Mitsubishi Outlander LS - Motoring
Mitsubishi Outlander LS. Road Test. Mitsubishi has overhauled the Outlander medium SUV line-up as it strives to make progress in the medium SUV class. Appropriately it doesn’t have quite the macho bravura of ‘I bought a Jeep’, accurately reflecting a less defined brand image for Mitsubishi, which not that long ago was one of four car companies that built passengers cars here. Nowadays Mitsubishi is an importer and has declared its interest lies in SUVs ahead of passenger cars, a preference which certainly strikes a chord in Australia these days. So it’s only a minor surprise we’re already road testing the facelift of the latest generation Outlander medium SUV barely two years into its life. After all, if this is the area where Mitsubishi’s is concentrating, then it makes sense to pay more attention to it than it has to the weary and ageing Lancer small car. We’re testing the cheapest model in the range, the 2. 0-litre front-wheel drive, five-speed (yes five-speed) manual LS. Let’s just mull that for a second. The Outlander LS is the one of only a handful of SUVs around this size that still go with five speeds, and most of them are ageing. Source: www.motoring.com.au
