What’s New for the 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is the flagship of the Japanese automaker. A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), it was legendary overseas, and quite the hit in the U.S. Its popularity goes up and down, and Mitsubishi does a little refresh or add some updates every time to reinvigorate the model. After its next gen release in 2022, the Outlander PHEV is starting to fizzle, so of course, some changes are being made for the 2025 model year. Here’s what’s new for the 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

What’s New for 2025

The price is going to change this year by quite a bit. Not enough to break the bank, but just enough that some consumers may need to rethink their budget. Going from $40,345 (plus destination fee) to $42,145 (plus destination fee), the 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander backs up this upcharge with more standard features.

Originally only available past the base trim, heated front seats are now a lineup standard. No news on whether dual-zone automatic climate control will also make the jump, but a new addition has been added to the high-tier level SEL trim. For 2025, the Mitsubishi Outlander SEL gets a heated steering wheel and panoramic sunroof standard.

Mitsubishi Motors has slowly upgraded its infotainment system to match modern times, and these days, it’s on par with most other brands. The Outlander PHEV comes with a free trial for Mitsubishi’s Connect Safeguard Services (SOS and security, plus battery status) for two years. In 2025, the trial has been extended up to five years, but other Remote Services – ignition, unlock, parental control – disappear after the first year.

Powertrain

It would seem that the lineup and powertrain remain unchanged. A total of three trims, each one is powered by a 2.4-liter inline-four-cylinder engine optimized with Mitsubishi Motors MIVEC timing system and a 20 kwH lithium-ion battery powering a twin motor system. Able to generate a combined output of 244 horsepower, a total of 144 lb-ft of torque can be generated from the gasoline engine alone. The electrified SUV gets an additional 188 lb-ft of torque from the front motor and 143 lb-ft of torque from the rear. Offering an all-electric range (AER) of 38 miles, the Outlander PHEV can hold its own against competitors. Like most other PHEVs, the Outlander PHEV can charge up to 80 percent in 30ish (38) minutes with a CHAdeMO DC fast charger.

Style

Aside from the new changes mentioned above, the exterior and interior remain mostly unchanged. Automatic headlights, LED high beam headlights and LED tail lamps, side mirrors with LED turn signal indicators, and rear privacy glass may be standard, but like usual, things get better past the base trim, including heated exterior mirrors, a hands-free power liftgate, and the option to get a panoramic sunroof without going as high as the SEL trim. The Black Edition is also expected to carry over for the SE and SEL trims, featuring black semi-aniline premium leather-appointed seating surfaces, a black dynamic shield, black chrome window trim, and black roof rails.

Inside, cloth upholstery will still be the standard, followed by synthetic leather on the SE trim, and real leather on the SEL trim. Again, past the base, an 8-way adjustable power driver seat with power lumbar support, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob become standard. Heated front seats used to be exclusive past the base, but as mentioned, are also standard across the lineup now.

Tech

Keeping up with the times, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV comes equipped with an 8-inch smartphone-link display audio (SDA) system with six speakers for music, plus Bluetooth wireless technology, Google Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, and steering wheel audio, phone, and voice recognition control. This switched to 9-inch SDA with navigation and HD Radio past the base trim. Mitsubishi has also updated its safety and security systems, adding advanced safety features such as forward collision mitigation with pedestrian detection, lane departure warning, and blind spot warning with lane change assist and rear cross-traffic alerts, driver attention alert, and rear parking sensors in recent years. Past the base trim, a front parking sensor and MI-PILOT Assist become available.

It’s not a huge difference, but little luxuries like heated front seats are no longer behind a paywall. It takes a while for things to cool down in South Florida, but once it does, we got a few good months of cold weather. Heated seats can come in handy when the cabin feels ice cold.

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