MITSUBISHI Australia has the enviable place of ‘first mover standing’ by way of the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) SUV area on this nation, and had been it not for one thing referred to as the Holden Volt, the Three-Diamond model would have been the primary to promote a PHEV in Australia, interval.
However whereas the corporate’s first plug-in, the 2013 Outlander PHEV, would go on to solely account for roughly two per cent of all Outlander gross sales, Mitsubishi’s second effort at a mass-market PHEV guarantees to make a much bigger splash.
With a value of entry $1500 under the Outlander PHEV however with near a $13K premium over the petrol Eclipse Cross and the most cost effective PHEV being $5700 greater than the costliest combustion-only mannequin, Mitsubishi prefers to see electrified variants present at a degree above the common Eclipse Cross household. Even so, it’s under no circumstances low-cost.
Nonetheless, whereas the Outlander PHEV had the electrified SUV market just about all to itself for a lot of the final eight years, the Eclipse Cross PHEV should do battle with rivals just like the Kia Niro, MG HS and extra typical hybrids just like the terribly well-liked Toyota RAV4 hybrid.
Is the Eclipse Cross recipe proper sufficient to see off such stiff competitors?
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