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The way I understand it, the mitsubishi Jeep wasn't a joint development at all, mitsubishi simply made them under license same as Mahindra in India and probably several other countries and car makers. The only thing Jeep about them was the overall styling and basic design and very very old at that, drivelines weren't made by Jeep nor any of the suspension or bodywork. Jeep really had nothing to do with them at all. They probably just collected a few bucks in royalties for the use of the grill and name. |
Actually some of them are very Jeep indeed. I have a Mahindra CJ3B and I can use any Jeep/Willys CJ3B panel, steering, chassis, etc etc for spares. My running gear fromt the transfer case back is all Dana/Spicer (in fact D44 front and rear) but with a Peugeot diesel engine (also made under license). Whist the CJ3b Page site is focused mostly on CJ3Bs (obviously), the following link shows all the licensed Jeeps made around the world
http://www.film.queensu.ca/CJ3B/World.html Whilst Australia did local assembly with local engine options, other countries such as India, Japan, Spain, Brasil and so on started with assemby and later started full local production under license. There are a number on interesting long wheel base local models developed in various countries
Longwheel base CJ3B from Spain
4 door fast back CJ from India
I guess the Swedish winters weren't much fun in a softtop
