Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Arrives In UK Showrooms Minus Premium Price
Already available throughout Europe, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is now just arriving in United Kingdom showrooms at a post-credit price tag of £28,249 ($47,000 USD).
Autoblog Green reports the plug-in hybrid SUV without the £5,000 credit would start at £33,249 ($55,000 USD), but with the credit, the starting price is around the same level as its diesel-powered sibling, thus allowing UK consumers to pick the SUV they want without worrying too much about affordability.
As for what they will get out of their Outlander PHEV, the hybrid has a range of 32 miles in all-electric at a limited speed of 75 mph, and can tow over 3,000 lbs.
On sale now, the first SUVs will arrive in May, with the PHEV arriving in the United States in 2015, which will share a facelift with its U.S.-based gasoline-powered twin. No word on how the PHEV will be priced in the U.S.
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Is this a real Mitsubishi? Looks suspiciously like a disguised Dodge Journey to me. That's not necessarily a bad thing, is it? After all, it was once said that the Dodge Journey was possibly the world's finest vehicle! Anyway, it's available with a diesel in Europe, perhaps a manual, it's kind of a wagon, so, is it available in brown? If so, step right up, have we got the vehicle for you!
I'm sure the four or five recent Mitsubishi owners will come out of the woodwork and disagree, but I don't trust a company who can barely build a competent ICE powered vehicle to pull of EVs of any kind. Partnering with PSA or Renault (or whomever I can't recall) for bread and butter cars doesn't sound like a horrible strategy. But Mitsu should focus on performance, not EVs. Build two models, some kind of fake SUV (err "CUV") and a near roaster or hatch such a what Eclipse was back in the day. Give both monster horsepower and optional stick, and chase niche buyers with high margin unique product.
@u mad scientist Hopefully this will work better, the link for economic freedom. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/2014_World_Map_of_the_Index_of_Economic_Freedom
That front end... ugghhh... All that is missing from the fluid-pressure-squooshing-out-baby-alien motif is a slime coating.