built in genuinely small numbers. The plain hatchbacks sit well below this.

To proceed

With a 1997 build year it clears the 25-year rule that applies to importing vehicles never sold new in the US. The paperwork side — import documentation and title — is our job, and we deliver anywhere in the US. The figure is $10,995, and a message is all it takes to put it aside.