the mitsubishi outlander phev ranked in 2014 as the top selling plug-in electric vehicle in europe with 19,853 units sold, ahead of the nissan leaf, the previous year top selling plug-in car, by more than 5,000 units. during 2015, the outlander plug-in hybrid surpassed the leaf as the all-time top selling plug-in passenger car in europe, and for the second year in a row was the top selling plug-in electric car with 31,214 units sold. sales totaled 21,446 units in 2016, down 31% from 2015 and representing 41.5% of total outlander sales in europe, but enough to make the outlander europe's best-selling plug-in hybrid car one more time. again in 2017, the outlander phev topped plug-in hybrid sales in europe, for the fifth year running.