2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT - Car and Driver
That's the secret ingredient in cars like the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry. Although the latest Mitsubishi Eclipse is based on Galant sedan foundations, it obviously won't be confused with an Accord or Camry. Its practicality index is lower, its visibility index is higher, and during its 18-month, 40,000-mile tenure in the C/D long-term test fleet, its logbook reflected accumulated reactions that were decidedly mixed. But in the end, the car goes back to Mitsubishi with the coveted C/D gold star of approval, thanks to an operating record that was basically spotless. On the other hand, our long-term test cars don't really have owners — just lots of different drivers. A corps of diverse drivers with no proprietary stake in a particular automobile has no trouble at all making unflattering observations, and the Eclipse's logbook had plenty of 'em. The biggest gripe, one that was essentially universal, was torque... The Eclipse GT is equipped with a lusty 3. 8-liter V-6 (263 horsepower at 5750 rpm, 260 pound-feet of torque at 4500 rpm), and this was enough to produce considerable steering drama at full throttle in the first two cogs of the six-speed manual... Source: www.caranddriver.com
