mic_crispy

oh yeah. and if i wanted 260hp and 3500lbs weight, id get a 05 maxima.. 2 more doors, and a better interior.

Bullitt44

SkullDeezay

What an abomination.

patinum

I saw this car in person at a local dealer. It actually is a pretty neat looking car. Unfortunately, for me, that's where my intrest ends. I was talking to one of the sales guys and he said the GT with some gay-ass options (rockford fosgate etc.) would cost around $28K. If I'm at a Mitsubishi dealer and I see a a 3500 lb FWD V6 sitting next to a AWD Turbo 4 Evo for a a couple grand more, the decision is easy. I don't know what market this eclipse is supposed to be going for. For $28K that's eating into Evo territory. I don't think it can compete in the Evo, Sti, S2K, RX-8, 350Z market. And it costs a little much and doesn't offer enough sport to compete with the RSX-S, Mustang GT, WRX, SRT-4 market. And speaking of which, what does mitsubishi offer in this entry level sports car market now? The Lancer Ralliart? F that POS.

QUIKAG

How much more ghey can you get than quoting hp/liter arguments?

mbilderback

Not to mention 350Z territory, which we can all agree is a better car.

As an aside, my wife, who is not a car person, was watching a little TV last night and out of the blue asks me "Have you seen the new Eclipse?"
I was somewhat taken aback considering the fact that she complains that I talk about cars too much. But, after regaining my composure, I answer, "Yes." And she responds, "I just saw a commercial for it before you came in, and it's UGLY."
I couldn't help but laugh and agree. I feel a car has to be unnaturally bad looking for my wife to START a conversation on the topic.

Fapout

Well. I think HP/L is important when going with a smaller displacement engine along with the given weight of the car. In this case, Mitsubishi went with only a 3.8L engine at only 68HP/L and the car weighs 3500 lbs (as was already discussed earlier in the thread and I apologize since I just thought the weight already came in to the hp/l argument) . How could you say HP/L isn't an important argument since they didn't go they same route as the corvette and go with a large displacement and a shitty hp/l?

MULDER

I just got my R&D and they posted a 0 to 60 time of 5.8 sec and a 14.4 for the quarter milefor the GT with a manuel.

But here too,
List Price: 23,000
Price as tested: est 26,895.

It burn premium, and has a wieght distribution of 61/39.
Engine RPM @ 60 in top gear: 2000
Skid pad: 0.83g
Slolom: 64.1
Understeering "moderatly" in both.


Love those cast iron blocks.....

dreamcation

patinum

Wow. This car sucks.