Vans From Japan
The Mitsubishi J-Series was born and it remained in production until 1998 when new emissions and safety regulations kicked in. Its successor was the also recently discontinued Mitsubishi Pajero. During its 45-year lifetime, around 200,000 examples were built on short, medium, and long wheelbases. SUV, station wagon, and convertible body styles were available and so were a range of gasoline and diesel engines.
Mitsubishi only offered the Jeep with a manual transmission, making this 4x4 truly old school. Beginning with the 1995 model year (soon to be 1996), the 25-year import ban has expired, thus making it possible for Americans to own one of these right-hand-drive-only CJs.