New Mitsubishi Eclipse: Ehhh mediocre Options

[turbohcar]

For whatever reason Mitsubishi has decided to bite its own tail again. Sources inside the plant tell me one of the new concept Eclipses went down the line just a few days ago. Styling is supposed to be it's strong point. It was reported that many of the employees were very happy with the car aesthetically, which is pretty close to that of what was seen at the auto shows. However, power is where they are lacking. They will NOT have the AWD platform with a hybrid gas in front electric in back power plants. No turbos either. No Mitsubishi would rather eat itself into debt farther by simply replacing the V6 in the current Eclipse with a larger displacement (3.8L) power plant. Yet again I am dissapointed with Mitsubishi's poor judgement. It has been said over and over again by enthusiast and factory employee alike, people bought those cars (90-99) because they are a poor mans Porsche (sometimes better) and because of the organic, animal-like styling combination (95-99). You put performance and a hot body together and you've got yourself a winning combination. One without the other is simply a quadrapeligic, you're getting nowhere fast. Even the 1G cars are somewhat good looking. I hope sooner or later the realize what they're doing wrong. Oh and production is supposed to start early next year.

[natedogg]

I'm not arguing the fact that the Evo doesn't look like what most people consider a sports car. I thought I made that pretty clear with this statement out of my previous post.

I'm not saying its an all out sports car in what most people accept to be the definition of the term, but I definitely wouldn't call it a family sedan.

I think its 4-door boxy look is one of its strengths. Its different, non-conforming, not what people expect.

I was more disputing 'the family sedan with a sports car motor dropped in' comment and putting it in the same category as an srt-4. Marcus, you of all people should know its much more than that. Now I'm not saying its the most amazing, ass-kicking car ever built. But much like dsm's were when they first came out in the early 90's, its alot of performance for a relatively small price as far as new cars go.

Btw, if any of us could afford a lambo or ferrari, we probably wouldn't be having this conversation, cuz we probably wouldn't care too much about an Evo.