Bought a 1999 in 2007, with 86K miles on it, so the engine feels slightly old in terms of acceleration. Acceleration drop is clearly noticeable when I load the cargo bay and trunk with luggage. When light, it handles great, especially when taking turns at higher speeds. Interior styling looks great, in spite of being fabric. Mine has a black exterior with the design of the 2g eclipse and it looks absolutely gorgeous when it's out of a car wash. After a few snow storms, not so much. My 5-speed (manual) gives me about 22 mpg city and about 31 mpg highway - awesome! Beware of maintenance costs though. Body shops tell me these kind of cars get damaged from the front and parts are quite expensive. I guess you sign up for it when you get a sports coupe! I would definitely recommend this car to a driving enthusiast. For racers, the GS is the non-turbo trim with about 120hp, so I would suggest the GS-T or the AWD GSX. If not, there's also a lot of information on how to turbo-charge the GS, but it looks like your pockets have to run deep and you will have a lot of reading to do for a DIY.

My mitsubishi eclipse looks great, drives great, handles great, and gets noticed almost everywere I go. I hate to sell it but I need the money and thats why I am selling so cheap. Its a great deal for the price.

I love my car. It was my first and hopefully, my last! It is built very well and has not needed major work over the years. I try to stay on top of the maintenance... it is also very easy to work on. It handles very well and gets pretty good mileage.

The 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse Sports Value Option Package.This was my first car and it was wonderful! It rides well and is very sporty looking. I'd recommend this car to anyone.The car is awesome, it runs beautiful and the roar you get from flooring becomes addicting

This car is very fun to drive, also very reliable never had problems with it in a hard Midwest winter or hot summer...If you want a gas saver with a decent power/reliability/stability and everything else this car is a way to go. I drove it thru half the Country without a problem! I also had a 2003 Eclipse GT 5 spd and i kind of like this generation better when it comes to look and handling. Also if getting these cars make sure you get a manual trans, because automatic is not even close to being fun as 5 speed in these cars, transmission in automatic is not very reliable and also it leaks performance wise...so manual is the way to go in the Eclipses :-))