I’ve been watching the Outlander PHEV delivery times for the last couple of weeks (available via the Buy It Online feature on the Mitsubishi UK website).
A couple of weeks ago, all colours of Design spec were quoted as a 3 week delivery (i.e. UK stock). Since then, various colours have gone to longer lead times – 16 weeks, 9 weeks, 6 weeks.
The Design spec is the only model to have been affected this way – lower spec Verve and higher specs Dynamic and Exceed have remained fairly static.
All other things being equal (for example, the Mitsubishi finance offers and OVO 10k free miles are available across all specifications), then it may suggest that the significant drop in AP has resulted in a spike of orders.