That truck has as much to do with Lancer as with Pajero (aside of being 4x4 build for off-road racing). I believe they changed name for sole purpose of avoiding confusion between Montero in SA and Pajero in rest of the world. I'm kinda surprised that they suffered similar issues as VW in first year but guess they want to learn from their own mistakes.
I would say S America provided very good settings for rally. I personally liked it better than constant sands of Sahara.

92 SR, 285/75R16 Yoko MT ARB locker GAST compressor AirLift 1000 MM10500 Snorkel custom rear bumper
02 Montero LS died protecting the master
08 PowerWagon (stock!)