Pull up on the release lever that is on the floor to the left of the driver’s seat to open the trunk. Pull up on the fuel door lever, which is on the floor to the left of the driver’s seat, to open the fuel door.
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Has the Mitsubishi Outlander a third row of seats?
A third row is uncommon in small SUVs, and there’s a good reason for that: Very few people can actually fit in such a cramped area. Kids are present, of course, but they typically require a child seat, which does not fit in the back.
Therefore, the use case is as little as the actual seats. There are just two three-row small SUVs, the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan and the 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander, which is understandable. Although I haven’t seen the Tiguan in person, the image above was taken when a 6-foot-3 automotive journalist was squeezed into the third row of an Outlander. It isn’t appealing. And it includes the middle row being completely pulled forward. Also keep in mind that headroom is bad; it’s not only a problem of legroom.
This test is obviously absurd and harsh. Ultimately, the third row’s inclusion almost probably enables the Outlander to have greater cargo space than the industry average (and the mechanically similar Nissan Rogue), even if it also makes it less spacious than the CR-V, RAV4, and Tucson (more on that coming soon in a luggage test). It’s essentially an added bonus, so if you can make use of it, excellent!
Additionally, it is a vast improvement over the original Outlander third row. Specifically, the second-generation device, whose construction was so embarrassingly fragile that it would have been unreliable even in the late 2000s. It was made out of a mesh cloth that was dragged over a steel tube ring. It didn’t look like something that belonged in a moving car, more like a beach chair.
Here are two old vids of me doing it in an Outlander from 2010. In the first, I elevate the seat to demonstrate how challenging it was to assemble and how flimsy it was once it was in place. The mesh seat bottom is seen in the second video.
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What size boot does a Mitsubishi Outlander have?
The Mitsubishi Outlander boasts a height-adjustable driver’s seat and a steering wheel that can be pushed in and out as well as up and down, so getting comfy behind the wheel shouldn’t be a problem.
With the exception of the huge door mirrors and thick pillars around the rear window, the high seating position and large windows create a dominating driving posture. To make parking easier, a reverse camera is provided.
Mitsubishi Outlander interior space & storage
While there is enough of headroom in the front and middle rows of seats, only small children should truly use the third row of two pop-up seats. Sadly, the Outlander PHEV hybrid does without them since the battery pack, which is situated under the boot floor, takes up too much room.
A full-sized water bottle-sized glovebox, sizable door bins with drink holders, and numerous cup holders, including one in the third row, make interior storage simple.
Boot space
With 591 liters of boot space behind the second row of seats, or 1,022 liters (up to the window line) if you fold that row down, the Mitsubishi Outlander is quite practical thanks to its form.