Outward visibility is excellent. The steering wheel in the Limited is a very thick wood unit with leather grips, an exceptionally handsome piece. Power windows feature an auto-down for the driver only. Montero's cruise control is mounted on the steering wheel for fingertip convenience.

Instruments are white-on-black and businesslike. Full instrumentation features an array of small gauges with square bezels, including fuel and water temperature. An indicator denotes whether the transfer case is in 2WD, 4WD, and whether the differential is locked for maximum traction.

An LCD Information Center in the middle of the dash is surrounded by handsome dark wood. Besides denoting time of day, outside temperature, the date and your present heading, it notes your fuel range based on present mileage.

Montero Limited features the excellent Mitsubishi/Infinity audio system, just the thing for making long drives seem shorter. Controls for heating and air conditioning use the usual three-knob arrangement for selecting temperature, fan level and mode. A Limited Preferred Package features an automatic climate-control system.

A third-row seat, bringing the Montero's capacity to seven. The third row provides tight seating best suited to children and can be stowed or removed completely.

Four cupholders are provided, two in front, two in the rear. Grab-handles are provided at all four doors. Two auxiliary power outlets for running auxiliary electrical equipment were provided, one on the dash and one inside the tailgate. Also in a compartment inside the rear door is an impressively complete tool kit.