Private Concert Hall: Outlander gets custom Yamaha audio for 2025

The collaboration between Mitsubishi Motors and Yamaha, a world leader in musical instruments and audio equipment, has elevated the Outlander with a pair of premium sound systems featuring up to 12 speakers as standard equipment. The partnership brings a new level of premium audio experience, turning every drive into a symphony of crystal-clear sound and rich, immersive tones. This is the first Yamaha-branded in-car audio system to be sold in the North American market, and this system will immediately place itself as a pinnacle of in-car audio. Mitsubishi Motors also has the distinction of being the first manufacturer in the North American market to offer premium brand name audio directly from the entry trim line.

Fine-tuning by Yamaha’s Sound Meisters

Sound Meisters are true artists of sound, bringing every musical performance to life with incredible precision. They don’t just hear the music—they feel the passion behind every note and every breath of the artist.

By capturing even the smallest emotions and details, they create a listening experience so real, it’s like the performance is happening right in front of you. Building on decades of innovation and expertise in designing acoustics for concert halls and theatres, Yamaha's sound engineers have collaborated with Mitsubishi Motors in creating an optimal acoustic environment within the interior of the Outlander. In the same way that Mitsubishi Motors’ philosophy is to deliver a vehicle that operates as the driver intends it, Yamaha’s philosophy is to deliver a music experience as the artist intends it.

There are two distinct Yamaha-developed systems in the 2025 Outlander, Dynamic Sound Yamaha Premium and Dynamic Sound Yamaha Ultimate. Both transform the vehicle into a listening room on wheels, creating a unique sound experience and a private concert hall in the cabin.

The aural capability of the systems are aided by the addition of optimized sound deadening and engineering, which maximizes speaker performance while minimizing buzz, rattles and holes in the vehicle structure, all of which would negatively impact what the listener hears. No detail was overlooked, even going so far as to develop an entirely new inner door panel for the Dynamic Sound Yamaha Ultimate system that is sealed, which eliminates road noise and allows the entire door cavity to be used as a speaker enclosure. This was only possible because Mitsubishi Motors and Yamaha engineers worked alongside each other, neither willing to compromise, and they jointly developed world-class audio systems.

Yamaha audio in every trim

Standard in the Outlander ES, SE, LE and SEL trim lines, Dynamic Sound Yamaha Premium combines the power of eight Yamaha speakers. The top-level GT and GT-Premium trim lines get Dynamic Sound Yamaha Ultimate, which incorporates 12 speakers, including a sub-woofer and 1,650-watts of power. Specific to the Dynamic Sound Yamaha Ultimate, the diaphragms of the mid-range squawkers and low-range woofers were developed based on Yamaha’s flagship NS-5000 home audio speaker and its ZYLON diaphragm, that provides ideal transient response, enabling faithful reproduction of the artist’s expressions at every moment. The system also incorporates dual amplifiers featuring Yamaha’s vehicle-specific DSP (Digital Signal Processor).

Tuned by Yamaha’s Sound Meisters to complement the interior space of the new Outlander, the acoustic settings can be adjusted based on the driver’s or occupants’ sound preferences, listening position and driving scenario. There are four types of sound modes (Lively, Signature, Powerful, and Relaxing) and a three-position surround setting crafted to suit your taste and mood, and to fit whatever style of music you’re listening to.

Additionally, there are five types of listening positions that allow users to create the perfect sound environment based on the seating position of the listener: driver, passenger, front, rear or all.


The system also can adapt to conditions with volume compensation for vehicle speed (Premium and Ultimate) as well as rain and even the speed of the air conditioning fan (Ultimate), meaning the crispness of the sound is never inhibited.


Even the speaker grilles of the Dynamic Sound Yamaha Ultimate system were designed to fit the aesthetic and performance of the system, with a press-punched metal grille decorated in traditional Japanese geometric patterns that never impedes sound spread throughout the cabin. Grilles feature the gold Yamaha logo as well.

Extending digitalization and connectivity, all of this is controlled by a new-for-2025 12.3” Smartphone-link Display Audio system. The high-resolution 1280x720 display with touch panel and its enhanced interactive graphical interface offer an appealing and luxurious experience. Graphics are completely revised for 2025 in keeping with the revised digital driver display graphics.

The end result of an immense amount of engineering both from Yamaha and Mitsubishi Motors is a concert hall-style audio experience that elevates the Outlander to a new level.