While the latest gasoline engine Mitsubishi Outlander - the first built on the shared Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance platform - was introduced last year, the second-gen plug-in hybrid version has finally been launched. Sharing many components with the above, and its cousin the Rogue, the powertrain however remains unique to the partially-electrified model, which is improved in almost every way and ticks a lot of boxes for compact crossover consumers.

Silver PHEV badging below the side mirror. By Benjamin Yong