2022 Mitsubishi Outlander full pricing and features revealed

UPDATE, February 15 2022: Mitsubishi has announced '2022.5' pricing for its revised Outlander line-up, with semiconductor shortages resulting in changes to the equipment lists and pricing.

Read about it here, and catch up on our latest Outlander coverage at the link below.

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August, 2021: Mitsubishi’s 2022 Outlander is almost here and the company is gearing up for its release later this year by announcing pricing and specification.

The next-gen Outlander is the first fruit of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, with a more rigid chassis, weight-saving measures and increased use of aluminium.

The new car looks far more substantial than before, especially riding on the 20-inch wheels of the upper models. Mitsubishi says the new car uses the i-fu-do-do design language, which means authentic and majestic – as well as featuring the striking (and polarising) Dynamic Shield front end.

This is an important car for the Japanese marque – its buyers are price sensitive and used to a bargain, as well as the previous model’s cheap and cheerful image. With more upmarket looks inside and out, as well as not-insignificant price rises (along with a lot more stuff), the 2022 Outlander has big wheel-arches to fill.

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Pricing

The Outlander has remained a local favourite for Mitsubishi, so the brand is continuing to offer a broad range of models and specification, starting at $34,490 and rising to $49,990 for the all 2.5-litre petrol line-up.

Prices are up across the range by between $1500 and $4000, depending on the model, but there is a hefty increase in safety specification and a claimed improvement in materials, as well as a general specification uplift.

The manual disappears from the line-up, although that’s hardly a surprise. That does mean, however, the Outlander no longer starts under $30,000.

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Features

The ES starts the range with its three seat and powertrain combinations and has:

• fabric interior
• 7.0-inch info screen between analogue dials
• 9.0-inch media touchscreen
• wireless Apple CarPlay
• USB Android Auto
• 40/20/40 split fold rear seat
• dual-zone climate control
• second-row air vents
• front and rear parking sensors
• adaptive cruise control
• reversing camera
• 18-inch alloy wheels

Moving on to the LS, we have

• privacy glass
• cargo blind
• leather wheel and shifter
• silver front and rear bumper garnish
• power tailgate with hands-free operation
• auto-dimming rear vision mirror
• heated and folding door mirrors
• auto headlights with automatic high beam
• silver roof rails
• LED fog lamps
• auto wipers

The Aspire's features list is a bit of a step up, with a couple of Mitsubishi firsts, including the digital dashboard:

• 20-inch alloy wheels
• 12.3-inch fully digital dashboard
• 10.8-inch head up display
• combination fake suede and fake leather interior
• power driver’s seat
• heated front seats
• automatic levelling headlights

Moving on to the Exceed, this spec adds:

• 10-speaker BOSE-branded audio system
• panoramic sunroof with tilt and slide opening
• pull-up rear sunshades
• leather seats
• three-zone climate control

And finally, if you yearn for that 1990s Mitsubishi feel, the Exceed Tourer has

• two-tone exterior colour
• two-tone leather interior
• massage function front seats

Newly-available options include puddle lights, rear door sunshades and 20-inch alloys.

There are also three option packs.

The $3060 Style Set adds body coloured front, rear and side garnishes in body colour, a black and chrome Mitsubishi bonnet logo and a bodyside decal.

If you want a nudge bar, tinted bonnet protector, roof carrier, roof rail (ES only), luggage tray and boot flap, the Adventure Kit costs from $2402.

And for the discerning driver, the Protection Pack adds a bonnet protector, side wind deflectors, floor mats, luggage tray and scuff plate for the boot, starting at $1155.

All grades, except the Exceed Tourer are available in one of seven colours - white, sterling silver, titanium, cosmic blue, white diamond, black diamond and red diamond.

White is free, metallic and pearlescent paints are another $740 and prestige paint (anything with diamond in the name) is $940.

The Exceed Tourer’s tow-tone paint jobs are free and come in deep bronze/black diamond and black mica/white diamond combinations.

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Engine, transmission and fuel economy

At launch, the range will be powered by just one engine – a 2.5-litre four-cylinder, which Mitsubishi says is newly-developed. With an extra 100cc over the old car, the new engine arrives with 135kW and 245Nm – which represents increases of 11kW and 25Nm.

Sadly there is no PHEV yet (due early 2022) and there has been no mention of diesel, which fell out of the range some time ago.

An updated CVT with shift-by-wire means you can use the paddle shifters (sadly, the lovely aluminium paddles of the old car appear to have been retired) to select a gear yourself, with eight software-enforced ratios for what Mitsubishi calls a “more natural” automatic transmission feel.

You can choose front wheel drive on the cheaper ES, LS and Aspire spec grades, and AWD is available throughout.

There are six drive modes available in the AWD versions (five in the 2WD), which the company calls Super All Wheel Control (S-AWC) and claims a motorsport connection to its development.

The updated system also features a re-calibrated Active Yaw Control and a new hydraulically activated direct coupling for quicker power transfer between the four wheels.

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Each model has slightly different combined cycle fuel economy figures based on the ADR measurement.

2WD ES: 7.5L/100km

2WD LS/Aspire: 7.7L/100km

AWD ES: 7.8L/100km

AWD LS/Aspire/Exceed: 8.1L/100km

CO2 outputs range from 170g/km for the 2WD ES through to 185g/km for the upper end AWD models.

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Safety

Standard across the range are eight airbags (including driver’s knee and a centre airbag) and all the usual braking and stability systems, along with:

• Forward AEB with cyclist detection and junction assist
• Lane departure prevention
• Driver attention alert
• Traffic sign recognition
• Hill descent control
• Trailer stability assist
• Adaptive driving beam.

The LS adds rear cross-traffic alert and reverse AEB while the Aspire adds around-view cameras and adaptive headlights.

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Warranty and servicing

As with the rest of the Mitsubishi range, the company offers its 10/10 Diamond Advantage warranty with up to 10 years/200,000km warranty coverage and 10 years capped-price servicing. If you don’t service with Mitsubishi, that program reverts to a five-year warranty with unlimited kilometres.

The five-year warranty is technically the standard warranty and you have some fairly easy hoops to jump through to qualify for the longer warranty period.

Roadside assist runs for up to four years/unlimited kilometres, again, as long as you service with Mitsubishi.

Availability

Mitsubishi expects to launch the 2022 Outlander in November 2021