Mitsubishi Triton Raider Revealed

New flagship Triton aims to put Mitsubishi back on the enthusiast map

By carsales.com.au

Mitsubishi has revealed its new flagship Triton Raider dual-cab ute which is designed to reinvigorate the brand among off-road enthusiasts.

Built in collaboration with renowned Australian engineering specialists Premcar, the same firm that developed the Nissan Warrior program for the Navara and Patrol model lines, the Triton Raider features a host of unique and upgraded components.

Due to arrive in local showrooms in May, the Triton Raider is based on the facelifted GSR that also lands at the same time.

While the donor car will feature revised suspension settings over regular Triton variants, including the addition of a vibration-reducing Yamaha chassis damper, Mitsubishi wanted a bespoke tune for the Raider and turned to Premcar, which conducted thousands of kilometres of real-world testing before the project was signed-off last November.

“What we really wanted to do with Raider is to tap into the Triton’s innate adventure potential with a car designed to bring confidence to every drive, in any conditions, on any surface,” said Bruce Hampel, Mitsubishi Australia’s general manager of product strategy and PR.

“Our brief to Premcar was to deliver best-in-class ride and handling with a unique look that sets the Raider brand expectation.”

To achieve this, 7000km of outback testing was conducted to evaluate suspension settings, with a focus on high-speed control and durability.

The new Monroe shocks have greater oil capacity and unique internals, including a larger piston and a Raider-specific rebound spring.

This teams with taller front coil springs and redesigned bump stops to deal with greater impacts off-road, and while four different tyres were trialled, the Bridgestone Dueller AT002 getting the nod for production.

Combined with the suspension upgrades, the Raider has an extra 25mm of ground clearance at the front, 13mm at the rear and sits on 25mm wider tracks. Importantly, it maintains the 3500kg braked trailer towing capacity.

Cosmetically, Hampel said the Raider is “deliberately understated”, having “spent the money where it counts”.

There’s a new front bumper with a red underbody bash plate, bronze 18x9.0-inch wheels from ROH, side steps, a sports bar and ‘sandstorm’ decals, while inside there’s Raider branding on the headrests and a centre console plaque.

Four colours will be available: white, black, grey and silver.

The standard 150kW/470Nm 2.4-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine and six-speed automatic transmission remain unchanged, as does Mitsubishi’s SuperSelect II 4x4 system with a low-speed transfer case.

Pricing is still yet to be revealed, but with the updated GSR sitting at $65,590 plus on-road costs, the combination of the impending facelift and Premcar upgrades will likely lift it beyond $70,000.

It’ll be a further boost to the Triton range that’s enjoying a surge in popularity in 2026, with sales up almost 40 per cent year-on-year in the first two months.

The Raider will be covered by Mitsubishi’s 10/10/10 ‘Diamond Advantage’ aftersales offering, including a 10-year/200,000km warranty (when servicing with official dealers), 10 years of capped price servicing and 10 years of roadside assistance.

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