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Consider this beehive kicked: The Eclipse was crap long before they tried to bloat it into a crossover SUV. Mitsubishi killed it by continuing to sell the things knowing damn well they had faulty sumps and oil pumps, so they'd constantly starve of oil and then explode. My sister's Eclipse was the only car I've ever witnessed to melt its own radiator. I think that pointless hump in the hood was actually to have a space to contain all your cams and valves when they left the chat at highway speed.
And then, back in the day it was Mitsubishi and not Kia or Nissan who were so desperate for sales that their dealerships were instructed to finance any moron at punitive interest no matter the risk and put them in a brand new base Eclipse or, occasionally, a Galant. Bad credit? No credit? No eyesight? No pulse? No problem!
So the early 2000's equivalent of "Big Altima Energy" was you inevitably found that any unexploded Eclipse driven by anyone who wasn't a tuner was instead being piloted by somebody who had no business whatsoever operating a motor vehicle. Sure, that was really a problem with the drivers and not the car, but it means that to this very day every time you see one you still let out that disgruntled sigh and give it an extra couple of car lengths of room.
I await with interest my imminent crucifixion by angry Eclipse owners, now. Go on, give it to me. I am invincible!
What year range was this?
I only ask because I used to have a 2003 eclipse (bought used in 2010 or so and kept until 2016) and I loved it, because it got decent mileage and nobody ever asked for a ride (which is why I still have a coupe), but I also really never encountered anyone else with one, much less driving like an idiot (and it wasn’t me, I’m a really cautious driver).. so I’m kinda curious. Coupes in general have never been particularly popular around here.
Did I just lucky and get one that survived?
Mitsubishi stopped making the eclipse in 1999. Not sure what it was they made after that but it was not an Eclipse.
https://www.kbb.com/mitsubishi/eclipse/2003/
Doesn’t look like anything to me.
What?
You said they didn’t make it, I sent the Kelly blue book listing for the exact year I had..
(Maybe you think it was meant to be a picture? It isn’t.)
lol, I think they are saying that the “Eclipse” died after Gen 2 stopped in 2000.
And I have to say that I agree. Gen 2 was the best Eclipse design.