Tokyo, November 17, 2023 – Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (hereafter, Mitsubishi Motors) announced that the gasoline model and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) model of the Outlander crossover SUV have earned a maximum five-star rating in the 2022 Latin NCAP1, an automobile assessment program for vehicles sold in Latin America.
Mitsubishi Motors remains committed to its safety philosophy of achieving a mobility society with zero traffic accidents through continued efforts to develop safety technologies and to spread knowledge about traffic safety.
The Outlander employs Mitsubishi Motors' high-rigidity RISE2 body and seven SRS airbags to ensure collision safety performance and comes equipped with advanced safety features such as Forward Collision Mitigation system (FCM) to enhance preventive safety performance. These features have also earned the model the highest five-star ratings in JNCAP3 in Japan, as well as in the ANCAP4 in Australia and New Zealand.
With "I-Fu-Do-Do" or authentic and majestic in Japanese as the product concept, the Outlander is Mitsubishi Motors' flagship model which brings together its expertise in electrification and all-wheel control technologies. To date, approximately 210,000 units5 of the gasoline model have been sold in more than 40 countries around the world. Following the launch in Japan in 2021, the redesigned PHEV model has been introduced in New Zealand, Australia and North America, reaching a total of 50,000 units6 sold thus far.
- New Car Assessment Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Reinforced Impact Safety Evolution
- Japan New Car Assessment Program
- Australasian New Car Assessment Program
- Total units sold from April 2021 to October 2023
- Total units sold from December 2021 to October 2023
About Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (TSE:7211) —a member of the Alliance with Renault and Nissan—, is a global automobile company based in Tokyo, Japan, which has about 30,000 employees and a global footprint with production facilities around the world. Mitsubishi Motors has a competitive edge in SUVs, pickup trucks and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and appeals to ambitious drivers willing to challenge convention and embrace innovation. Since the production of our first vehicle more than a century ago, Mitsubishi Motors has been a leader in electrification—launched the i-MiEV –the world's first mass-produced electric vehicle in 2009, followed by the Outlander PHEV –the world's first plug-in hybrid electric SUV in 2013.
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