Honda Mitsubishi Triton Pickup 2028: What We Know So Far

The Honda Mitsubishi Triton pickup 2028 is now official in outline. On October 22, 2026 the two firms signed a memorandum of understanding to build a Honda pickup on the Triton’s underpinnings, with Southeast Asian sales planned for 2028.

That is the confirmed part, and it is worth reading precisely. Everything else the name, the engines, the specification, the factory is absent from the announcement.

Honda and Mitsubishi Officially Agree on a Triton-Based Pickup

Honda's release is titled an MOU on complementary automobile product supply, and its subtitle states the point directly: development of a new pickup truck model for the ASEAN market based on the Mitsubishi Triton.

The wording Honda uses is “the development of a Honda model based on the Mitsubishi Triton pickup truck”, with the new model “scheduled to go on sale in the ASEAN market in 2028”.

Keep the status in mind, though. A memorandum of understanding records an intention to proceed, not a signed production contract, and Honda chose that word itself. Read the official pickup partnership announcement rather than a summary of it.

What the Announcement Does Not Say

Everything written about the Honda pickup truck 2028 beyond the points below is inference. The gaps matter, because that is where invented details appear.

Based on Honda's release of October 22, 2026. There are no executive quotes in it, and no images of the vehicle have been published by either company.

One more detail rewards a close read. The headline promises complementary supply, which sounds like a two-way trade, but the only product flow named anywhere is Mitsubishi's Triton becoming a Honda. Nothing is said about Honda supplying any vehicle in return.

What Is the Mitsubishi Triton?

A one-ton, body-on-frame pickup, now in its sixth generation, sold as the Triton in Asia and Oceania and as the L200 in Europe and several other markets.

Mitsubishi's own launch material describes a newly developed ladder frame with a cross-sectional area 65 per cent greater than the previous truck's, and a lighter body using 1180 MPa high-tensile steel.

The engine is a 2.4-litre turbo-diesel in three outputs: 110 kW with 330 Nm, 135 kW with 430 Nm, and a twin-turbo top version at 150 kW and 470 Nm, which is 204 PS.

Four-wheel drive carries over as Super Select 4WD-II on double cabs, splitting torque 40 per cent front and 60 per cent rear through a torque-sensing limited-slip centre differential, with Easy Select 4WD on single cabs. Mitsubishi's official Triton model information carries the full set.

Thailand Manufacturing and the ASEAN Market

Thailand is the centre of this story. The Triton had its world premiere in Bangkok in July 2023 and went on sale there the same day.

Mitsubishi describes its Thai company as the largest plant in the group and an export hub to more than 120 countries, with Triton production expected to reach 200,000 vehicles a year.

Honda's release says the collaboration will let Mitsubishi increase production volume and improve capacity utilisation at that Thai plant. Honda does not say where its own version will be assembled.

Why Honda Is Partnering With Mitsubishi

Because a ladder-frame pickup is expensive to develop and Honda does not have one. Designing a one-ton chassis, validating it for payload and towing, and certifying it across a dozen markets is years of work for a segment Honda currently sits out.

Mitsubishi has all of that, plus a factory with room in it. Read the two releases together and the logic is plain: Honda buys its way into a segment, Mitsubishi fills its plant.

That makes this a Honda pickup based on Mitsubishi Triton engineering rather than a joint design programme, and it is as much a factory-utilisation deal as a product one.

Honda Already Sells a Pickup, So Why This One?

A lot of coverage is calling this Honda's first pickup truck. It is not, and the distinction is the interesting part.

Honda has sold the Ridgeline in North America since 2005, now in its second generation. But the Ridgeline is a unibody, built on Honda's global light truck platform and sharing most of its components with the Pilot SUV.

That is a different kind of vehicle. A unibody truck rides better and packages cleverly; a ladder frame takes abuse, carries a ton and tows heavy, which is what buyers in this segment want.

So the accurate description is Honda's first modern ladder-frame pickup, and its first pickup in ASEAN — which is exactly what Honda's release says, noting it has no pickup in that market today. There is also a reported third-generation Ridgeline due in 2028, which would leave Honda with two very different trucks in the same year.

Could Honda, Mitsubishi and Nissan Share More Vehicles?

They already are, and Honda's release points to the framework. This MOU sits under a wider agreement signed on August 1, 2024 among three companies, Nissan included.

The next Nissan Navara is also widely reported to be Triton-based, having been revealed in late 2025. On that reporting Honda is the second company to rebadge this pickup, not the first.

Which makes the Triton a three-badge platform in the making. Honda's release says the companies have explored supplying each other's vehicles more broadly, but names no further product and no region, so treat anything beyond this pickup as unannounced.

What Could Change on the Honda-Badged Pickup?

Nothing has been shown or stated, so this is pattern rather than knowledge. Badge-engineered pickups usually get their own grille, bumpers, lights and wheels, a reworked dashboard and trim, and their own suspension tuning and equipment grades.

What they almost never get is a different frame, cab structure, bed or engine range, because those are the expensive parts the arrangement exists to share.

A Honda-badged Mitsubishi Triton will therefore most likely drive like a Triton with a Honda face and cabin. Treat every leaked specification before the reveal as somebody's guess.

Will the Honda Pickup Launch in Pakistan?

Not announced, and there are two reasons to be patient about it.

First, the market named in the release is ASEAN, and Pakistan is not an ASEAN country. A 2028 ASEAN launch tells you nothing about a Pakistani one.

Second, Honda has never assembled a pickup in Pakistan. Adding a body style the local operation has no history with is a bigger decision than adding a variant, and nobody has said it is being considered.

So there is no Honda pickup price in Pakistan and no launch date to report. Any rupee figure circulating is invented, and a local announcement would have to come from Honda's Pakistani operation, not from an ASEAN press release.

Pickup Accessories in Pakistan

Pakistan's pickup market is not waiting for 2028, and neither is our stock. If you run a one-ton double cab, the parts people actually buy are protection and load-bay hardware rather than styling.

Our JAC T9 Hunter accessories range covers exactly that: front bumper safe guards with built-in fog lamps, armoured and U-type guards, a roll bar, back guards, a shutter roll cover, trunk seat folding and rear trunk seats, plus TPE and latex mats and air-press sun visors.

For the Hondas that are actually sold here, there are model-specific ranges including Honda accessories available in Pakistan for the City, each cut to that body rather than sold as universal.

Everything is fitted in-house in Multan with nationwide delivery. More on how we work is on our about page, and there is more automotive news and car guides if you want the rest of the week's cars.

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