Your family’s grown to the point where a five-seat SUV is fine… most of the time. But on the odd occasion some of the kids’ friends are tagging along or nan and pop are in the mix.
Two extra seats is the answer, but a full-blown three-row SUV, and the imposing size that usually comes with it, is a bit much.
Enter the mid-size Outlander LS Black Edition, positioned by Mitsubishi as a ‘5+2’ SUV rather than a full-time seven-seater, with the two rearmost seats designated for “occasional” use.
Does it have the practicality to pass the family test, and does the flexibility of an extra pair of chairs stack up?
The Cleary family spent a week with this recently released edition to find out.
Keyword: Mitsubishi Outlander 2023 review: LS Black Edition