My wife test drove a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV today while I sat in the passenger seat. It is very nice but feels rather large, it has a 20KWH battery with two motors, one on each axle to make it AWD, rear motor 100KW and front 85KW. The good features are
- It can charge on a standard power point in 9 hours.
- It can drive 90km on just battery so we could use it around town without using any petrol.
- It can drive about 900km on petrol so no range anxiety travelling interstate in Australia.
- With AWD and a motor on each wheel I should be able to tow the trailer more easily than with the FWD Octavia especially on muddy surfaces.
Our current cars are Skoda Octavia VRS 162KW with 135,000kms and Skoda Rapid 82KW, with 90,000km both manual and both 2015. My son drives a Skoda Rapid with 190,000km on it that is feeling old. My wife really wants to replace his car which is why we looked at the Mitsubishi.
I see the options are
- Give son my Octavia and buy Outlander to drive around town, take on trips, use to carry guitars and amps for my band and tow the trailer for gardening etc. Keep my wife's Rapid but just as a second car when we both need to go somewhere.
- Give son my wife's Rapid and buy a MG4 when they finally arrive. it appears a similar size car to the Rapid so a good town shopping trolley. Keep my Octavia to take on trips, use to carry guitars and amps for my band and tow the trailer for gardening etc.
- Give son my wife's Rapid and buy a new cheap petrol car.
- Give son nothing and keep what we have.
We do have a few new government incentives to purchasing an EV but the cars are still a lot more expansive than what you wold pay for a petrol version.
Any experience with the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV? Or any with the MG4, it seems quit nice on UK Youtube videos.
