Mitsubishi Outlander phev Towing

Given the 2.4 only went on sale last month I think you will struggle to get any feedback.....

Hi Paddie

Having had the outlander for 5 months now, and 5 trips towing the caravan (1300kg) i have experimented all options and have to agree, hitting the save button works best of all, although on one trip i still managed to flatten the battery (very hilly towing) and hit the charge button only to find it revved the engine to what sounded like it was going to pop out the bonnet !!! when pulling really hard up hill, and made very little difference in charging the battery. So popped it into just D for drive and was much better without so much of the revving.  

MPG, varies on the roads, Motorways average 27MPG,

The 'hilly trip' 18mpg so not really impressive to be honest, BUT, i average my costs of motoring over a 12 month period, and when not towing i do 95% on battery, and with a fast charge point 1 mile from my home which is on a free vend (for 15months now) pretty cheap motoring, so overall, for me personally the outlander works very well.  

I saw a review on Youtube a while back and it seemed to tow very well, apparently you can get about 20 miles on battery towing.

Mitsubishi are going to replace the current facelift 2018 in 2020, apparently they are going to use the current powertrain but increase the battery size.

In the last couple of year EV/PHEV technology is coming forward before long we will see EV with 400/500 and PHEV with 100 mile plus range.

To balance thing out the new BMW and Mercedes diesels are producing considerably less  NOx than some of the cleanest petrols

Surely all you have to ask would you have bought a petrol engined SUV to tow with in the past- almost certainly no. Currently it all comes down to your driving requirements I can cee Chippyblokes point if you do shortish journeys over the course of the year i.e. a commute it can certainly pay off or break even