Caught testing! Toyota HiLux-rivalling next-generation 2024 Mitsubishi Triton dual-cab ute spied on the road

The next-generation 2024 Mitsubishi Triton has been spied testing very close to Australia, with a disguised prototype for the dual-cab ute making its way around wet roads in Thailand.

Images from Thai carspotter and YouTuber MZ Crazy Cars show the camouflaged Mitsubishi ute being driven around semi-rural areas of Thailand, dealing with wet roads and traffic.

Though the images and videos don’t give away design specifics, they do show the Triton is larger than before. CarsGuide has also produced renders based on information at hand so far to guess what the next-gen ute might look like.

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The 2024 Mitsubishi Triton is expected to land in Australia at the end of this year or early 2024, with official images and information likely to start flowing in the coming months.

What we do know so far is that the next-gen Triton is, as mentioned, larger than its predecessor, closer in size to the two domineering dual-cabs in Australia, the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux.

The Triton is also expected to take a leap up in terms of tech and safety, with the previous generation having basically carried over the previous-gen platform.

This time, however, a new platform, that will also underpin the next Nissan Navara, is the basis for the Triton, which is set to be ready for electrification.

Mitsubishi executive officer Takashi Shirakawa told CarsGuide late last year that an electrified Triton is on the schedule for this decade, meaning it will be part of this generation if all goes to plan.

The next generation Triton is expected to share its platform with the Nissan Navara. (Image credit Thanos Pappas.)

“We are trying to introduce the electrified [Triton] application in the 2020 period, not after 2030,” Shirakawa said to CarsGuide. “We’re trying, but we don’t know if it will happen or not - it depends on whether we can reduce the cost.

“We are thinking about whether hybrid is better, plug-in hybrid is better or pure electric is better, and we have those products in prototypes and we are comparing them, but our headache is always, always cost.”

Currently, the Triton is powered by a 2.4-litre turbo-diesel engine, though it’s not clear yet if that engine will be carried over with an update or replaced with something new.

An electrified Triton is on the schedule for this decade.

It’s also expected a Triton Ralliart variant will be made available sooner rather than later, with the brand keen to leverage the badge’s history.

Last year, Mitsubishi sold 27,436 Tritons in Australia, 23,953 of which were 4x4, making it the third-most popular ute in the country.