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The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is a truly great SUV. It is exceptionally spacious, exceedingly quiet and especially comfortable, enveloping you in a supportive hug no matter how long the journey. It is a proper SUV, with proper 4-wheel drive. And it is lavishly appointed and supremely safe, providing a comprehensive package of active safety features to match just about any car at any price. But the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is more than simply a good SUV; it is a plug-in hybrid electric SUV. So it offers you a truly practical alternative to the conventional internal combustion engine.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has long recognised the role that electricity could play in powering cars and has spent around half a century in developing the technology. The Outlander PHEV is, essentially, an electric car without the range anxiety. In EV mode it can travel up to 28 miles, which is ample distance for the average daily commute. Thereafter it switches seamlessly to power from the petrol engine, giving you a range of many hundreds of miles. So if most of your journeys are on the short side you are perfectly positioned to embrace this plug-in technology. And perfectly poised to reduce your impact on both emissions and the planet’s dwindling resources of fossil fuels.
The Outlander PHEV may be different, yet it is remarkably normal to drive. Its default mode is electric power: silent, emission-free and with instant torque. When more power is needed the 2.4 litre petrol engine acts as a generator, whilst for longer periods of high-speed motoring it simply takes over. But you don’t need to change a thing. In fact, you won’t even be aware of a transition; you’ll simply enjoy an entirely seamless transmission of power. The Outlander PHEV is the best selling plug-in hybrid in Britain by far. This is hardly surprising. After all, it really is in a class of its own.