This
year’s New York Auto Show saw the debut of a remarkably good SUV that
is getting remarkably little attention. It’s the 2017 Mitsubishi
Outlander PHEV hybrid we’re talking about, a full-size family SUV with
great off-road prowess and a sophisticated hybrid system.
The biggest hinderance to the Outlander’s
taking the market by storm is the way it looks. Not that it’s ugly or
anything, but it’s just not fancy and striking enough for today’s
customer’s taste. It doesn’t have the joie de vivre German and Korean
cars in this segment boast in spades. What it does have, is a Plug-In
Hybrid Electric powertrain and Super All-Wheel Control (S-AWC) system
for unmatched versatility.
2017 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV features a
2.0 liter gasoline engine and two high-performance electric motors
backed by a high-capacity 12kWh lithium-ion battery pack. The system
offers three modes of EV (full electric mode), series hybrid (electric
power with generator operation) and parallel hybrid (engine power and
electric motor assistance). Final performance figures will be revealed
before the car goes on sale in fall, but you know something this clever
is not going to be rubbish.
As for other notable features, the new
Outlander PHEV comes with Multi-Around view Camera Monitor, Forward
Collision Mitigation with pedestrian detection capability, Blind Spot
Monitoring with Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA), Apple CarPlay, Android
Auto, and…
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