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Hi everyone,
The latest motability quarter price list has seen the Outlander PHEV advance payment tumble and has put it back on my radar. I am not the greatest fan of it, I know most of the pros and cons of this car but one thing I would really like to know is what are the MPG figures for using fuel only on the motorway. Lets say I had to do a 200 mile round trip on the motorway and could not recharge, what kind of MPG has anyone been getting? I have seen a few videos stating that you still get well above 40mpg on the motorway.
Thanks 🙂
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At 60 mph you are looking just under 40mpg, at 70 its going to drop to around 36mpg, towing a 1500kg caravan 28mpg.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
@Oscarmax, thanks. I would be doing 70mph so 36mpg not too bad for a petrol vehicle that size and weight, especially if I would be saving on local journeys which would be about 70% of my trips. I am just looking for a worse-case scenario for motorway driving.
To date we have covered 4428miles since collecting the Outlander PHEV 18th June last year, including towing a caravan our total fuel cost including electric £328.54 which equates to 106mpg.
The trick on the motorway try to start of will a full charge going to the daughter 72 miles average fuel 112 mpg the other day.
On the motorway let the battery deplete then use the charge button, all the excess energy from the ICE and regenerative braking will charge up your batteries, below 40mph switch off the charge and use electric, any advice just ask.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
I have the petrol version and we did calais to disneyland Paris and back again in one tank, it would of been well into the 40’s mpg wise and had about 70 miles left. Mind is was 60 and 50 most of the way but its possible! My advice would be avoid the cloth seats ( I think the phev has micro suede as standard ) but ours has no lumbar support and long journeys are followed by a good bout of back ache, apart from that it’s been solid. Oh and test drive it if you’ve not already as the cvt box is not too everyone’s liking.
I have the petrol version and we did calais to disneyland Paris and back again in one tank, it would of been well into the 40’s mpg wise and had about 70 miles left. Mind is was 60 and 50 most of the way but its possible! My advice would be avoid the cloth seats ( I think the phev has micro suede as standard ) but ours has no lumbar support and long journeys are followed by a good bout of back ache, apart from that it’s been solid. Oh and test drive it if you’ve not already as the cvt box is not too everyone’s liking.
Chris the standard petrol and PHEV are totally different transmissions.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Yeah I know, I was referring to the petrol version if he was to consider that but I should of probably made that clear in my comment.</p>
@Oscarmax – great advice thank you. I can see from all of the control options that there might be certain settings you can utilise to maximise mileage depending upon certain factors. Over 100mpg sounds fantastic and ties in with a lot of other advice I have read.
The prices on motability at the moment are very tempting. I assume it is becuse there is a new model out and that these will no longer be available in the UK.
I suppose this raises the issue of servicing as I have not looked into this yet and am a bit concerned that current Mitsubishi dealers might not be open or available in a year or twos time.
@Oscarmax – are you happy with your Outlander PHEV choice? Have you noticed any “deal breakers” that might have changed your mind had you known, or it is just those little things that moset cars tend to have?Thanks
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Yeah I know, I was referring to the petrol version if he was to consider that but I should of probably made that clear in my comment.</p>
Chris at least you are happy with your petrol version and your fuel consumption is as good as our previous Motability Ford Kuga diesel 2.0 powershift.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
@Oscarmax – great advice thank you. I can see from all of the control options that there might be certain settings you can utilise to maximise mileage depending upon certain factors. Over 100mpg sounds fantastic and ties in with a lot of other advice I have read. The prices on motability at the moment are very tempting. I assume it is becuse there is a new model out and that these will no longer be available in the UK. I suppose this raises the issue of servicing as I have not looked into this yet and am a bit concerned that current Mitsubishi dealers might not be open or available in a year or twos time. @Oscarmax – are you happy with your Outlander PHEV choice? Have you noticed any “deal breakers” that might have changed your mind had you known, or it is just those little things that moset cars tend to have? Thanks
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
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