YIPES!!!!! What do ya think guys? New 3000GT or New Eclipse?

I think Mitsu is trying to appeal to those of us who cant afford really nice Italian cars and can’t afford one. On another side of equation their cars break as often .

It was fcuked up: those of us who like Italian jobs and can’t afford them

Very aggressive looks.

Hopefully they get the driveline right…

-sounding like Borat- “Very nice!”

I’d like to see this as a 3000GT replacement as the Mits showrooms are bleak looking these days.

the non piss injected diesel sounds nice.

NSX meats ferrari. Good lookin’ ride!

autonut,
I have a 2006 Mitsubishi Evolution IX MR edition(stock) with about 30,000 miles on it. I drive it like I stole it EVERY single day since I baught it new.
# of problems to date: 0
I must be lucky I guess.

An Eclipse worthy of its prior reputation?

Build it and you might have a customer.

If Mitsubishi could make its production cars as appealing as this concept, they could really make some progress into turning their fortunes around. Except for the Lancer and Evo X, there isn’t much else in their portfolio that I would care to own. The brand used to be an edgier alternative to the mainstream Asian brands, but now they are a faded relic of what they used to be. I would love to see them experience a Renaissance.

YES! this isn’t enough power to be the GT, this is definitely an Eclipse replacement! do it! The last two generations were horrible. The latest one looks nice, but that’s about it.

do it!

why cant honda make something like this!?!?!?!??

mmm…. diesel torque.

Mitsu is on a row, I like where it is going! Actually, newer Mitsu (2003 and later) is more reliable and does not break that easily. Time will tell if they are up to Honda reliability. The smaller Japanese brands (in terms of US market) like Mitsu, Mazda and Suzuki are coming along nicely.

Mitsubishi needs to keep going with this look. The new Lancer is incredible, looks great in person. It’s easily the best looking small car out right now. It really has roots in the late 90’s Galant. Update the new Galant to share this look, and apply it to the Eclipse. Maybe add another model somewhere in between the Galant and the Lancer. Push the Galant up market (think Nissan Maxima), and create a sporty Camry/Accord/Malibu fighter. All the sudden Mitsu looks like a great threat/alternative. I’m considering the new Lancer for my wife.

sweet ride i especially love the exhausts

Looking at this concept, not only would I buy this car, but I’d buy it dinner and sleep with it as well.

As the owner of a 97 Talon Tsi AWD, I have been awaiting a car truly worthy of being it’s successor.
It’s still a concept, and thus a dream, and concepts usually carry a lot of wishful thinking.
Even if the proposed turbo diesel didn’t come to production, a high strung turbo charged inline 4 with AWD with this body on it would be enough for me to ask “how much, and when can I have one?”

I will NEVER part with my Talon, but when the time comes to retire it, I’d be glad to make this concept my new daily driver. I can’t wait to see the prototype at the show.

I don’t see any resemblance to the first or second generation Eclipse in this concept. That being said, I don’t see any resemblance to the current Eclipse either — which is a VERY good thing.

COol, but not bloody likely to survive past the concept stage.

Agreed with Deanster. This car’s going nowhere. Evo is done. Eclipse is probbably not going in this direction when it is ready years from now, and a 3000GT is just not in the budget.

Nice. I like the idea of the diesel powerplant too.

very good,this would be the best way to boost the eclipse. the front end screams R8, but it got some mitsubishi personality to it, it looks distinctive.

It’s simply Audi R8 meets Ferrari, beautifully executed. Throw in the 2.0T from the Evo X and you’ve got yourself a winner. This wouldn’t be a new Eclipse unless they planned on releasing it in 3 years as a 2011 model, by then no one would care because every other brand would already have had their coupes on the market for that amount of time. Introducing this one along with the Eclipse as an alternative priced slightly above $30K, with a more upscale interior would make worth a trip to the showroom. Lancer GT anyone!!

1. we will not see clean diesel (or dirty one for that matter). I don’t believe Mitsubishi will master CAFE regs, much less California’s.
2. I wonder if it is typical flashy Mitsu for teenagers who don’t complain or care about quality issues.
3. Did anyone try Eclipse? Go to a dealer (if you can one find one that is not bankrupt already) and try to sit and drive that car. It is the least comfortable car one can imagine (teenager mobile they don’t know any better)

autonut: i think the eclipse is the No. 1 car of choice for stupid people.

RX-8 fighter? It’s probably going to be priced similarly though I had hoped it to be Evo in a coupe form.

until they put the engine north-south, or in the middle this will always be a rice-o-licious secretary’s car. Too bad that Hyundai of all companies is going to do a sport coupe “right” and make this and all other FWD wannabees irrelevant.

Mitsubishi has been very assertive lately. With the Lancer getting bigger and more “adult”, this new coupe should be a shoe-in. I would doubt the Diesel for US markets in the first couple of years of the car, but Everything else should make it to market. They have been keen to brought their show cars to market largely as is, much like what Chrysler was doing in the 1990s.

Go for it. The second and third Gen Eclipse were always on my short list of cars to consider. Call what ever you want (”Eclipse”, “3000GT”, whatever) , as long as you call it “for sale”.

Nice translation from drawing to concept, if only they would leave it that way when it comes to the production version. The only suggestion I have to make is to add a spoiler that goes from one corner of the rear to the other.

If this makes it to production as pictured here, I believe this Eclipse is the first one that has nice enough lines to stand a chance of aging well. Whatever you think of it as a sports car, this at least looks like one.

‘LP’, jackass, I use what I want and it’s LLN’s responsibility to provide a site that is satisfactory for all, not just those losers who want to use a specific browser to avoid stupid ads.

You “quite love the wheels”? You gay jerkoff … who talks like that?

lmao ^^^^ PWNED……..It kinda looks like an Eclipse Evo, pretty killer lookin. Wouldnt mind it if somebody parked that in my driveway

I like the initial sketches of the front, but they need to work on the rear, reminds me too much of a porsche (the way the trunk curves down to the rear bumper.

I real excited on seeing the front though.

The rear reminds you of a Porsche.. and that’s a bad thing? Well to each his/her own. Frankly I don’t see it. I did in the G35 coupe but not here, but only the suggestion of a 911’s profile. The tail lights on this car might suggestion a 928 though. I’m also getting GTP influences and of course and evolution of the current Eclipse/Galant coupe.

I think the dinky spoiler kind of skews things badly. Could be bigger to stand out more deliberately or body color to NOT stand out so much. As is the Spoiler looks dinky, cheap, tacked-on. But that’s hardly going to get me to think poorly of this car. Overall, it is the best looking Eclipse so far.

The current one looks good too but mechanically leaves me cold. If the new car has AWD, a hot engine, and a healthy amount of Aluminum and a reasonable price, then it’s back on my short list.

That rearend treatment is EVIL!! I kinda like it!

I agree that the spoiler is a bit small, but then look at the Audi R8, Lambo M both flush body spoiler that stick out when in use and it works for them. As for the Porsche comment. I just don’t like the way it rolls down with a smooth curve, it didn’t look right on the previous Eclipse. I would have preferred to see something more like the Genesis Coupe rear end, but then everyone has their tastes.

I didn’t know you could graph the rearend of a BMW Z8 onto a Mitsubishi. Looks better on the Bimmer.

‘Badass’, what would they do … show BMW’s ugliness on a scale with X-axis showing severity of ugliness and Y-axis the year?

The term is graft.

Hey, I’d like to graph flaming ‘LP’’s gayness … then again, he would be off the chart. Why bother? “quite love the wheels” is ungraphable.

They need to do something for the poor Eclipse, they’ve pretty much dropped 2 crappy generations in a row. I remember the days of the GST, I was a fan of that car.

C6Racer-
You’re right about the Cayman…..I was thinking the samething after I had posted.

Explorer, LOL.

‘Badass’, you ignorant fool, learn the English language (GRAFT, NOT GRAPH, idiot) before posting on an English language site.

‘C6′, what I am is right, monkey. If things worked as they should, I wouldn’t have to concern myself with correcting retards like many of you here. Idiot, others have agreed with me here in the last week about the Workopolis ad and I’m pretty sure not all of them switched to Firefox, so your pathetic argument is WRONG … point being, dufus, it’s not our responsibility to change our lives to avoid nonsense presented by this site which could redeploy that ad the same way all other ads are displayed here. If this site is concerned with every poster’s satisfaction with their experience here, it would do something to address the issue and not hope that those who have a problem would inconvenience themselves to avoid an issue brought on by the site itself. The fact that this ad is not receiving the attention it should, via NoScript for example, only reinforces the need to change, if not remove completely, its format by not annoying the fraction of its audience that does see it. It’s failing both ways.

Do you understand any of this logic yet, worthless jackasses? LLN needs to cater to ALL of its readers regardless of browser.

‘C6Rookie’, you’re out of your league, loser. Get your dildo out of your ass and stick it in your mouth, figuratively speaking, as everything you posted above should have never left your pitiful brain.

That was the BEST grade four response anyone could have given … good for you. I think you two anal investigators should go to town in doing P.I. work on each other.

LLN, get rid of the Workopolis ad … I’ll chip in to offset the loss in revenue.

Keep stuffing your rear end with sausage, 8 year old.

You rank at the bottom rung of the ladder of quality posts, ‘LP’. Pathetic. Well, you might battle with the primary school crowd.

I DID realize others were complaining about the ads. They are also little whiners, like you. I absolutely DESPISE of people who bitch about things. When I got tired of ads, instead of complaining, I simply looked for a better browser and found Firefox.
Be an adult and DEAL WITH IT. I do like your grammar, however. Good work there.

now now children stop fighting and get along .
jesus talk about the car andd why it has no hood is mitsubishi so poor these days they can’t put hoods on their concept cars

oh and i use firefox i had no idea what workoplois ads your talking about it is better then ie make the switch

This would be a GREAT looking car if it weren’t for the cheap-looking black hood and mesh grill. =/ The black plastic look of those two items alone cheapen the whole look of the otherwise good looking car. Its a shame that Mitsu has taken this aesthetic on their production cars as well because $500 saved on parts cheapens the look of $20,000 plus worth of car.

‘C6Rookie’, you STILL don’t get it, retard? Go back and read again my explanation and try to relate this situation to any other real world scenario …. it’s Microsoft’s responsibility to build an operating system that works on the vast majority of computers … it’s Ford’s responsibility to build a vehicle that operates in a wide variety of climates … it’s CBS’s responsibility to provide programming without sex during family viewing time.

Whining, as you call it, idiot, is the only way issues get addressed … and it’s not an issue to a small minority, fecal matter for brains, as I’m sure there are quite a number of users of I.E. here. Again, dufus, it’s not my responsibility to adapt to LLN’s failed advertising practices … it’s LLN’s responsibility to adapt to its readers’ legitimate requests. You can live your life, chump, like a weak bitch while I live voicing my views which are RIGHT and JUST to make things better wherever I find it necessary.

I am the adult here by fixing a problem while you are the child running and avoiding the issue. I am DEALING WITH IT … you, on the other hand, are a worthless pansy. You are out of your league, as I’ve mentioned, on many levels, loser. But stick to running, the world needs male bitches too.

‘CJC’, it’s a concept … it won’t look exactly like this when you find it on sale. As most above have commented, it looks good and will probably be one of the upper echelon vehicles on the road in terms of aesthetics.

Ads are how sites make their money. DEAL WITH IT YOU WHINING LITTLE BITCH.

It looks very good indeed, even if it is for show with no real mechanical wonder to back it up, except of course the dual clutch Evo transmission, and the diesel engine…

I Love it but the Eclipse rear end bothers me.

this car was doing good until i saw the rear. too bulgy. i don’t like it to much unlikely to happen. especially not to replace the eclipse.

Stupid monkey, ads done the right way. Pissing off readers is the WRONG way, dufus. Keep trying pansy, you’re still failing.

LLN, you stink, sell-outs. Resorting to this kind of **** is pathetic … kind of like many of the posters here. This site is deteriorating … kind of like the quality of many of the posters here.

Is every new sports car that comes out going to copy the R8’s front end?

‘Limp Penis’, you are worthless.

Wow, your stupidity never ceases to amaze me. Web sites get their money from the company that is being advertised, NOT the readers. When they realize their ads aren’t working they will simply stop having LLN post them.

Idiot, I’ve proven the ads aren’t working in two ways … go back and read as many times as you need to help … yesterday at 2:30pm.

It’s LLN’s decision, not the advertiser’s, monkey brain. As such, LLN can request, for its readers satisfaction, that the advertiser redeploy the ad in a more acceptable format.

Arguing ineffectively with someone who is RIGHT and looking ever more foolish is your domain … that and being a male bitch … good for you, stupid piece of ****.

Impulsive, the black plastic grill is on the current Eclipse and Lancer. It makes both cars look cheaper than the rest of the design would have suggested. Sportiness does not exclude classiness. I was saying that the lines in Mitsu’s new designs are there to compete with others, but its in the finishing department that I take issue with. And fnding the same black plastic treatment on a concept, where expense shouldn’t be as much a factor indicates that the tacky trend will continue.

I sort of understand what you’re saying. I believed you took issue with the plastic on the production car (where that hood wouldn’t show up) but I may have been wrong. Regardless, we’re both pretty sure that hood is a no-go. As for the grill, if you look at all competitors, they all have black plastic grills (not that it makes things all right). And it works for that class of vehicles … everything from the RX-8 to the Cooper S to the Si. If you WERE referring to the concept, I agree … should have been more “finished”.

First off mitsubishi cars are NOT unreliable! 90% of the reliability issues are from “dumb teenagers” who think that they are real technicians and can properly modify their cars. if mitsu cars are left stock or modified by a professional they are very reliable. I am the proud owner of a 92 plymouth laser and a 92 galant vr-4. I can blame myself for very single problem that i have had with them. my girl has a 95 mirage that has never been serviced EVER (other than oil) with 170k and it has never had single problem.

anyway, i really hope they put this thing into production it makes me wet just thinkig about it. I was very disapointed when they stoped making the (real) eclipse and i have been long waiting a new 2dr awd to replace it. seeing this is like a dream come true.

when/if they release this, i know they have one buyer!

Wow just wow. The Car Looks Perfect The designer did a great job. It wold be great if they make this car exotic to compete with Ferrari’s and Lamborghini’s. Come On Mitsubishi put some power inside this baby and That wold be perfect