MITSUBISHI Motors Company (MMC) has began a teaser marketing campaign within the lead-up to the reveal of its all new Outlander mid-sized SUV, releasing a video this week exhibiting a complicated growth automobile present process its closing testing and calibration.
The 16-second clip posted to YouTube contains a closely camouflaged growth automobile being put by its paces on quite a lot of surfaces in equally diverse situations with the brand new mannequin set to debut on February 16.
Given MMC’s ‘Tremendous All-Wheel Management system’ has lengthy been one of many Outlander’s drawcards, it’s becoming that each one the clips contained throughout the video have been shot off-road with only a single snippet being captured on a bitumen floor.
With a brand new catch-phrase of “examined to be powerful” it might be secure to imagine MMC is seeking to up the Outlander’s off-road credentials with the brand new mannequin, a movement mirrored by the issue of among the terrain lined together with a very steep gravel ascent, deep mud pit and ice.
“We took all the pieces we learn about on- and off-road driving from the rally experiences to use the most recent Tremendous All-Wheel Management expertise in our newly developed platform,” chief engineer Kentaro Honda mentioned.
“We additionally particularly developed a brand new drive mode selector to offer assured driving always and in all climate situations.
“We hope that many purchasers can have nice experiences with the improved driving efficiency of the all-new Outlander.”
Particularly, MMC says the brand new mannequin builds on the heritage of the rugged Pajero and Pajero Sport off-roaders in addition to the model’s lengthy historical past competing within the Dakar Rally and World Rally Championship (WRC).
As a result of mass of camouflage adorning the check mule, it’s exhausting to attract many significant conclusions on the brand new Outlander’s styling nevertheless there are just a few key components which can be undisguisable, essentially the most outstanding being the brand new gentle signature.
Taking a leaf out of Hyundai’s ebook, MMC designers have set the brand new Outlander’s headlights low down within the cheeks of the entrance fascia whereas the bulbous bonnet-line is underlined by skinny daytime operating lights.
Whereas exhausting to see initially, the entrance finish is organized within the newest evolution of the model’s ‘Dynamic Protect’ design language and appears altogether chunkier than the present mannequin.
As for the profile, the silhouette seems to have been squared off extra in comparison with the present mannequin with the entire bundle taking up a barely boxier design, much like the larger Pajero Sport.
Whereas nothing has been confirmed but by MMC, the brand new mannequin is predicted to share its powertrain and underpinnings with the next-generation Nissan X-Path and can as soon as once more be provided in Australia with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) drivetrain.
For reference, the present mannequin is powered by a variety of engines together with a 110kW/190Nm 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol (handbook solely), a 124kW/220Nm 2.4-litre unit paired completely to a constantly variable transmission and a 2.2-litre turbo-diesel 4.
The PHEV powertrain in the meantime pairs the aforementioned 2.4-litre petrol mill with a 13.8kWh battery and two electrical motors producing a mixed 157kW/332Nm.
Mitsubishi Motors Australia Restricted offered 12,004 Outlanders in 2020, accounting for 7.9 per cent of the essential mid-sized SUV section and marking a 31.5 per cent slip on the 17,514 items it shifted in 2019.
