1997-99 Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution
If you think that high-performance SUV models like the Durango SRT or the Trailblazer SS are a new trend, you’d be sorely mistaken. Mitsubishi was selling a high-performance SUV model in the 1990s that never made it to America. The Pajero Evolution was a high-performance SUV that had everything that a Lancer Evolution had. The styling itself was fairly modern for the period and quite radical for the Pajero (via Cars & Bids).
The top-heavy SUV was a very capable off-road model because it was basically the Monteiro with more pep in its step. Recently it become legal to import the Pajero Evolution to America and there have been more of them on the road. The Pajero Evolution was no doubt a fun-to-drive off-road rig from the 1990s that no one knows about.