Mitsubishi are pulling out of the UK I thought.
Further impressions: seats are only average and took a while to get comfy (6'5", long of limb)
Plenty of headroom as long as seat toward lower level of travel, but seat squab doesn't tilt, simply goes up and down.
Drives well, plenty of shove. Handling is average. Infotainment is clunky and slow but works with AA and Carplay.
Build quality is as good as anything from Japan or lower echelon Germans, and Euro NCAP shows a pretty safe car. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyGD3atT3kU
Heating is done via the ICE rather than an electric element so the engine fires up on starting if you want to demist/heat the cabin. Once warmed up it shuts off, and can be kept off using the EV button.
The electric motor is 110bhp or so, so can propel the car perfectly well - add in the 160bhp ICE and overtaking is brisk even at motorway speeds.
Bottom line: Decent car, reasonable EV range. If you don't need the ICE backup, the ZS EV is a superior drive (mine does 200 winter and 250+ summer miles so for bopping around Scotland is perfectly adequate).
I thought the 225xe was a better execution of PHEV albeit with lower electric range but they're still very pricey and the newest ones are well over £40k.
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PHEV? new
PHEV? new
