Mitsubishi PX33

Mitsubishi PX33 is the prototype passenger car made ​​by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the company that would later become the father of Mitsubishi Motors.Commissioned for military use by the Japanese government in 1934, becoming the first Japanese sedan car that has four full-time have -wheel drive, a technology the company would return to fifty years later in pursuit of success in a variety of automotive competition.Created four of a working prototype, and the version of the 6.7-liter engine development using Mitsubishi, 70 PS (51 kW; 69 hp), which is the first diesel engine that uses direct injection in Japan. However, the entire project PX33 project canceled in 1937 after the Japanese government decided to prioritize the development of commercial vehicles such as trucks and buses.  

PX33 receive renewed attention as a marketing tool for Mitsubishi, during the release of the fourth generation Mitsubishi Pajero. PX33 historical relationships and technology with the latest SUVs with cars displayed by disclosing both in parallel at the Paris Motor Show in September 2006