Our eyes have seen loads of fascinating and unconventional automobile mashups through the years, however folks’s creativeness by no means ceases to amaze us. The newest instance of a wild automobile conversion is a combination of a Mitsubishi Triton and a Subaru Legacy, leading to a reasonably succesful off-roader with a four-door sedan bodystyle.
The photograph was shared on the favored Shitty_Car_Mods group by Reddit person RedFoxPro, with none details about the situation or the circumstances. From the signal throughout the road and the seen plates of oncoming site visitors, we guess that this distinctive automobile was parked someplace in Russia. It definitely takes a number of house on this slender metropolis highway, with our brains taking extra time than traditional to determine this bizarre four-wheeled object.
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The entrance finish – together with the headlights and the bumper – identifies as a fourth-generation Mitsubishi L200/Triton (2005-2015). Nonetheless, the remainder of the pickup physique is gone, together with the rear mattress. To be exact, the decrease a part of the tail seems to be sourced from the L200, judging from the attribute form of the taillights, however that’s just about it.
The higher a part of the automobile, together with the greenhouse, the roof, the 4 doorways, and the tailgate, comes from a fourth-generation Subaru Legacy (2003-2009). This unconventional marriage has been achieved with a number of work within the entrance and rear fenders, broad bodykit extensions, and a few rusty facet sills which double as steps. Our greatest guess is that the five-seater inside was additionally sourced from the Subaru, making it roomier than the unique double-cab pickup.
From the hefty floor clearance and the large-diameter grippy all-terrain tires, it appears that evidently the mannequin retains the ladder-frame underpinnings of the Mitsubishi L200/Triton, regardless of the sedan cowl. Thus, we suspect that underneath the bonnet lies a turbodiesel 2.5-liter engine producing 180 hp (134 kW / 182 PS). Energy is most probably transmitted to all 4 wheels by both a five-speed handbook or a four-speed computerized.
This isn’t the primary time we see a raised sedan. A couple of automakers have tried capitalizing on the crossover/SUV reputation by including rugged appears to four-door fashions however this pattern by no means actually took off, not like the crossover station wagons. Thus, the proprietor of this Mitsubishi can brag they drive round in a reasonably distinctive bodystyle, which might solely be matched by the even weirder Aznom Palladium.