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Mitsubishi Outlander vs Volkswagen Golf

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Mitsubishi Outlander
Mitsubishi Outlander

$33,989 - $79,500

2024 price

Volkswagen Golf
Volkswagen Golf

$38,690 - $72,490

2025 price

Summary

2024 Mitsubishi Outlander
2025 Volkswagen Golf
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Inline 4, 2.4L

Turbo 4, 1.4L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded/Electric

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Fuel Efficiency
1.5L/100km (combined)

6.3L/100km (combined)
Seating
7

5
Dislikes
  • No spare tyre
  • Squeeze third row
  • Multimedia touchscreen should be bigger

  • Getting pricey
  • Rear knee-room a bit tight
  • No manual transmission option
2024 Mitsubishi Outlander Summary

At this point in history, hybrid vehicles are your best bet if you want to feel good about trying to save the world while actually enjoying daily driving duties and avoiding any (real or imagined) driving-range anxiety you may experience in a full EV. 

A hybrid vehicle – i.e. one with a traditional fuel source (petrol or diesel) and electric power – is a cheaper alternative to a full-blown EV and yields better fuel economy and less environmental impact than a standard ICE vehicle (powered only by petrol or diesel). 

And the Plug-in Hybrid EV (PHEV) version of the Outlander offers welcome fuel cost-savings over ICE vehicles and, in top-spec GSR guise, it has a premium look and feel and, on paper, packs plenty of standard features into a sub-$80,000 package.

But how does this seven-seater SUV hybrid handle daily-driving duties?

Read on.

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2025 Volkswagen Golf Summary

While we all mumble about the SUV taking over the passenger car world, a quick glance over at Volkswagen proves the traditional hatchback is still a viable train of thought.

Of course, with the original 1970s Golf, VW more or less invented the modern hatch, but even so, its decision to stick with the concept speaks volumes when many other makers are moving to an SUV-only (or, at least, SUV-dominated) stance.

So, any new or even facelifted VW Golf is big news, and an important model that VW can’t afford to have fail.

What we’re not seeing with the VW Golf yet is any form of hybridisation, let alone, full electrification, despite the Golf being available in EV form in Europe for some years now. At which point the question becomes one of whether Volkswagen is giving he Golf concept the best chance of survival. As in, can a conventionally powered, conventionally packaged hatchback still do the business in 2025. I mean, evolution is one thing, but – sticking with the metaphor - extinction has always been a possibility, too.

 

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