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Mitsubishi Outlander vs Holden Acadia

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Mitsubishi Outlander
Mitsubishi Outlander

$35,987 - $79,995

2023 price

Holden Acadia
Holden Acadia

$23,999 - $39,969

2020 price

Summary

2023 Mitsubishi Outlander
2020 Holden Acadia
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Inline 4, 2.5L

V6, 3.6L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
7.7L/100km (combined)

8.9L/100km (combined)
Seating
7

7
Dislikes
  • Curtain airbags don’t cover third row
  • Aggressive frontal design treatment
  • Mitsubishi service for full warranty cover

  • 2000kg braked towing capacity
  • Engine needs to rev hard to make grunt
  • Wireless charging not standard on LT
2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Summary

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.

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2020 Holden Acadia Summary

If the Acadia had an accent it would be a southern drawl because this big seven-seat SUV is built in Tennessee, USA, and wears a GMC badge when it’s at home.

In Australia of course it wears a Holden one and comes straight from the factory in right-hand drive. So how does it suit Aussie conditions? Does it even know the importance of a sausage on a piece of bread bought outside a hardware store on a Saturday?

All this and more was learnt when the entry grade LT front-wheel drive came to live with my family.

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