New Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV unveiled

Mitsubishi does not yet share technical specifications of the new plug-in hybrid version of the current Outlander. It also makes little sense for the Dutch consumer to find out what the electric range of the new Outlander PHEV is, as it seems that the once popular Outlander PHEV will not get a successor here.

Mitsubishi reported in 2020 that it would no longer bring new or renewed models to the European market after the market introduction of the then just facelifted ASX. Mitsubishi came back to this this year by saying that there were at least two Renault-based models in the barrel for Europe. The new Outlander, already presented at the beginning of this year, is on the CMD-CD platform of Renault-Nissan and will soon also be under the new X-Trail from Nissan, of which Mitsubishi’s SUV is a brother. The Dutch importer tells AutoWeek that “[…] the new Outlander and PHEV variant thereof are not yet intended for the European market.” That does not mean that the new Outlander is not one of the two cars announced for Europe, but it does not sound particularly hopeful.

The new plug-in hybrid Outlander gets a further developed version of the well-known S-AWC powertrain from the already well-known Outlander PHEV. It consists of electric motors and a petrol engine and a battery pack.

The plug-in hybrid version of the outgoing Outlander generation was not available in Europe and especially in the Netherlands between 2013 and 2015. Mitsubishi did not know what happened when it saw its sales increase by more than 8,000 units annually thanks to the Outlander PHEV during that period. The tax benefit that plug-ins were often eligible for at the time no longer exists and as a result, the sales figures of the Outlander PHEV in the Netherlands are no longer what they used to be.