Super Select means the Triton has a party trick of being able to run in all-wheel-drive on road. The car always changed between modes without complaint, but as usual with such things a measured approach and patience pays off. 4WD with the centre diff locked can be engaged at speed, but you’ll need to stop and select neutral for a range change. The manual Triton GLS has the same Super Select transmission (fully explained here) as the Exceed automatic. Noise and cruiseability is quite acceptable. The car doesn’t really struggle, but there’s no mountains of torque. I put them in all test 4X4s.Īt freeway speeds you can cruise in sixth until you see a gradient, and then it’s generally going to be time to slot it down a cog.

Ninety degree corners in the ‘burbs can often comfortably be taken in third gear not second, and the Triton comfortably lopes along at low revs in high gears, not using very much fuel at all. Another modern trait is that some drivers need to recalibrate their use of gears. There’s no turbo lag per se, but you can feel when you’re off boost low in the rev range although the turbo comes in smoothly and powerfully, as all modern turbo diesels should behave. The engine is tractable and reasonably quiet, but is certainly no rocketship. Again that’s slightly unusual these days as engines are often tuned slightly differently for each transmission, with the autos often getting a bit more torque. The engine tune is identical for auto and manual, same power and torque and peak figures at the same RPM. And while Mitsubishi claim the same weight of 1970kg for both, that is unusual as manuals are normally slightly lighter. That extra ratio is one reason why the manual returns better fuel economy – 7.2L/100km on the combined cycle vs 7.6 for the auto. The manual is the conventional six-speed.

The automatic Triton is a five-speeder, which is behind the times in today’s world of seven, eight and even nine speed autos. To finish it off I’ve now taken the Triton GLS manual for a drive, so this review will be focused on the manual transmission because the previous articles cover the rest of the vehicle in some detail.

Then Hannah was lent a Triton to drive to the shops but ended up in Birdsville.

Paul Murrell was at the launch and wrote a first drive, I did an in-depth on/offroad test of the Exceed dualcab, and followed that up with a GLS/Exceed comparo. WE’VE DONE a bit with the Triton of late.

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