Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review

The seven-seat Nativa spec is £46,995. That snares you the same powertrain, connectivity and ADAS as the top-spec £49,995 Diamond, which has just five seats.

Nativa gets the HUD, heated front seats and steering wheel, 20-inch wheels and Yamaha audio (eight speakers). The Diamond adds heated second row seats, rear-seat climate control, vented and massaging front seats, double glass sunroof, and the 12-speaker Yamaha system.

Launch PCP offer for the Nativa is, after an £11,110 deposit, three years at £499 a month. On personal lease it's £5,391 down and £599 a month over four years.

Charge time for the battery is 6.5 hours on AC, and on DC it's 32 minutes flat to 80 per cent. Which is why you probably won't plug in at a motorway services, charge, then beetle round to the pumps. Too much faff. The fuel tank is 53 litres, which is sub-400 miles at motorway speed in hybrid driving.

Warranty is eight years, 100,000 miles for the whole car as well as for the high-voltage battery. Insurance group is 47D for both specs.