In general I enjoy driving this car, but if you are paying extra for the PHEV, I would avoid it like the plague. When I purchased the vehicle I spent less than I would far a gas version, hence it works for me. The biggest down side is the vehicle battery! Search the internet for battery degradation. This seems to be the case for all PHEV Outlanders, and not limited to just the 2019's. I have approximately 54,000 miles, and my EV ranges is now down to 13 miles from the advertised 22 miles! I have not found a long term fix for this yet. If it wasn't for the battery Degradation, this vehicle has been highly reliable. Unfortunately, the battery is what people are buying this vehicle for. In the state I live, I pay an extra tax for my yearly registration with this vehicle; the state taxes it as if it was a full electric. Every year it runs me an extra $110. (It appears the state is charging me for "lost fuel tax" figuring that I drive 13,000 miles a year on electric, which is the average number of miles driven by an individual for this state.) If I was really doing this with my degraded battery, I would have drive and then charge the vehicle 3 times a day every day of year. On a 220 plug it still takes me about 2.5 hours to get a full charge with my Degraded Battery; the vehicle limits the charging the 3.7A. With the 120 charger provided at purchase it takes about 6 hours with my Degraded Battery. This vehicle works OK for my purposes, but definitely does not perform as advertised.

We bought ours in the Summer of 2019. Just passed 14k and we hardly ever use gas! At about .80 cents for 25 mile charge you can't beat it. Comfortable, luxurious ride. Excellent Leather Seats. Plug up to a regular house outlet with charger provided with vehicle. Best vehicle we have ever owned.

I've been driving mine for almost 2 years and enjoy that it is not a "connected" car. I have a phone for that, don't need that in a car. A/C is great, I used to live in the desert. AWD is also great, just got out of a bad winter in Kansas City. It truly has regenerative braking in addition to regenerative coasting typical to all hybrids and full electric vehicles. The paddle controls to adjust the level of regenerative coasting make it so I seldom use the brakes and get miles more out of a single charge. On the highway after the charge is gone you will get 25MPG and with a 11 gallon tank it makes for more frequent stops on long trips but I like that so that is a winner for me. I'll update as more comes to mind.