Start with what the Mitsubishi Outlander is: a 5-door SUV with Petrol engine, built from 2001, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Olivier Boulay (Outlander).
The background
The Mitsubishi Outlander (Japanese: 三菱・アウトランダー, Hepburn: Mitsubishi Autorandā) is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors since 2001. It was originally known as the Mitsubishi Airtrek (Japanese: 三菱・エアトレック, Hepburn: Mitsubishi Eatorekku) when it was introduced in Japan. The original Airtrek name was chosen to "describe the vehicle's ability to transport its passengers on adventure-packed journeys in a 'free-as-a-bird' manner", and was "coined from Air and Trek to express the idea of footloose, adventure-filled motoring pleasure." The Outlander nameplate which replaced it evoked a "feeling of journeying to distant, unexplored lands in search of adventure." The second generation of the vehicle was introduced in 2006 and all markets including Japan adopted the Outlander name, although production of the older version continued in parallel. It was built on the company's GS platform, and used various engines developed by Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, and PSA Peugeot Citroën. PSA's Citroën C-Crosser and Peugeot 4007, which were manufactured by Mitsubishi in Japan, are badge engineered versions of the second generation Outlander.
Global sales achieved the 1.5 million unit milestone in October 2016, 15 years after its market launch. As part of the third generation line-up, Mitsubishi launched in January 2013 a plug-in hybrid model called Outlander PHEV. As of January 2022, global sales totaled about 300,000 units. The fourth-generation model was released in 2021 as a 2022 model. Following Mitsubishi's entry to Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance, the fou
The engineering
The engine is Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1605 -. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual / 4-speed INVECS-II automatic / 5-speed INVECS-II automatic. The wheelbase is 2625 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
In the Mitsubishi line-up the Mitsubishi Outlander has a clear place: the factory was Okazaki (Nagoya Plant), Japan. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Honda Fit, the Hyundai Santa Fe, the Volvo XC90. Its Mitsubishi stablemates include the Mitsubishi Lancer and the Mitsubishi 360.
Owning one today
Buying one now means $9,800–$48,200 for a typical example, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $2,823–$5,897 a year. Insurance sits around $1,120–$2,490 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.