Ice350

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Here's a pshopped pic of one with wheels and lowered with an optional stock body kit. Not crazy about the choice of wheels this guy chose but I'm beginning to really like this car. As I hear more and more negative things about the G35, I'm having doubt about getting one. This car could be one to consider. It comes with 260 hp which is enough for me. Comes with Rockford Fosgate system which is also pretty cool. I don't know. Negatives are that Eclpse cars are usually driven by kids and they have some afiliation with Chrysler...which I would have a hard time trusting. What do you all think?

/Aerostar\

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lol thats one of the worst photoshops ever, but I could see how one of those Eclipses could look good, especially in black

GS300Rich

I like the lines on the new eclipse. I think if modded right it could look nice. Any pics of the interior and how is the quality/ reliability?

LT. LEX

Looks like something a kid would drive.

np20412

Thats what it is I'd look for some spoiled teenage girls to be driving around in this (pardon my stereotype, its the truth around these parts). Maybe even a few guys who see it as a car with a good amount of power and pep and don't mind the styling. I'm not a big fan of the styling, but in black with that kit could look OK. I still think it's destined to be like the previous Eclipse, for young female drivers.

PureDrifter

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i am in love with the 1st and 2nd (89-99) eclipse because they were ACTUAL PERFORMANCE CARS! as soon as mitsu went and fluffed them up they lost alll appeal. 260hp sounds nice, but its ALL FWD!! FWD is EVIL. u put more than ~220hp into a FWD and try to go around a bend u get understeer for miles then crash into a tree. "oversteer is better since u dont see the tree that kills you" ok, bye now, im still half asleep and will prolly edit this post later to make it readable.

-Annant

Gojirra99

Horrible PS LOL !!

mmarshall

Here's your interior:
http://www.mitsubishicars.com/eclips...ery.html?g=int

I do not recommend this car, quality-wise. I have inspected and driven a number of both new and used ones and have not been impressed with them. Eclipses in general have a poor quality and reliability record, partially do to a number of different problems at the Diamond Star plant in Normal, IL where they are built, but also the fact that many of them were driven very hard by their owners....especially the second-generation 4-cylinder Turbo models. Many Mitsubishi engines also tend to start having upper-block problems like head gaskets, valves, etc....after 70,000-80,000 miles no matter how they are driven.

mikevogel

i would probly buy one if it was the concept version with the gas engine in the front driving the front wheels and the electric engine in the back driving the back wheels it had like 400 hp

videcormeum

Mitsubishi's partnership with Chrysler ended over a year ago, if I'm not mistaken.

M.

mmarshall

Yes and no. Chrysler's direct financial support ended, but they still share the Diamond-star assembly plant in Normal, IL...the one I referred to above in my last post. The Dodge Stratus and Chrysler Cirrus share a common platform with some Mitsubishi products, and are built on the same assembly line there. The upcoming Mitsubishi Raider truck is also based on a Dodge truck platform.
http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/2006...dersneak1.html

videcormeum

Ah, I didn't know that.

I've never been impressed with either the Chrysler Cirrus/Dodge Stratus or Mitsubishi's Eclipse.

Would you say it's a problem at the plant that keeps the quality of these vehicles low or the engineering?

M.

mmarshall

The tendency of the engines to deteriorate at high mileage ( with proper oil changes and maintenance) IMO is an engineering problem.

Many of the other problems with the vehicles produced at the Diamond-Star plant, IMO opinion, can be traced simply to poor management there and the poor quality of the manufacturing process there. For instance, in 1995, when the notoriously poorly-built second-generation Eclipse ( and Eagle Talon ) was introduced, I can remember seeing burrs and defects in the paint which obviously came from not keeping dirt and airborne particles out of the paint rooms; squeaks and rattles, leaks, body parts that did not fit, etc..... Much of the hardware would work loose after a few years, like switches, handles, etc...
And, on a social and human note, there have been a number of personnel-related problems at that plant....things like drunkenness, drug use, a sexual-harassment suit that Mitsubishi paid a large sum to settle, and a racial suit that I don't remember the outcome of.
It would be fair to note, however, that the plant has shown some improvement lately, and 3rd-generation Eclipse, which dropped the Turbo 4 and AWD, was somewhat of an improvement, quality-wise, over the defect-ridden second-generation model even though it alienated a lot of the hard-core Turbo and AWD fans.....who naturally gravitated to the Evo. I still think, though, that the Eclipse even today is a somewhat risky purchase and do not recommend it for those who place reliability as an important factor.

C-Train

damn mmarshall's on top of everything!

LexFather