Er, no.
Japan doesnt exactly have a lot of off road areas to be honest, and although the Shogun/Pajero looks an enterprising proposition, as a long term bet price a few things up. Start with a gearbox, see how easy you can find one against a Disco. Ask your wife why the police use Discos and Range Rovers, and always have. Surely if the reliability was a factor there would be lots of Jap metal with blues and twos.
No.
Fact is they are nice to drive, comfy, have all the gizmos, and look the dogs danglies. But so does a Ford Mondeo these days.
Ive just got shot of my Shogun, 1992 model LWB 2.5 on ebay for 850 quid cuz the engine had blown. It had decided to drop 2 valves for no apparent reason, cambelt was intact and so was cam. And i had guys from Ireland desperate to come and buy it because they couldnt get bits or parts for reasonable money, if they could find them.
Compare that to a Disco, off down the scrappy, buy bits, come home, big hammer, job done.
Ive gone back to a Discovery, they are (as are all landies) the best 4x4xfar. No-one argued or sued when they stated that.
