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At last weekend I visited in my local Mitsubishi dealer. They had a new Mitsubishi Outlander 2007 SUV just arrived. In my mind new Outlander looks a lot better compared to old Outlander.
There is a good amount room inside and even I can sit quite comfortable. My height is 191 cm, so believe me, it is not always easy to find good driving position. And there is also enough room for me to sit at the backseats. Nice feature with backseats are that you can adjust amount of legroom. Those backseats are moving a little bit in forward-back position. At the trunk there are a decent amount of space depending on a position of backseats.

I took the car to quick test drive. This car had only 2.0 liter diesel engine with manual gearbox, so you can imagine that it do not offer too much power. In my mind it is a way too underpowered engine for that car. I did not like its behavior. Especially when I am used to a little bit more powerful engines. And a second annoying thing was a gearbox, it is really frustrating to drive a car with manual gearbox when you are used to drive car with automatic gearbox. I have got car with automatic gearbox now about seven years and I can not see any reason to change back to manual gearbox.

It is shame that there is no other engine and transmission combinations coming into Finland, at least not in this year. With a little more powerful engine and automatic gearbox, I would definitely consider a new Mitsubishi Outlander to my next car.

Mitsubishi Outlander 2007 specs:

Engine Capacity: 1968 cc
Cylinders: 4
Valves: 16v
Power: 138@4000 bhp/rpm
Torque: 228@1750 lb/ft
Maximum Speed: 116 mph - (Man)
0 - 62 mph: 10.8 seconds - (Man)
Fuel Type: Diesel
Fuel Capacity: 60 litres / 13.2 gallons
Combined Fuel Consumption: 42.8 mpg - Manual
Range to Empty: 564.9 miles

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