Mitsubishi Considers Reviving Eclipse
 

The storied Eclipse nameplate may not be dead, after all: a Mitsubishi executive reportedly hinted at the return of the Mitsubishi Eclipse sports car after its recent demise. Greg Adams, Vice President of marketing and product planning at Mitsubishi Motors North America, hinted to Ward’s Auto during a recent media event that the Eclipse may not be fully dead and gone, saying it “always comes back around sooner or later.”
The case for bringing the Eclipse bask may be tough, especially as Mitsubishi puts its focus more and more on smaller, global, and efficient vehicles. It doesn’t help that the Eclipse sold fewer than 7000 units through August of this year, shortly before Mitsubishi pulled the last unit off of the assembly line and auctioned it off for charity.
That’s a spectacular fall from grace: in 2002, just after it starred in The Fast and the Furious opposite Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, the Eclipse sold more than ten times that amount. Sales totaled a solid 72,040 units.
In any case, Adams said Mitsubishi’s tuned into the recently spiked demand for inexpensive sports cars. He’s right: a new Eclipse could battle against future sports cars like Subaru BRZ and Scion (Toyota) FR-S, as well as newer hot hatchbacks like the Ford Focus ST.
If more competition is what keeps the Eclipse from going to the great street race in the sky, we can’t complain. Should Mitsubishi bring back the Eclipse? Let us know in the comments section below.

Axe the V6, cut the fat, get rid of the rolling dildo styling... wait, why bother when they have the Lancer Ralliart?

If they did bring back the Eclipse, they better take notes from the FR-S/BR-Z. Partner up with another Japanese manufacturer, learn from your Chrysler mistake and do not make this car look and feel like a pig.

It'll be a complete disaster if they left off anywhere from the 2nd, 3rd or 4th gen Eclipse...

Chrysler mistake? I'm no Chrysler fan, but if it wasn't for that "mistake" they E/T/L's and Galant VR4s would've never seen production. The DSM E/T/L's they made together in the early 90s were head and shoulders above the post-DSM/MMNA era. I'll take a modern day DSM-like collaboration any day. Even if it's with an American company.

Lightweight, AWD, Turbocharged, Inline 4 cylinder coupe please. :)

Don't hold your breath. Given Mitsubishi's new green ethos your much more likely to get a CRZ-esque hybrid.

:word: BTW, I envy your 1G TSi AWD.:thumbsup:

Mistake more of the grounds of 3 variations of the same car with the E/T/L and also with 3000GT/Stealth. And you wonder why they split in the 90's. Talk about superimposing brand engineering. Greedy bastards...

Don't forget to give them some more credit for the Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Stratus too which I believe were failures.

a) Never should have killed it

b) Never should have axed the awd turbo model

All mitsu had to do was build the damn car on the Lancer Evo platform and not gone down the road they did. Bunch of numbnuts.