Apples and oranges: Mitsubishi Outlander Sport and Audi Q3 - Boston.com
We put more than 1,000 miles on the Outlander Sport, driving to Fredericksburg, VA, for a family wedding. The base Outlander Sport—not to be confused with the midsize Outlander, which was introduced in this space by colleague Keith Griffin last weekend —has a base price starting at $21,445 (including destination) for the two-wheel-drive ES. Out test... It started out at $25,045 and had a $4,900 Touring package that pretty much maxed it out at this trim level with a $29,945 bottom line. Added equipment included a seven-inch touchscreen and navigation with traffic information, leather seating surfaces, premium sound system, auto-dimming mirror, panoramic glass roof, power driver’s seat, and black roof rails. 0-liter engine and continuously variable transmission (CVT) got the job done, but we’d have liked the extra power of the 2. 4-liter engine that comes in higher trim levels. Mitsubishi says the CVT is the equivalent of a seven-speed conventional automatic transmission and that worked just fine. We trusted the navigation system, which kept announcing that traffic conditions up ahead had worsened and asking if we wanted to take an alternative route. Source: www.boston.com
