2019 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV - Review & Road Test 

I have leased a PHEV for a year now. I have had zero issues with it, 10 year warranty. I use it mostly for short trips in stop and go traffic, this results in 90% electric use ( 2L/100km ). The HOV lane access is also a huge time saver. EV charging gives me preferential parking in many spots and frequent free charging. I have no range anxiety with PHEV technology. It snows heavy in my location sometimes (Pacific Northwest), the AWD takes the snow on well. The reviewer questioned the "charging" button. This button is useful for recharging your battery when at freeway speeds, when you hit the stop and go traffic again you have a full battery. Other testers have said the charge button mode really does not reduce gas mileage. The take away for me would be don't buy this car if 1.) you do mostly highway driving because the fuel mileage is not the best without taking advantage of PHEV technology, 2.) you want a hot rod.

Don’t know what it is about it, but that shot of the Tucson at 8:45 is very appealing lol.

Thank you. You are the 1st auto journalist to tell the politically incorrect secret of electric cars. Most are bought for the ability to drive with 1 person in carpool lanes. When the Prius first came out they got those stickers and sales in those places zoomed. When they took the stickers away, sales tanked in those places. This car is also sold in the UK and avoids London Congestion charges. When they did a survey of the drivers most never plugged in and ran them 100% on gas.

got one for a month now, very happy with this car. I named her PHOEBE :-)

Such a cool vehicle as long as you get PHEV rebates and a discount ... it’s quirky, but checks a lot of boxes

Howdy, great review as always!😸😻😸

At almost 43 mpg on fuelly, the Outlander is smoking the RAV4 Hybrid by 5 mpg!

Considering this, looks nice and I like the 22 miles electric range for the price

1:36 NEVER use an extension cord! warranty goes out of the window and it's a potential fire hazard! my 2019 Leaf states that i should never use it either. at least 1 family had their BEV burned down to the ground along with their house last year here in Sweden.

A real in this segment in North America. Love the review - thanks!

Those things are so old by now, you could probably get one of those collector vehicle license plates

You should try the Australia and Asia release Mitsubishi Pajero/Montero instead :-)

If it had a 120 mile electric range, I would buy it.

Your review is daft this isn't the new outlander lol

WTF! 13 hours charging time, 12 kwh batteries, 2 electric motors only for a 25 combined mpgs?! What an absolute garbage that car is!

bruhhhh hell no

This car is trash. Period

Mitsubishi still exists?!? Plus the MPG sucks, esp w it being electric too! Lammme.

Basically have to learn how to drive a car again to drive this. NO THANKS

This is the kind of vehicle, that a very sad person buys, and then wants to show off to you thinking they got a wonderful deal on a great car.

What an absolutely terrible vehicle. If it wasn't for tax credit incentives, there would be no reason to buy this.

looks even better in person 😍

Carpool stickers are so ugly.. especially when I see them on a brand new shiny 530e or i3 stuck all over and almost always crooked.. there’s gotta be a more subtle way to identify them..

The 25 mpg is off gasoline alone. With the electric combined you get over 60 mpg. Don't know why they confused everybody with that.

An absolute bargain after you get a good price from a Mits dealer and than apply the huge tax credit. You dont get a lot of suv for $28k anymore. This is a steal.

You are missing in your review the fact that this car loses the acceleration when is going up hills for more than 10 miles since the cell battery gets depleted and at that point, the fan stop working and gets overheated. Did you try to go up hills in this car for more than 10 miles?

I find RU-vid reviews a necessary evil in my modern life, and you sir are a hilarious relief from the treasure trove of inane reviews. Well done KBB guy, well done. My laugh to video ratio is a little disproportional for a car review, and it's your fault. Continue doing god's work. What part of Socal do you hail from? Your surrounding looks very familiar.

Who the f.... Cares about his sticker???😂

I'm so confused. I thought the 2019 upgraded to 13.8kwh and a 2.4L Atkinson cycle engine with more engine HP and more rear motor power. I'm trying to find out if this was the case for Canada.

DC fast charge will take about 15 minutes to %80, full charge takes about 40 min

You have a charge button to charge the damn car on a long trip so you can get 50 to 74 mpg constantly. good god, never run this with a dead battery.

Only Californians (or EX-Californians) truly know that visceral pleasure of a carpool sticker.

WTF Mitsubishi is doing?? What happened to the Mitsubishi pajero?

almost bought one . almost.

I've always called them the Outlandish.

How come none of the review's I've seen of this vehicle mentions the battery degradation problem Mitsubishi has with this model! It's all over the internet/U Tube. I personally think it's a great car and would love to buy one but not until they sort the problem.

Haa Micah 🙌🏽🙌🏽👍🏽👌🏽 !! Auto like !

25mpg ??? That's horrendous

I just wanted to see Mitsubishi’s infotainment, like the only reason why,

Great tech, but like many others I feel there is still a stigma surrounding Mitsubishi's reliability, quality and refinement.

This is overall quite a compelling vehicle. A midsize SUV with reasonable power and 35 mpg or so? Very nice.

Would buy this if I could this car is amazing

The Straight Pipes' review was way better.

Go ahead!

Just MIGHT want to educate yourself a bit before having questions 🤔🤔🤔

Mitsubishi just sucks now. Their quality, reliability, and performance are just abysmal.

I really think Mitsubishi is underrated. I know their glory days are over, I can admit that. However, they are ahead in many ways and people need to give them a chance. Their problem I think is in the interior for this car. It’s very boring and basic. Mitsubishi used to have interior that stood out and were eye catching.

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV when using electric and gas power is an equivalent 72 miles per gallon. Using gas only gets you just 25 mpg and electric power only get you 22 mpg.

why all the stickers? one on the hatch isn't enough?

Can you review a PHEV after 1-2 years and report how much the degregation the battery has. You'll see how much the EV range goes down. New the car is great. After a year or two, the battery is trash.

I get better mpg with my Hyundai Santa Fe, all gas power.

Imagine buying a 100k Tesla and paying extra for paint other than black just to end up putting a set of ugly stickers on the bumpers 🤦🏻‍♂️

What happened to the wheels? The 2018's PHEV wheels are leagues better, these look like they came off a minivan.

Mitsubishi gonna be die

I will wait for the Model Y..... This 2019 would have been tempting if they up'd the battery and features.... Looks better than the 2018.

Woah never been so early

I don't understand why you guys need carpool stickers, they're so ugly and unnecessary. Here in Quebec, EVs have green licence plates (instead of blue) and they also have access to the HOV lane like in California.

I have a 2019 Outlander Sport it gets 30MPG and its all gasoline 2.0, and it was way cheaper this car is no good .

This is a dinosaur among green vehicles even the much bigger and 7 seat Chrysler Pacifica has more range of 33 miles and gets better gas mileage of 32 mpg

So I’m wondering why when reviewing a hybrid let alone a plug in , only one mention of fuel economy ( isn’t that the fun and point of these type of cars ?) Also 25 mpg !!!are you kidding me Mitsubishi !!! My 2007 Dodge Dakota can squeeze 27 on the highway ,

It looks weird. Toyota is better than that.

2.0l engine? 12kWh battery? That can't possibly be right, can it Micah? _If it is,_ then this is the "previous" mid-fresh Outlander. The later one extends virtual battery capacity to 13.8kWh and the engine is bored out to 2.5l but with a hybrid-appropriate atkinson cycle.

I’ve owned an Outlander and will never purchase one ever again. Poor quality, noisy on the road due to minimum sound insulation and when it rained it sounded like it was pouring on top of a galvanized roof. And very poor pickup power.

Once again, Mitsubishi is extremely underwhelming. This SUV just proves that the company has no intention of regaining its decreasing market share. If Mitsubishi was being honest with themselves, they should leave the North American market if they have no intentions of making compelling vehicles.

Stay away from this Car!