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Description
There’s a new face at Mitsubishi that should receive more than just a passing glance. The 2014 Outlander wagon has cleaned up its design act both inside and out for 2014, shedding its dated open-mouth look in the process.
In some respects, the largest vehicle in Mitsubishi’s thinned-out fleet appears more like the second-gen edition that served the automaker for the 2007-’09 model years. As then, the front end returns to an understated and more aerodynamic appearance, which suits the vehicle better than the previous rally-inspired Lancer Evolution-style nose. Let’s face it, a seven-passenger rally-race wagon wasn’t fooling anyone. Leave that to the five-passenger Outlander Sport with its similar grille to explain.