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Hi John thanks for the quick replyHello James,
Welcome to the forum.
The Outlander PHEV I believe only has a towing capacity of 1500kg. and there have been reports that suggest its economy suffers badly when towing.
Practical acravan has published this:-
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV - Practical Caravan
The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is still Britain's favourite plug-in hybrid vehicle. But how well does the PHEV cope with towing?
What caravan (make Model and MTPLM ) do you intend to tow?
Hi woodentop no I was not aware they are pulling out the UK
Their support for existing vehicles will be through IMG who support Subaru and Ssanyong and I think Great Wall. So it’s likely that a local dealership for one of those makes will support the car. Until August I had a Subaru and the dealership was excellent. And I know that Britain’s oldest Subaru dealer supports and sells existing Mitsubishi cars.
Thankyou
Thanks John I think I'll give this car a missThankyou
Because teh Outlander has a motive battery it has a respectable unladen weight of about 1890kg A caravan of 1500kg will give a favourable weight ratio of 79% which if that was all there is to good towing would be fine. But there are plenty of comments in the industry that suggest the PHEV struggles when pulling its rated trailer limit and is not as refined or effective as the diesel only version of the Outlander.
Mitsubishi Outlander | Tow Car Awards
www.thetowcarawards.com
The Outlander PHEV was a fantastic marketing scoop for Mitsibushi in the lead into electric vehicles, but there are probably more recent and better options available now.
Probably wise. We looked at the PHEV four years ago and decided against it as the towing limit was 1500kg, the same as our then vans MTPLM and we wanted more margin. Additional we read elsewhere on here of people saying it really struggled on hills.
Lovely car and what an engine bay. Everything accessible without hassle. Don’t even need to remove a belt guard to check its condition, …….or retrieve your finger end 😂
Very nice car i had a Mk 11 Cortina 1600E some time ago found the suspension was great and the engine bay .easy accessible
A friend dropped a V8 into his Mk2 Cortina. Did all the necessary modifications for the car to cope with the increased power. That thing was extremely quick, but handling was not too great. Another fast Cortina was the Meissner Cortina MKII. I think top of the range Capris came standard with a V8 and it was known as the Perana Capri.
All the V8 conversions of Escorts and Cortinas handled like a boat as they were nose-heavy even with the all-alloy Rover engine.
On a bend, if taken at high speed, the back end would break away resulting in a spin as those cars with the V8 had rear wheel drive. The Meissner conversion made the Lotus look pathetically slow. I drove the Cortina Lotus, but did not think it was that quick. Think my Zephyr Mk2 was quicker. LOL!
Based on Freelander 2 they are a good tow car. But internal luggage capacity is woeful.
I thought that being based on the FL2 the Evoque should have decent reliability as the FL2 is good. Best the OP looks at the Warranty Direct reliability index. My son has a 2008 FL2 and it’s been absolutely no trouble. There was a glitch with the rear differential but LR recalled and installed improved parts. It’s now in need of new glow plugs but at 15 years old that’s not too bad. My son was minded to change it recently and took a Quashqui for a drive. Liked it but has decided to stick with the Landie.
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