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Mitsubishi Eclipse - 2006 and Newer

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Looks good, and I'm sure the by driftracer
Jan 13, 2005 (4:45 pm)
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tuner gurus will wreak havoc soon - here's hoping they do an AWD version like the Eclipse GSX and Talon TSi AWD of years past. I haven't heard anything either way about that.
 
For information, there's a pretty interesting topic on Mitsubishi marketing and market placement here in News and Views.
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whooo by seminole_kev
Jan 13, 2005 (6:22 pm)
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looks like a misshapen, missmatched mess from the outside. I strongly do not like the exterior styling. Of course I didn't like the stying of the 2 generations ago model the rear of the new one tries to remind us of.
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by fintail
Jan 13, 2005 (6:43 pm)
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No offense meant of course...but it looks way too much like the one of the 1995 gen...which is a girls car...
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Girls car? by sean3
Jan 13, 2005 (11:14 pm)
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The 95 gen was anything but in its tuner crowd, the 2000+ maybe so. the 2006 kinda looks like a Midlife crisis car, Loks good though.
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by carlisimo
Jan 14, 2005 (1:28 am)
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Seems to be in the wrong part of Town Hall.
 
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Back when I was in elementary school... 10 years ago I guess... this is what we thought cars of the future would look like. It's nice to see that they've finally happened.
 
But driftracer is right. There'll have to be a hot version of this car if it's going to get any street cred. The outgoing generation was a big change for the Eclipse, and its fans (it sold more than the previous ones, I think) might feel abandoned by this one. Fans of the old one might like it, but it's not as easy to get people back once they've been abandoned once.
 
I hope it's not as large as it looks.
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Re: [fintail] by carguy58
Jan 14, 2005 (7:52 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 13, 2005 6:43 pm)

The 95 was not a girls car. I am a 25 year old guy and I do remember when the 95 Eclipse came out. I liked that generation of Eclipse then and I like it now still.
 
My take on the 06 Eclipse: The front end needs to be watered down a tweeny-tweeny bit. The back end looks like a 1998 Dodge Intrepid or 2001 Dodge Stratus a little bit. I don't like the back end with the Intrepid/stratus rear end. The back end needs to be totally reworked in my opinion.
 
To me the 06 looks totally different than the 95 model. As a matter of fact the 95 model does not look that much different from the 94 model.
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by nuieve
Jan 14, 2005 (8:58 am)
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"Girls car" is actually a compliment. Girls are aesthetes by nature, so that means everything is ok with a design of this one.
 
I'm surprised to see negative comments on its back end. I find it very beautiful (as the rest of the car). The car looks very harmonic to me from every angle. And small! Tastes do vary!
 
The best thing about this car is that it doesn't look "economy"... well, the front-end is sort of generic, but that doesn't affect overall appeal. $$$-wise I'd rate its looks as a 30k-40k car. Also Mitsubishi claims 7 year/100 000 miles warranty, which deserves another thumb up for this car.
 
I wonder if its V6 would be finally able to do 0-60 in less than 6 sec...
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What about handling? by alpha01
Jan 14, 2005 (11:15 am)
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Isnt the 3.8L a heavy engine? And front drive/high torque = not good, unless this one has had its curve retuned.
 
~alpha
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I Likes by trucker50
Jan 15, 2005 (6:52 am)
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Just saw the video of the new Eclipse from the suto ahow....looks like the death knell may have sounded for my Grand Prix I bougth a month ago!
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Ya bunch of Babys by 1fastfurious2
Jan 15, 2005 (6:59 pm)
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I have a 2.4 2003 34000mi. eclipse and love it. No gripes. Just having allot of fun with it.When and if they come out with a turbo/suspension kit I will add it.Until then,shut up,this car handles great! Is plenty fast. The stereo is great Infinity. Its too new for many after market speed parts.When they do ,you will see this is no girls car.Low slung as it is,it is going to be sweet indeed!

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