Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review

Viewed from the front seats, this is like the interior of a 2019 car. And mostly we mean that in a good way. It's a cabin of clearly labelled switches with nice clicky actions. It doesn't rely wholly on the screen.

That central 12.3-inch screen's graphics aren't pretty, but it's responsive and has wireless phone mirroring. You'll leave the mirroring up there most of the time, because nearly everything to control the car – climate, drive modes, seat heating, ADAS – has its own switches.

The driver binnacle is also a screen, but with clear enough graphics. Finally, both versions have a head-up display, which shows speed, navigation arrows, and the status of the lane-centring adaptive cruise control.

The Diamond version has quilted brown leather and a glass roof, plus a splendiferous Yamaha sound system. Its seats are massaged and ventilated too.

In the back, rear room won't leave any complaints. It has vents and power sockets. Diamond spec adds heated rear outer seats and a three-zone climate system. Diamond doesn't have the cheaper Nativa-spec car's third row seats. They're really for pre-teens.

The boot is boxy, though strangely Mitsubishi doesn't publicise its volume. Still it looks competitive enough to us, and has an extra box under the floor where your charge cable could go.