2007 Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution MPR13

MPR13 identifies a specialised Pajero/Montero Evolution rally-raid programme, not the roadgoing V55W Pajero Evolution. This profile uses Mitsubishi’s documented 2007 Dakar specification and result as its reference. The competition car’s structure, packaging and use belong to their own history, with no customer production total inferred from the team’s entry list.

A named competition development

Mitsubishi’s Dakar history identifies MPR13 with the 2007 Super Production specification. The workbook’s 2006 reference is retained as source inventory information, while 2007 is used here for the inspected event specification. This is a documentary reference choice, not a claim that every design or test activity began in January 2007. Development, presentation and competition dates may describe different stages of the same programme.

Mitsubishi Motors: 2007 Dakar history, MPR13 specification and results

A structure designed around rally-raid needs

The manufacturer account describes a new integrated multi-tubular frame, revised fuel and spare-wheel packaging, and efforts to improve weight distribution. It also explains the distinctive door arrangement in relation to the underfloor tank. Those details make the architecture a useful starting point. As editorial interpretation, a vehicle shaped around long-distance competition should be understood through its packaging and service requirements as well as the resemblance of its front face to a roadgoing Pajero.

Mitsubishi Motors: 2007 Dakar history, MPR13 specification and results

The 2007 technical reference

The manufacturer’s table lists a 3,997 cc 6G74 V6 with DOHC and MIVEC, rated at 270 PS, together with a 500-litre fuel-capacity reference. These are programme specifications for the cited period. They should not be substituted for the V55W road car’s engine, tank or dimensions. A large fuel-capacity figure also belongs to the rally-raid configuration; it is not evidence of ordinary road-car range or consumption.

The result belongs to the right event

Mitsubishi’s 2007 account records Stéphane Peterhansel first and Luc Alphand second at Dakar, with all four of its Super Production entries finishing. Those results establish the event history associated with the programme. They do not mean that every surviving MPR13 was the winning chassis. A claim about a particular vehicle needs identifying records linking that vehicle to its driver, event and preparation history.

Mitsubishi Motors: 2007 Dakar history, MPR13 specification and results

Why a programme entry is not a chassis certificate

A team may test, rebuild and redeploy competition machinery. The public name and livery can continue while engines, body panels and other components change. Preserve those changes in any individual history rather than assuming that an attractive museum presentation proves an uninterrupted original configuration. This record does not assign a VIN, a complete build list or a current owner to a specific competition chassis.

Keeping the different Pajero Evolutions separate

The roadgoing Pajero Evolution and MPR13 can share a wider motorsport story without sharing a production count. Likewise, a broad historical entry for Pajero Dakar cars should not be imported as another copy of this precise MPR13 record. The programme code is the boundary used here. Earlier competition variants need their own matched dates and identities before separate profiles can be created.

A connection to the modern Triton programme

The 2024 Triton AXCR profile offers a later comparison in how Mitsubishi-supported off-road vehicles are documented. Both require the event year, technical proposal and individual-car provenance to stay distinct. The comparison is about archive method and competition purpose; it does not imply common chassis construction, identical rules or a continuous fleet of unchanged vehicles. Each result remains attached to its own rally and season.

Specification and identity reference

Rarity and production scope

Documented MPR13 competition programme, referenced to 2007 Dakar; no customer road-series total or complete chassis-build census assigned.

This record belongs to the archive. Concepts are excluded from customer road-production totals; a documented individual is a member of its wider model series and is not added as extra production.

Identifying the documented subject

Match the complete model name, date and programme to the linked evidence. Keep any chassis-specific provenance separate from a general description of the model. A period image confirms what was photographed, while a production or technical claim requires the corresponding document.

What the photograph represents

Pajero Dakar competition-family reference, photographed on display. This is not an authenticated MPR13 chassis photograph and does not establish MPR13-specific construction, a driver assignment or a race result.

Comparisons and related profiles

Continue through these connected Mitsubishi records, each with its own factory identity and production scope.

• Mitsubishi Triton Ralliart AXCR Competition Programme
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR FQ-400 (UK)

Frequently asked questions

What is the rarity scope of this archive record?

Documented MPR13 competition programme, referenced to 2007 Dakar; no customer road-series total or complete chassis-build census assigned.

Does the title date match every photograph?

2007 is the documentary reference used for the profile. A later exhibition or museum photograph can show the same programme. Its caption identifies the photographic scope without creating another edition.

Sources and further reading

1. Mitsubishi Motors: 2007 Dakar history, MPR13 specification and results

Research checked 15 October 2026. Original manufacturer announcements, official competition history and photographic evidence are identified separately. Design readings and documentation guidance are editorial interpretation.