2011 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder

2011 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Packs Even More Luxury Features as Standard Equipment, Gets Sleek New Look with Lowered Ride Height

Possessing eye-catching styling whether its top is up or down, a vast selection of high-end luxury-oriented features and accessories included at no additional cost to the consumer and offering a driving experience on a par with infinitely more expensive, open-top grand touring machines, the sub-$30,000 introductory MSRP 2011 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder is a mid-size convertible sports car that leaves its rivals in its well-healed dust.

Available in two trim lines � a remarkably refined and well-equipped �base� model Eclipse Spyder GS Sport with an able 4-cylinder engine and the even more plush and powerful V-6-equipped Eclipse Spyder GT � this good-looking and very fun-to-drive soft top is the ideal choice for the consumer who enjoys their time behind the wheel of a spirited sporting machine while letting the unobstructed sun shine in.
New for the 2011 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder

Vastly Expanded No-Cost Luxury Features (GS Sport)
For the 2011 model year, the entry-level Eclipse Spyder GS Sport adds a plethora of high-end luxury amenities to its already heavily-appointed standard equipment package. Among the new additions are leather seating surfaces; heated front seats and side view mirrors; power driver�s seat; very attractive 18-in. alloy wheels; high intensity discharge (HID) headlights; and aluminum pedals and entrance sills. Many automobile manufacturers charge consumers thousands of dollars extra for such upmarket accessories, but the 2011 Eclipse Spyder GS Sport includes them free of charge.

Lowered Ride Height
Both the 2011 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GS Sport and GT models now feature a ride height that has been lowered by 0.6 in. (15 mm). This not only infuses the handsome and sporty 2+2 convertible with a more aggressive look but also improves the car�s aerodynamics.

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2011 Eclipse is a luxury and sporty sedan available in two body styles which include Coupe and Spyder convertibles. Both the styles offers four seating arrangement and available with two trim levels. Trim levels available are GS Sports and GT; Mitsubishi Eclipse Coupe is added with Base GS trim.

Eclipse GS is equipped with some standard accessories like 18 inch alloy wheels, keyless entry, powerful AC system, cruise control, tilt and telescopic steering column, audio system with six speakers and CD players, rear seat with split option and full power accessories.

Eclipse GS Sports is added with fog lights, 18 inch alloy wheel, heated leather front seats, xenon head lights, heated power mirrors, Rockford Fosgate audio system with nine speakers, six CD chargers, AUX-IN jack, steering wheel mounted audio controls and satellite radio and sunroof.

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Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X

In 2005, Mitsubishi alien a abstraction adaptation of the next-gen Evolution at the 39th Tokyo Motor Show called the Concept-X, advised by Omer Halilhod�ic at the company's European architecture centre.

Mitsubishi apparent a additional abstraction car, the Prototype-X, at the 2007 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).

The Lancer Evolution X auto appearance a anew advised 4B11T 2.0L (1998cc) turbocharged, all-aluminium inline-4 engine. Power and torque depend on the bazaar but all versions will accept at atomic 280 PS (206 kW; 276 hp). (JDM version), the American bazaar adaptation will accept hardly more. The UK models will be reworked by Mitsubishi UK, in accordance with antecedent MR Evolutions address the FQ badge. Options for the UK Evolutions are accepted to be amid 300 hp (220 kW) and 360 hp (270 kW).

Two versions of the car will be offered in the U.S. The Lancer Evolution MR, with 6-speed Twin Clutch Sportronic About-face Chiral (TC-SST). The added adaptation is the GSR which will accept a 5-speed chiral chiral system. The car additionally has a fresh full-time four-wheel drive arrangement called S-AWC (Super All Caster Control), an avant-garde adaptation of Mitsubishi's AWC arrangement acclimated in antecedent generations. The S-AWC uses torque vectoring technology to accelerate altered bulk of torque to any caster at any accustomed time.

It additionally appearance Mitsubishi's fresh consecutive semi-automatic six acceleration SST twin-clutch chiral with steering-mounted magnesium admixture about-face paddles. It has replaced the Tiptronic automated transmission, appropriately the SST adaptation replaced the GT-A adaptation (which was acclimated in Evolution VII and Evolution IX Wagon). A bristles acceleration chiral gearbox will additionally be available. Mitsubishi claims that the bristles acceleration chiral chiral has consistently been adopted in ambulatory and should be actual refined, consistent in a added acceptable drive. Fresh Lancer Evolution will absorb Mitsubishi's abutting bearing RISE assurance body.

The Evolution X went on auction October 1, 2007 in Japan, January 2008 in the USA, February in Canada (as the aboriginal adaptation of Evolution in Canada) and in March 2008 in the UK. The Twin Clutch SST adaptation was accessible in Japan from November 2007. Europe will chase with sales in May, GSR and MR adaptation included exceptional Package.

The addition of the 2010 MR-Touring confused the car alike added upscale. Leather and a Moonroof became accepted while alteration the rear addle-brain to aloof a lip spoiler.

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2013 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution XI

The Evo is one of the best car ever offered by Mitsubishi and has fans everywhere. Mitsubishi will release the 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution XI and will serve as a hybrid car that has a beautiful design and extreme, yet efficient.

A few back pedals later and Mitsubishi President and CEO, Osamu Masuko, calmed the waters by stating that the the Evo X would not be the last of the Evolutions. Now, Masuko has offered even more details for the future of the Evo to Japanese magazine, Best Car, stating that �Mitsubishi is fully intent on producing a high-performance car in the future, albeit green.� Yeah, join the club, Masuko.

The next-generation Mitsubishi Lancer Evo could use a plug-in hybrid system that is being shown at the Tokyo motor show, sources have told Autocar.
The plug-in technology is being showcased on the Mitsubishi PX-MiEV concept, and if applied to the Evo XI would dramatically alter its make-up.
With the PX-MiEV, front and rear wheels are powered by two 81bhp permanent magnet synchronous motors. There�s also a 1.6-litre MIVEC petrol engine which not only drives the front wheels but also serves as a generator.

However, the system is configured around Mitsubishi�s Evo-style S-AWC handling control system, and automatically switches between different drive modes depending on driving style and remaining power in the lithium ion battery pack.

It�s a highly sophisticated switchable system that borrows i-MiEV electric car tech for the back wheels but uses a new parallel-type hybrid system for the fronts. It also delivers over 140mpg economy, Mitsubishi says. Mitsubishi hopes to have it on the market by 2013, but company insiders say the technology could be directed at the new Evo.

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New Gen Y Buyer Survey Spells Trouble for Detroit

Auto pricing website TrueCar studied the car buying behaviour of four million Gen Y (18 to 27 year-old) over a twenty-four month period and here�s what they found.
Scion took the crown for top brand, with 37.4% of the market and for top model (the tC coupe), with 21.2%, while second place went to Mitsubishi (32.1%) and their Lancer sedan (20.3%).
Mazda was the third most visited brand for Gen Y buyers, though only 17th in terms of model. The top four vehicle choices were Japanese, with a German in seventh place and a South Korean in ninth.

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Mercedes-Benz Tops Secret Shopper Study of U.S. Dealers, Lincoln Places Last in Luxury Segment

Mercedes-Benz dealers were number one for customer treatment in the US according to an independent study by survey company Pied Piper. The California-based company hired 3,524 �secret shoppers� and sent them to US dealerships in order to determine how their salesmen were performing in anything from explaining a car�s features to closing a deal.
This is the third year in a row that Mercedes-Benz, which looks set to top the sales charts this year in the luxury segment, has topped Pied Piper�s study.

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Mitsubishi Updates i-MiEV, Slashes Prices and Increases Autonomy

The electric car war rages on and the latest entrant is Mitsubishi�s new model year version of the i-MiEV that was revealed today in Japan. The most important changes that Mitsubishi made to its all-electric city car is the introduction of a new lower-cost base model and improvements to the standard version in order to extend its driving range.
The new budget model is called the �M� and its price comes down to 2.6 million Yen (US$32,070 -�22,170) or 1,880,000 Yen (US$23,190 - �16,040) after Japanese government subsidies. It is powered by an electric motor producing 41-horses and has a reduced driving range of 120 kilometers (75 miles).

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Mitsubishi Eclipse

The Mitsubishi Eclipse is a top performing sports car that has been in assembly back 1989 for appropriate duke drive cartage markets. According to Mitsubishi, the car was called afterwards an 18th aeon English racehorse which won 26 races, and has additionally been awash as the Eagle Talon and the Plymouth Laser bound imports through Mitsubishi Motors' abutting accord with the Chrysler Corporation. Their affiliation was accepted as Diamond-Star Motors, or DSM, and the agent leash through the abutting of the second-generation band were sometimes referred to by the DSM moniker amid enthusiast circles.As of 2011, the Eclipse is clearly accessible in North America, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, and China. As of 2009, the Eclipse was additionally clearly accessible in Oman, South Korea, the Philippines, and Brazil.On April 25, 2011, it was appear that Eclipse assembly will end in August of 2011.

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