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32 Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Wednesday February 19 2020 SELWYN TIMES Mitsubishi Outlander Sport priced for value CAR MAKERS have become increasingly aware of the need for safety. I applaud that, and most of the cars now sold new are high on safety kit. Mitsubishi, in particular, build with state-of-theart passive and active elements. However, there are some drivers who don’t want or need all of the trick warning features, and in most cases manufacturers have offered the function to switch many of them off – lane departure warning, blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, to name a few. Mitsubishi has gone one step further, it has completely deleted some of those electronic safety elements from the Outlander, not all variants, but a limited edition Outlander Sport has arrived and it sits a valuepacked $39,990. For the alarmists, that hasn’t affected the Outlander’s excellent five-star Australasian New Car Assessment Program safety rating, it is still intact, and if you have just $40k to spend on an Outlander and want those passive features, the XLS has them, along with VRX ($45k). To my way of thinking, the Outlander Sport is great buying, and it would be the sport utility vehicle for me, it is one which allows the driver to trust his own judgement around spatial awareness. The Outlander has been with us since the early 2000s and, while it has had several model lifecycles along the way, the concept hasn’t changed, it is the quintessential SUV that has blitzed the New Zealand new car market over the years, and has been a popular used Japanese import. It stands out for its ease of use, practicality, functionality and, what’s more, it’s just a darn nice vehicle to drive, it feels so right in all areas. The new Sport is available only as a limited edition model, the first batch has a production run of just 300 units, although another shipment is likely to follow. The Sport is a four-wheel-drive model and comes with seven seats (fronts heated and electrically adjustable), full leather trim, electric sunroof, electric tailgate, keyless entry and ignition, and 8in multi-media dashboard display. It also gets extra cosmetic treatment – big spoiler, 18in black wheels, and a host of piano black cosmetic trim detailing. Elsewhere, the Outlander Sport is the desirable SUV which I mentioned in my introduction. It has a comfortable interior MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT: Bargain price at $39,990. environment, and is spacious. The cargo area measures up to 1608-litres, which is enough capacity to carry those tricky items we tend to move from time to time such as the cardboard box the Kiddie-household’s new television came in. While it carries a Sport badge, mechanically the Outlander retains the tried and true powerplant which has essentially served it since its introduction. It’s a 2.4-litre four-cylinder petrol engine (diesel available in other variants), and is hooked to a continuously variable automatic. Mitsubishi claims 126kW and 224Nm of torque from the engine, these are par figures and contribute to good performance under all conditions – bearing in mind that many SUVS are used for towing, and the Outlander in this form is rated with a 1600kg tow rating. In terms of acceleration, there’s enough strength from under the bonnet to record a 9sec standstill to 100km/h time. It is also an engine that has been continually developed so that fuel usage is minimised. Mitsubishi also claims a combined cycle average of 7.2-litres per 100km. That is consistent with the fuel usage readout in the evaluation car, it was constantly sitting around 9l/100km during both inner city driving and on a highway loop. I used the roads near the Selwyn River to evaluate the Sport, it sits beautifully on the road and whisks through the air without overly noticeable sound. Power is channelled to the front wheels – spreading to all • Price – Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, $39,990 • Dimensions – Length, 4695mm; width, 1810mm; height, 1710mm • Configuration – Fourcylinder, four-wheeldrive, 2360cc, 126kW, 224Nm, continuously variable automatic. • Performance – 0-100km/h, 9sec • Fuel usage – 7.2l/100km four when slippage up front is detected. A centre console switch can be pressed to dial in fullyengaged four-wheel-drive and centre diff lock. I only left the seal for a short excursion into the loose shingle. SUVs aren’t really off-roaders as such, but with 190mm of ground clearance the Outlander does have genuine cross-country ability, it can be presented with undulating terrain with confidence. It steers directly in deep shingle and it has suspension which absorbs well ruts and corrugations. The Mitsubishi Motor Corporation likes to have long life-cycles for its models. I’m a big believer in that. Too often good cars aren’t with us long enough, yet it’s fair to say the Outlander has been kept fresh and modern along the way, it is an example of how well a vehicle can do with solid engineering practices and clever marketing.
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