The interior of the Outlander Sport feels more modern than other Mitsubishis, but this is a relative statement: it still feels a decade old, which might make sense for a dirt - cheap price leader, but our tester was optioned up to $ 26,190: That's the same territory as the Jeep Renegade and its Fiat 500X twin, to name a couple of
arguably better competitors.
Not exact matches
My colleagues have covered the inevitable point about this car's price, and while it is certainly high, the main thing that makes me cringe about it is awareness that there are a handful of
arguably better — and also mentioned above —
competitors.
If you're cross-shopping, be sure to look at all of the top five (in sales): Honda CR - V (
arguably the strongest
competitor), Toyota RAV4 (reliable and with a solid hybrid offering), Nissan Rogue Sport and Rogue (three rows available,
good bang for the buck), and Ford Escape (fun to drive, Sync infotainment now works
well).
Though the 1990 lineup of luxury cars is
arguably the
best yet, there will be more
competitors vying for a slice of the market.
The Focus isn't exactly a price leader, with
competitors such as the Chevrolet Cruze and Kia Forte
arguably offering a
better value.
But in this class, what's
arguably most important is how great a car drives, and there, none of the
competitors can
best the Alfa.
It's amazing that the
best feature (
arguably) of the Kindle gets matched by
competitors only now (25 months after the Kindle was released).
Michael Mauboussin, in what is
arguably the
best essay ever written on moats put it this way, «Companies generating high economic returns will attract
competitors willing to take a lesser, albeit still attractive return, which will drive aggregate industry returns to opportunity cost of capital.»
Unfortunately Ontario Benchers chose to ignore a core value of the profession and jumped at the opportunity to regulate a
competitor —
arguably to
better preserve the interests of lawyers.
Note, however, that
competitors are catching up, and the new Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 tablet offers an AMOLED display that's
arguably even
better for movie viewing, especially once it gets access to promised HDR (high dynamic range) video content.
Mophie's «juice pack» was the first ever mobile battery case certified by Apple for the iPhone, and while there have been any number of battery cases from
competitors since, Mophie is the original and
arguably still the
best.