Mitsubishi Motors Europe has passed the 50,000 deliveries milestone with its Outlander plug-in hybrid EV SUV two years after the first sale to a Dutch customer in October 2013.
The automaker continues to claim the model is the best selling plug-in hybrid vehicle in the 34 markets it classifies as 'Europe' (which excludes Russia where sales and service are handled by a separate importer/assembler). The top six countries by sales are: The Netherlands (20,346 units), UK (16,290 ), Sweden (4,433), EV-friendly Norway (3,797), Germany (3,015) and France (1,594).
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The Outlander PHEV made its global public debut at the 2012 Paris show and, MME said, "ventured into uncharted territory, creating an all-new segment while solving the traditional 'range anxiety' issue of conventional electric cars and adding the real-life convenience of a vast D-Segment SUV".
In the MME34 territory, the PHEV version accounted for 15% of the brand's volume and 55% of Outlander sales in January to November 2015.
The Outlander was facelifted for the 2016 model year.
