2004 Mitsubishi Outlander xls from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

No faults or problems experienced to date.

For a year after taking redundancy I drove around in my 1980 XJ6, which had been a hobby project for several years.

When I started to get regular contract work, the kms started to pile up.

The XJ6 is thirst, requires regular expensive servicing, so I leased a car.

I was looking for economy, comfort and reliability.

Looked at a Magna, which because of MMMAL problems is not selling well here in Melbourne (plus the car is in desperate need of a major update to complete in the fashion stakes). Whilst in the local dealers, looked at an Outlander.

I had drived a 2002 Honda CRV, but was put off by its hard ride and general agriculture nature, plus even at 50,000 kms it was almost Aud$30K! Briefly looked at an X-Trail and Rav-4, but both too expensive.

Test drove the Outlander and was impressed. Was even more impressed with the $33.8K on the road price. This with sunroof, tinted windows, a/c, power windows, four air bags, alloy wheels, cruise control, electrical mirrors, fog lights etc.

Now into my six month of ownership and just turned the clock over to 21,000 kms. Returns 10.5 l/100 kms (about 28mpg UK). Uses no oil. Is comfortable and easily to use.

Nicely weighted steering, good handling and sufficient power to be competitive in the rat race we call the rush hour.

My family has owned 1 x Lancer, 1 x Magna, 2 x Verada (high level Magna) and now the Outlander. We barrack for Mitsubishi!

Previously daily drive was a company provided Toyota Viente (?) high level 3.0L Camry. Nice car, dead steering and over an hour in the driver's seat gave me aches in my back and knees.

The Outlander never causes such problems.

Dude! I Agree :D I had outlander xls for 3 month with mivec absolutely perfect CAR I used to have lancer and we sold it it was a great CAR ^^ mitsubishi <---------- Best enginering car manufacture ^_^. I LOVE the outlander especially with derived EVO suspension and drivetrain =d, you can't find weakness of this car.

Update on this post - 101,000 kms at the 2 yrs 8 mths mark. Apart from front drivers side disc problem - metal to metal when the pad failed to last to the next service - no problems. Still very comfortable and a pleasure to drive. Wish it was better on the gas - 11 litres / 100 kms is typical, which means that the range is < 500 kms.