Mitsubishi has released more teaser images of its new compact SUV, as well as the production car’s name – Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross. The car will make its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month.
The Eclipse is of course an old MMC name, one that the company used on a compact sports coupe in the 1990s and 2000s. The car was sold mainly in North America between 1989 and 2012, and gained worldwide fame when it appeared in the Fast and Furious franchise. Over 1.4 million of the two-door cars were sold back in the day.
The Eclipse Cross will enter MMC’s SUV range as a sporty member, alongside the ASX and Outlander. It looks very similar to the Concept XR-PHEV II that surfaced at Geneva 2015, and that’s a good thing.
The new model’s design “include a wedge-shape belt line, a forceful character line running through the side, a more steeply raked rear window, and long wheelbase with short rear overhang proportions.” The concept’s “bridge” rear lights survived the transition from concept to production. The brand’s current Dynamic Shield face is of course present.
The car’s signature colour will be a deep gloss red metallic developed using an innovative painting process, MMC says. Like what you see?
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Mitsubishi is blind. They can name the car any other names but not Eclipse.
I likeeee…will eclipse honda suvs of course…
now we gonna have a suv call eclipse..may be next is suv call lancer
Maybe it will be eclipsed by other brands and this would make them cross ?
The poor man’s Evoque is about to be launched.
This Eclipse SUV have many sharp edges just like all Japs SUV. The Germans SUV have more rounded edges. U can tell a Japs from a German SUV.
IMO, the German design will aged with times while the Japs are “Futuristic” in design but does not aged elegantly.
i actuallly like the looks of it
imagine if the rear is ugly, eats up bootspace and rear headroom…
makes you wonder whether the engineers hve done enough…
other example , toyota ch-r , looks good, but rear feels claustrophobic…. , but at least it looks good
Looking forward to seeing the car here.