PC Challenger is our only vehicle; city driving and a vehicle we also use for outback travel, either towing our camper or using swags. I have done 50,000km now and would not leave a review with any less mileage as most new cars go OK when brand new and with little off road work.

It's an easy car to drive around the city (auto transmission) fitted with a tight turning circle; it's not too long or too wide which gives no stress parking. The fuel consumption around town was initially high, but since getting an ECU remap and a performance exhaus...Read more

My PA is the 2001 coil spring model, with poly air bags fitted to the rear coil springs, the MK Triton safari snorkle is the almost exact fit for the Challenger PA model, fits up to 2005 when the PB model came out, Holden VT cargo barriers fit the truck for 100 bucks, why pay 500 for genuine ones? Mine is a daily driver around Sydney and going bush on weekends, very reliable truck, a bit low on headroom for people over 6 feet tall, but robust design, much better styling than the Pajero. My fuel was 10.5 L/pl country cycle and this dropped down ...Read more

First off all I waited to write a review on this for the last 4 years so I could put my Challenger to the test.
I cannot understand when people say fuel economy is bad. What do you expect from a 1950kg vehicle 5Lt / 100KM???? Are you working your consumption out properly?? Dont look at the display as this is inaccurate over the time used, if you want up to time average you must press the reset button every so often to get up to minute accuracy or just fill tank and work out lt/100km. I have a manual, but dont think the auto would be more than...Read more

We bought a automatic 3L 6cl 2001 Montero Sport (what the Challenger is called in South America) with 140,000km on the clock and had it for 3 months and did another 18,000km on it in that time. The new owners have done another 15k so-far, and no issues.

We converted it into a camperwagon with a foldout bed in the back that still allowed up to 4 adults to be seated and comfortably slept 2 inside. It was a great car and only needed an oil and oil filter change done as it had a major service just before we bought it.

Super comfortable to dr...Read more

I enjoy driving the Challenger and it is excellent on rough roads and off road. The diff lock makes it very capable off road.
I am average height but find entering the vehicle a little difficult. The roof is too low because I often hit my head. The steering column is too low because I have difficulty getting my legs under the steering wheel. Once you are in driving it is a pleasure. It does have a noisy automatic transmission but in top gear it is very quiet. Dash board and Instruments are good but at midday the sun makes the reversing camera ...Read more

I upgraded recently from a Lancer to the Challenger and am quite impressed at my first 4WD.

Power is reasonably good, especially when the turbo kicks in. Despite other comments, I don't find it particularly noisy, I can still have a conversation without having to raise my voice and the Bluetooth hears me fine without raising my voice also.

I haven't been offroad yet, but have used 4WD mode and you can certainly feel the difference. I will update after I experience offroad driving.

The Link system with the 6.1" screen was a big update f...Read more

Bought this car new (7 seats, automatic) when first came out in Australia and now at 100,000km. The car is easy to drive but lolls about on tight corners, pretty much as all other mitsubishi 4x4's have, but in its unmodified form it handles well off road, including mud, sand, loose rock and through deep ruts as it's not too heavy, has good ground clearance and reassuringly has a ladder chassis. The diff lock has served well where recovery gear would normally have been necessary. Paint work does chip easily and the metal body panels are fairly t...Read more

I purchased a new 2012 LS manual as this was the only manual option.
I regularly tow a HQ race car on steel tandem trailer with tyre rack and gear . all up about 2800kg.
Whilst a little slow off the mark it tows really well.
Recently had the ECU engine mapping reflashed to see if this will improve by Mits service team. hope to see an improvement.
Don't expect to get much better than15 to 16 litres /100 kms.When towing large load at 100 to 110 km/hr.
Around town Iget 9.5 to 10 ltrs with calm accelleration.
Have been really plesed with thi...Read more

Just put around 3000km on my PC Challenger Auto Trans, couldn't be happier and the kids love it too.
We purchased the Challenger for sub $40k as an ex demo which is amazing value, I have found the challenger is
a strong pass in all areas the engine is powerful enough, the interior is good and the space is very good, the kids
love the reclining rear seats and seat height so they can see outside easily. Fuel economy is as expected if you drive it in traffic or push it you'll be around 12l/100, on longer stretches its under 10l/100km. We'...Read more

I needed a bigger car to tow a bigger caravan than what we currently own. Searched the review sites - Prado seems a good vehicle but price is very off putting. Nothing from Nissan, Ford or anything else seemed appealing - decided to go for 4x4 diesel for a life change, able to go off road and 3 tonne towing looked good despite not wanting to tow any more than about 2300kg. The Challenger started to look good - I read all the stuff about "noisy engine" "rear view mirror vibrates at idle" "handles like a brick" "not over powerful" "radio not good...Read more

Just completed a two week camping road trip around Victoria with our 2014MY Manual PC 5 seater Challenger. Very happy and given the price difference betwen a Pajero and Prado I consider this better value for money. Very good cargo capacity even with the rear seats up. This was one of the main selling features for me. check it out!!. Generally I have no trouble achieving aroung 9l/100km driving easy but with a full load including loaded roof platform, A/C on and travelling around 100kmh this can blow out to 11l/100km. The car is comfortable to d...Read more

traded a 2004 jeep grand cherokee for the 2010 challenger in hopes of getting better fuel economy and reliability, any one who as owned a jeep can testify that an RACQ membership is essential as opposed to simply being prudent.

The Challenger is based on the triton ute and this shows in some of its design, a simple plastic dash on the LS version seems hard wearing but is ugly and reflects sunlight on bright days, we cured this with a fabric overlay.
The suspension is bouncy when breaking and cornering but no more then many other rivals and...Read more

Purchased new, manual with rear diff lock. Quite economical (getting approx 8.5l/100) when new using the standard road tyres and standard suspension (although the standard suspension seemed to transfer some small vibration and jarring from sharp bumps etc).

Engine wise, it’s an older tech 2.5l, with a bit of turbo lag and lacks low rev torque, but either an ECU re-map (which I did) or a (good) chip fixes that.

After changing the road tyres to reasonably aggressive, robust AT's and replacing the standard suspension (new shocks, coils with ...Read more