It's the Biased cock-eyed formulae they use to work out Hybrids MPG, In reality it on Engine Power alone it does a still pretty good 39MPG.

It Does only 30Miles on a full charge of leccy, and they assume that you use only cover so many Miles between charges then they add both leccy and Fuel together to get a rather slanted MPG figure.

However, if you took off on a 500 mile Journey with no stops then the figure they spout would count for nowt.

They'll do anything to try and make Hybrids cars look wonderful..Fact is though you'll only gain from as far as one battery charge will take you, after that your just any other Piston head.

and why a PETROL engine? or why isnt it fitted with LPG, which would give 70mpg (equivalent with gas at 70p/ltr)

It'll suit the Chelsea tractor brigade around here. They only use them for the school run/hairdressers/shops.

and why a PETROL engine? or why isnt it fitted with LPG, which would give 70mpg (equivalent with gas at 70p/ltr)

They tell you that an LPG requires to be started on petrol and then it switches to gas. LPG fork trucks don't seem to have this problem though.

I beg to differ, the Engine drives the car when the battery is flat, the Charging process may be assisted by the Engine or the Kinetic forces generated through braking, but the Battery is not driving the car off an idling Engine. you'd need to have a fully charged battery to cover 30 miles, after that it's engine power only until the next re-charge.

What car:Even when the batteries are out of charge you should still get a reasonable fuel economy return; the PHEV averaged 39.2mpg in our True MPG tests.

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/mitsubishi/outlander/2014-mitsubishi-outlander-phev-review/1280913

I beg to differ, the Engine drives the car when the battery is flat, the Charging process may be assisted by the Engine or the Kinetic forces generated through braking, but the Battery is not driving the car off an idling Engine. you'd need to have a fully charged battery to cover 30 miles, after that it's engine power only until the next re-charge.

What car:Even when the batteries are out of charge you should still get a reasonable fuel economy return; the PHEV averaged 39.2mpg in our True MPG tests.

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/mitsubishi/outlander/2014-mitsubishi-outlander-phev-review/1280913

At the Outlander PHEV’s heart is a large-capacity battery and a pair of electric motors – one on each axle to provide four-wheel drive – that generate a combined 161bhp, and when you add in the engine it’s a total of 204bhp.

When the battery charge drops below a certain level, the petrol engine kicks in to generate electricity. Mitsubishi calls this Series mode, which will work up to 70mph. After that, a clutch engages to connect the engine directly to the front wheels, providing drive while recharging the battery at the same time, hence the 43bhp boost in maximum power.