1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse User Reviews

Very Dependable Car, Good Gas Mileage —

This was not the crazy awesome Eclipse GSX, but it was a nice car nonetheless. It had Mitsubishi's humble 4g37 engine, a 1.8L 2V inline 4 that produced 92 hard working horses and a full fledged 105ft lbs of torque. Ok, so the car had no guts - but you could tell it was giving it's all! And it wasn't necessarly slow, I had it up to about 120mph one night (going downhill of course), but acceleration was probably lacking. Nice thing was that the engine was non-interference unlike it's GS and GSX siblings, so you never had to worry about timing belt failure. This car was extremely reliabile and dependable. I purchased it at around 115k and drove it nearly 50,000 miles in two years. It never had a single issue, and achieved decent fuel economy (33mpg). The brakes on this car were great, it could really stop on a dime. I loved the standard foglights, the way the stereo sounded, and how the AC blew ice, this was my first car and it was a good car:) My only gripe about this car was the comfort, after riding about a half hour your lower back really began to hurt. And I wasn't the only one saying this, I had many friends that felt the same also. It seemed as if there was a "black hole" on the bottom of the seat that gave no support to your lower back. I probably still would of had this car today, but unfortunately I totalled it on a country road. I was very stupid at the time.