The New Mitsubishi Eclipse Is Here And It's All So 2017
Like it or loathe it, this is the new Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross and we’ve just learned the pricing details.
Mitsubishi has recycled the Eclipse name, as you probably already know, and the newcomer hasn’t been made entirely welcome. Whereas the late-1990s 2G version became a cult classic in the eyes of JDM fans and tuners, this is a compact SUV. Damn it, everything these days is a compact SUV.
So here we are, embarking upon this new and very different voyage into the Mitsubishi Eclipse (Cross). You’ll have to pay at least £21,275 for the entry model when it comes to the UK in January, for which you’ll get an Eclipse Cross 2. The usual lane departure warnings, autonomous emergency braking and so on are standard, and it’s also pretty impressive to see automatic lights and wipers standardised at this price.
The 2 grade still won’t sell, though, because it’s stuck with tiny 17-inch wheels that, to steal one of the industry’s favourite buzzwords, don’t look very premium. Quelle horreur. Upgrade to an Eclipse Cross 3 and you get 18s, as well as heated front seats, a head-up display, parking sensors at both ends, dual-zone climate control, keyless entry, push-button start and more, all for a very reasonable £22,575 in front-wheel drive form.
Then there’s the 4, which costs from £24,975 and gets leather trim, electric adjustment for the driver’s seat, a panoramic sunroof and a whole bunch of other stuff that you probably care less about than you do about having a turbocharged 2.0-litre petrol engine that can easily be whacked up to 350bhp without bursting.
As compensation, Mitsubishi is only offering the Cross with a petrol, turbocharged engine. It’s a 1.5, though, and is good for an adequate 161bhp. Four-wheel drive is optional from 3 spec upwards, while a CVT automatic that behaves sort of like a geared automatic is on the extras list too.
There’s also a First Edition trim spec limited to 250 cars and blessed with ‘premium paint,’ special floor mats and some aesthetic add-ons. You pay an extra £1850 for the privilege, though, which seems bad value to us. Ah well, back to the classifieds we go, for tidy G2s…
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The only thing I don’t like about the body design is the chrome bits.
Invest in a big box of sharpies.
it looks like they’re going to revive most of the cars and turning it into a SUV or crossover. Sh!t move Mitsubish!t.
Boi, my 2005 Mazda3 has more power than that
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Man, I thought Mitsubishi was crazy enough to end production for the Lancer Evo. I guess it’s worse than I thought. I DOES NOT deserve the name Eclipse. It’s nothing like the original Eclipes, I feel like recycling the name is just lazy. If you look at the chrome trim on the front end, it looks like a Outlander.
This SUV is just a smaller, if not basically the same size, Outlander with some clever gadgets and trim options. Give me a break.
I don’t get the people who buy theese kind of cars, thay aren’t as spacious inside as a microvan like renault modus.
They aren’t as fuel efficient as a small wagon.
They look worse than basically anything
They are bad offroad.
They are the perfect example of something trying to be good in everything, so it is terrible in everything.
They are also more expensive than a normal car.
So if you want a cheap, and suprisingly capable suv, buy a dacia duster.
And than if you want a city car, buy a sandero.
If ypu have both of them go and buy a dacia lodgy for your family needs.
That way you’ve got 3 cars instead of 1 and you pay about 1,5 price of an average crossover.
Dacia is the solution!!
They just stole the taillights from Volvo and made them worse!
Disgusting.
In comparison to the original eclipse, this is big enough to actually create an eclipse
Could Mitsubishi make something exciting?
The new Aztek is here smh