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Shortly after finding ourselves strapped in the driver's seat (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/07/2011-mitsubishi-outlander-sport-first-drive/) of the 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/01/new-york-2010-mitsubishi-hopes-2011-outlander-sport-will-be-the/), we called it "a right-sized CUV that takes the core components of its bigger brother (the regular Outlander (http://www.autoblog.com/model/outlander)) and distills them into a smaller, lighter package."

Smaller and lighter doesn't necessarily mean cheaper, though. While the Outlander Sport's starting price of $19,275 (*after destination charges) undercuts the Outlander's by about $3,500, it's not terribly difficult to option up a Sport beyond the $30,000 mark.

In fact, ticking off very available Outlander Sport option on Mitsubishi's Build & Price page (http://www.mitsubishicars.com/MMNA/jsp/build.do#) will darn near double its base MSRP (none of those options is an engine upgrade, either - all Sports use the same 148-horsepower four-cylinder). Granted, a more realistic set of options still keeps the Outlander Sport well under $30k, but even that pricing seems remarkably close to the bigger, more powerful Outlander V6. Hat tip to Clayton!


Gallery: First Drive: 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2011-mitsubishi-outlander-sport)

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[Source: Mitsubishi (http://www.mitsubishicars.com/MMNA/jsp/build.do#)]2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport starts at $19,275, tops out near $38K! (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/07/2011-mitsubishi-outlander-sport-starts-at-19-275-tops-out-near/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sun, 07 Nov 2010 13:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).



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