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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: plug-in hybrid SUV for the price of the diesel

All the company car tax savings of a hybrid with no up-front price premium.
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The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is even good for some mild off-roading

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9 May 2014

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It’s a 4WD SUV, so light off-roading is fine. In fact, a mix of driving conditions, and not too many miles, is the secret to getting the most out of the PHEV’s cost advantages

What is it?

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is the first of what will become a range of ‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicles’, and promises all the capability of the standard Outlander SUV, but with significantly lower running costs – particularly for company car drivers.

And thanks to the Government’s £5000 plug-in car grant, it costs the same as a diesel Outlander – no big price premium.

Boldly dubbed by its makers as the most practical PHEV around, the Outlander combines a 2-litre petrol engine driving the front wheels with twin electric motors, one on each axle.

It can run in full electric mode, up to 31 miles and at national speed limits, in series hybrid mode in which the main function of the engine is to generate electricity for the motors, and at higher speeds in parallel hybrid mode, for which the engine provides most of the power.

Designed at the outset as a full member of the Outlander range, the PHEV is in all practical respects no different from a diesel version – just a lot cheaper in terms of emissions related cost like company car tax, VED, and the London Congestion Charge.

 

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The company car tax rate is only 5% – that’s £28 a month for a basic rate tax payer

 

 

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Matt Morton

Matt Morton

Matt Morton is an automotive content writer for Business Car Manager

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