Developed as part of a joint venture between Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) and GAC Mitsubishi Motors (GMMC), the new Mitsubishi Eupheme is set to go on sale in China from March this year. The Eupheme is a plug-in hybrid SUV that has a base price of around US$33,000 (RM129,525), and will be made available in five key cities – Changsha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Tianjin – initially.
The two-wheel drive powertrain is made up of a 1.5 litre Atkinson cycle petrol engine rated at 95 hp at 5,500 rpm and 120 Nm of torque from 2,500 to 5,000 rpm. Hybridisation comes in the form GAC’s G-MC electromechanical coupling system, which features a 130 kW (174 hp)/300 Nm electric motor.
A liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery pack supplies power to the electric motor, and can be charged via a dedicated port. The plug-in hybrid system also comes with a number of drive modes, including a default Eco as well as Save, Charge and EV only. The Eupheme is claimed to offer up to 600 km of cruising range, and a fuel consumption of as low as 1.8 l/100 km.
In terms of dimensions, the Eupheme measures 4,510 mm long, 1,852 mm wide and 1,708 mm tall and has a 2,650 mm wheelbase. The SUV also comes with a ground clearance of 150 mm, and has a curb weight of 1,760 kg.
Equipment-wise, the SUV comes with 18-inch wheels (shod with 215/55 profile tyres), six airbags, halogen projector headlights, LED combination taillights, digital instrument cluster, six-way powered driver seat, leather upholstery, single-zone automatic air-conditioning, touchscreen infotainment system and T-Box telematics system.
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Wow, wish we had this car here. If Proton was not greedy and cerai Mitsubishi, we can rebadge this here in Malaysia as a Proton Eupheme.
Whatever it is, Mitsubishi engines are sold in over 200 countries worldwide. China Geely engines are 99% sold in China only. 1% to third world countries. First world countries have rejected it.
Wow. Now implying Australia is not 1st world. His fake reality never cease to amaze me.
Syukurla. City price from RM90k to RM75k
https://paultan.org/2017/12/20/nap-2014-eev-review-to-be-finalised-next-year-honda-city-price-dropped-from-rm90k-to-rm75k-madani/
Let me count the ways of ur negative twist to EV/hybrid:
“Most buyers have no clue how much the battery cost and get a shock of their lives when they find out.”
“And don’t forget once warranty finishes. 2nd hand value will plummet because people will be scared to buy the car out of warranty.
SO imagine what happens when warranty runs out. And imagine the value of the car when warranty is about to run out.”
“Buyers need to be aware, as with all electric vehicles, if something goes wrong with the electronics, it is a big fat bill.”
Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Audi, Chevrolet were all promising car brands under DRB
Mitsu & Suzuki took back their brands when they reentered MY, Audi cudnt compete with better Mesidis & Beemer, Chevy failed becoz pipu knows its kimchi underneath not Murican.
lucky China, get the best always. Why we don’t get this here??
Market volume. Geely sales alone alredi 2X whole MY TIV.
Most of Geely’s new G-Power lineup meets Euro 5/6 emissions standards so realistically they can be sold in Aus, Europe, Singapore and many more countries that use those standards. Heck, one of them(1.5T) is similar to the one used in the Volvo XC40. Quit that “rejected by 1st world” BS that people who never research have been parroting. They haven’t been properly expanding just yet so it makes sense why a lot of it is only in China.
Anyways, this definitely seems like a good option for exporting to Malaysia in 2019 to fill a niche for a CR-V sized hybrid SUV that isn’t really occupied by anything as of now. Though they probably have to upgrade certain features to make up for a pretty high price, namely the single zone to a dual zone as well as LED headlights as standard.
Rebadge it as Proton Eunuch….
Since Nissan and Mitsubishi started cooperation, both broke new grounds with new technology esp Nissan world’s 1st Variable Compression Ratio Engine.
Nissan and Mitsubishi up there bro!
I’m sick of this “only for china market”.. wtf.
Some pipu say P1 too big to fail. So why so worry
Seriously 600km range is not efficient when non hybrids can achieved that without the battery. Hybrids should be giving 1000km per similar tank of petrol vs non hybrids.
the petrol tank is usualy smaller in hybrid vehicles, to make more space for the batteries.
That 600 km uses much lesser petrol than normal car so it is better, still depends on electric cost though
“The Eupheme is claimed to offer up to 600 km of cruising range,…”
Can it be true that this Eupheme has a range as great as 600km on electric only? That’s quite impressive for a PHEV.
“..two wheel drive..”
Is it safe to assume that it is a FWD front wheel drive?