Mitsubishi L200 review: 2015 first drive - Motoring Research
Mitsubishi moves the double cab sector on significantly with the new L200. Highly accomplished in all areas, it now leads the sector and might even tempt a few SUV owners to move across. Mitsubishi is going with the strapline ‘showing the world how it’s done’ to promote the all-new L200 when it launches in September 2015. “It’s a bit big-headed,” admitted UK MD Lance Bradley. The L200 pickup, sold these days in four-door double cab guise, has for years been THE double cab to have. With this new Series 5, Mitsubishi expects big things from a vehicle that makes up 1 in 7 dealer sales. The firm reeled off a list of stats it claims class leadership for: fuel economy, emissions, performance, 4WD tech, safety, utility, manoeuvrability, driving dynamics… never before, said Bradley, has a new car been launched that leads the class in... Look more closely, though and you’ll see the lines are more tightly sculpted, the front more modern and, with upper-grade trim’s daytime LED running lights, appreciably more distinctive. Mitsubishi is selling it with an all-new, all-aluminium 2. 4-litre DI-D diesel engine, the first in the sector to have variable valve timing. Producing 151hp or 178hp, it’s offered with a new six-speed manual or a six-speed automatic with sector-first paddleshifters. Source: www.motoringresearch.com
