I had a 1990 Mirage 4 door sedan. I loved that car. It's was my favorite car. Between me and Dad who drove it after me, we put over 200,000 miles on that car. Mine had the 1.5 liter engine. I made two trips to Yellowstone and one to the Grand Canyon from SC in that car. It was white with the lower third painted grey. It had non garish dark grey seats. I did change out the factory radio and sperate tape deck for a aftermarket Sony.
the COLT, was a damn good "EconoCar", it got me through high school and the first 2 years of college, until i was rear ended. probably the most trouble-free car I had in my early adult years.
My main criticism of MotorWeek reviews is thier reliance on MSRP for price comparison. The '89 Honda they mentioned went for full sticker price. Sometimes more. This Eagle would likely be discounted by over $1,000 before negotiations even began.
That 1.6L DOHC version with the high performance package seems like a steal for that era, when 4-wheel discs and DOHC were usually considered performance vehicle traits.
I LOVE how John Davis absolutely hates those "odd-looking" (how the hell is that an odd looking wheel, its the same almost as a corvette, and countless other 80s cars!) and the seats.
The Corolla GT-S was definitely more sporty because the AE86 was RWD. Toyota made a big mistake when they switched to FWD and focused more towards economy.
The Mitsubishi Mirage and Eagle Summit twins suffering from premature where of the valve seals which caused engines to burn oil.. it what's common to see one of these Mitsubishi built engines including the Galant and eclipse with engine burning issues starting at or very close to 60,000 miles. I haven't seen one of these in at least a decade but I still see tons of old civics carollo's and Geo prizms driving around Miami. The prism BTW was essentially a rebadged Corolla
I never understood that. I forget I have one on my truck. Who looks at that and what would it mean if it was low? Time to check our oil which you should do anyway?
Hard to believe they spread the same exact model across 4 different brands with minor differences: Mitsubishi Mirage, Dodge Colt, Eagle Summit and Plymouth Colt
John Davis: “You may be wondering why they decided to sell the same car through 4 different brands. Well there’s a good reason, you get different options. For example, on this car you get no options, which in itself is a difference.”
I bought a new 1989 Plymouth Colt (the hatchback version of this) for $8884, which was under list price, but $600 over the dealer's invoice. It came with two options that I can remember: air conditioning and a rear wiper. No stereo. It was a comfortable and useful little hatch, smooth but slow, which I kept for 5 1/2 years until getting t-boned by a guy running a red light.
These cars deserved more respect and appreciation than they received. Mitsubishi makes and underrated car that is of good quality and has the promise of reliability. If you ask me, I’d own this over a Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic.
I moved in the Netherlands a couple of months ago and next to the river of the town where I live, lies a silver Mitsubishi Lancer 5-door Liftback (4 windows per side) with the wheels seen here! I remember seeing its "16V Turbo" badge below the rear lip spoiler! It was the absolute first time I had ever seen the 5-door liftback variant, because my country is still full of the sedan version seen here, only as Mitsubishi! It was kind of a treat, honestly!
My mom had a blue 1989 Plymouth Colt E hatchback that didn't have a radio. This is the first car I drove and the car I learned how to drive. Years later the A/C broke on it, other then that it was reliable
My mom has a blue 1989 Plymouth Colt E hatchback that didn't have a radio. This is the first car I drove and the car I learned how to drive. Years later the A/C broke on it, other then that it was reliable
I had a 1990 Colt 5 speed hatchback with the 1.5 2v engine with a screaming 82hp. Not bad for the time though and a decent handling car with good space.
This car was far better than the Renault Alliance it replaced. It’s a shame that it wasn’t able to forge its own identity because it was far too similar to the Mirage/Colt it was a simple badge change away from.
Yup...4G15. They're known to burn oil as they get on in years. I remember these putting up an impressive smokescreen as they accelerated from a stop light.
The Hyundai version of the 4G15 [known in the Hyundai world as the G4AJ from "86-"89 carburetor equipped Excel/G4DJ "90-"94 Fuel injected years] were not as good as the Mitsubishi units, they were made by Hyundai in South Korea under license from Mitsubishi, as a result their level of quality control was not as good as Mitsubishi's, I have personally seen the end result, and when you compare them to the Mitsubishi equivalent motors they are usually a lot more rough castings/forgings, then what Mitsubishi had offered.
Great car that’s underrated and deserved more respect. The Summit and Mirage (sold as Lancer overseas) were quality cars that were fun to drive and had the promise of reliability. It was a better looking car than the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, and Nissan Sentra.
The Eagle Summit was a good car. Mitsubishi doesn’t get the credit that they deserve for the cars that they had made, for their cars were distinctive and reliable. In my opinion, I’d own a Mitsubishi before a Toyota.
Chrysler didn't know what to do with AMC after they bought it. They didn't want small and midsized cars to compete with the K variants. So they shuffled Eagle off to Jeep dealers who really didn't know how to sell small cars. They mostly used to to fulfill outstanding contracts. Once those ended, so did Eagle. I've read the last projects that had input from the AMC engineers were the Neon and PT Cruiser.
only these cars were designed entirely by Mitsubishi motors, by contrast, the eclipse, talon, laser, triplets were a joint venture with Chrysler, and as a result they helped with the design a bit.
Vaios Kaliakoudas Yeah, they only had some differences in appearance! The Mitsubishi had spats, spoilers and aluminium wheels while the Plymouth had no aero aids and simple plastic hub caps! And the Talon was the only one with 4WD to come with the turbocharged engine!!
I owned a Dodge Colt 200LX 1989 (identical as the one shown in the video) back in 1991. It had the 1,6L DOHC (113 hp engine; 99 pd-ft torque) and automatic transmission. Tough the car was fun to drive and handled well, it was not fast. I loved every hour I spent in it. My friends were impressed by the interior., specially the rear seat comfort. After owning it for 3 years, I sold it and bought a Civic Sedan 1992 with a 5 speed manual.
I remember they're being lots and lots of these zipping around back in the day. We had a neighbor that had a Mitsubishi presys that was really just a rebadged Hyundai Excel. It was such a piece of shit that upgrading to this Mirage Colt Summit felt like upgrading to Alexis. I have not seen very many of these of late but it was compared to the Geo Prizm AKA Toyota Corolla and I still see lots of those driving around Miami
My dad had a blue base model one of these. He loved it and felt it was a really great car for the time. Iirc it came down to it or the Prizm when he was shopping and the Eagle dealer just worked a better deal
Back in the early 90s, wife and I had both the 89 Summit DOHC and 89 Plymouth Colt GT...great little cars but definitely not as well built as the Corolla and Civic of that era.
Corolla and Civic are reputable cars, but the Summit and Colt are just as good and reliable. I personally prefer the Summit, for I don’t want a Corolla or Civic like everyone else.
Eagle a not-well-known brand name like Sterling. I had a Eagle Premier as my first car and currently looking for another. If only I could find a Sterling 827.....
Eagle Premier was a beautiful car that had its own shape and had a great ride with excellent ergonomics. Its electrics were something else, but it was a better car than Ford Taurus. Eagle had some very good cars; my stepdad had a 1995 Eagle Talon TSi with an automatic transmission, and it was a fine coupe that was very reliable. Mitsubishi makes quality cars, and Chrysler was wise to use Mitsubishi to help with products. This Summit was a different car than Mirage, and it was a good car. I’d own one. As for Sterling, they were a beautiful car that was made with Honda, and I would own a Sterling; a distinctive car.
@@carwrtr1 Can't agree more. I never liked the 86-95 Taurus or its redesign in '96. I loved the way my Premier handled. The French-made V6 sounded great.
And yes, there is a reason why stereo's are usualy buried, en that's because heat ventilation controls are more important. You'll always have to bury something, and it's rarely convenient.
I nearly bought an Eagle Summit, year 1994. I am an avid fan of the Eagle marque after owning the Renault-based Premier as my first car. Shame the seller sold it beneath me.
Unbelievably, 28 years later you can still buy a new car under $10,000. The Ford Fiesta is heavily discounted in S trim, you can easily get one in the $9200-$9500 range after rebates and discounts.
The Eagle Summit as well as the identical Dodge Colt and Mitsubishi Mirage haunted almost every single rental car lot in Florida. Dollar and Budget Rent a Car in particular used to keep a spare key in the ashtray and as a young delinquent my friends and I would look for the Dollar Rent A Car bumper stickers and take them for Joy rides. I was in the 5th grade when I learned how to steal my first car in the parking lot of the Pompano Square Mall while my mother was the manager in the Sears LOL I would just drive the car from one end of the parking lot to the other but no it was ever the wiser LOL
Yes, weird they were. We Americans required cars to have those seatbelts or airbags in cars. The shoulder belt in the Eagle Summit or in my Eagle Premier would move on a track from the A-pillar to the B-pillar if the door was closed and the ignition switched on. Frankly a good idea, but poorly executed.
Didn't these come with AWD? Remember my mother looking at this car After our Subaru GL wagon was totaled. Spent 15 minutes and laughed at the price called it a smeared up K car. Ended up with a used 86 Subaru for $4900.00
It was described as a partnership. It was definitely not a merger. The partnership was called Diamond Motors and operated at Chrysler's Belvidere, ILL plant just northwest of Chicago.
I heard from a car enthusiast that you can find a few online in Canada. Here in the road salt region of Chicago?? I haven't seen one in at least 2 decades. Didn't see many when they were new!!
I had a 1990 Mirage 4 door sedan. I loved that car. It's was my favorite car. Between me and Dad who drove it after me, we put over 200,000 miles on that car. Mine had the 1.5 liter engine. I made two trips to Yellowstone and one to the Grand Canyon from SC in that car. It was white with the lower third painted grey. It had non garish dark grey seats. I did change out the factory radio and sperate tape deck for a aftermarket Sony.
the COLT, was a damn good "EconoCar", it got me through high school and the first 2 years of college, until i was rear ended. probably the most trouble-free car I had in my early adult years.
*Temperature is 100 degrees outside*
John: Welp, Time to put on the ole' winter jacket!
those rims remind me of ones on a C4 Corvette
Los Pollos Hermanos I was thinking the same.
It's a Eagle Summit C4 Corvette
@@vinnybruce2874 this wheels of Eagle Summit is Vette C4
4:08 "And add an oil pressure gauge"
Meanwhile in 2020: some cars don't even have an oil dip stick
My main criticism of MotorWeek reviews is thier reliance on MSRP for price comparison.
The '89 Honda they mentioned went for full sticker price. Sometimes more. This Eagle would likely be discounted by over $1,000 before negotiations even began.
This is such a timely post--I've been a real Mitsubishi nerd of late.
AKA Dodge Colt. I had an '89 Colt hatch. In 1991 I sold it to a relative and they still have it.
Or Mitsubishi Lancer (sedan) and Colt (hatchback).
My dad had this car when I was a little kid and I can still smell the truck on a hot summer day.
That 1.6L DOHC version with the high performance package seems like a steal for that era, when 4-wheel discs and DOHC were usually considered performance vehicle traits.
Many people in 1989 had never heard of a dohc engine.
I LOVE how John Davis absolutely hates those "odd-looking" (how the hell is that an odd looking wheel, its the same almost as a corvette, and countless other 80s cars!) and the seats.
Fun fact: The Eagle Summit gets a 2-door version in 1991.
We owned both models. Nice alternative to the Civic and Corolla back then, and far sportier.
Cheaper too
The Corolla GT-S was definitely more sporty because the AE86 was RWD. Toyota made a big mistake when they switched to
FWD and focused more towards economy.
@@applepoop10 "Big Mistake" as Toyota Corolla sales just kept going up up up 😆
The Summit was a better looking car for less money, and had equivalent quality..
That is one sweet AM FM stereo unit
DEFINATLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CARS EVER MADE. I AGREE WITH ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT
The Mitsubishi Mirage and Eagle Summit twins suffering from premature where of the valve seals which caused engines to burn oil.. it what's common to see one of these Mitsubishi built engines including the Galant and eclipse with engine burning issues starting at or very close to 60,000 miles. I haven't seen one of these in at least a decade but I still see tons of old civics carollo's and Geo prizms driving around Miami. The prism BTW was essentially a rebadged Corolla
Had a '91 Plymouth Colt hatchback with the manual transmission. Fantastic car! Very reliable. Easy to work on.
My cousin had a Dodge Colt hatch manual. It was fun.
This week on “John Davis complains about the lack of an oil pressure gauge”
I never understood that. I forget I have one on my truck. Who looks at that and what would it mean if it was low? Time to check our oil which you should do anyway?
In Europe, the hatchback was branded Mitsubishi Colt, while the sedan and five door liftback were branded Lancer.
And really close to buying the 2 dr turbo hatch Colt back then. Loved it's crisp styling and actually liked the wheels. Made the car stick out.
Still driving one in 2021. Carburetor version though
This is by far one of the most stunning, most beautiful car ive ever seen. This will cost more than the Ferrari 250 GTO one day
Hard to believe they spread the same exact model across 4 different brands with minor differences: Mitsubishi Mirage, Dodge Colt, Eagle Summit and Plymouth Colt
"Braking is accomplished with 14 inch discs on all 4 wheels" - gonna assume that's a mis-speak haha!
Huge disks huh?
Well, the wheels do look like giant vented discs.
Cool, I remember this car 😀😀
The front kinda' reminds me of a S13 Silvia.
It's worth stating that, it was designed before the s13 by a few years too.
ClutchCruiser 😂😂😂 true
John Davis: “You may be wondering why they decided to sell the same car through 4 different brands. Well there’s a good reason, you get different options. For example, on this car you get no options, which in itself is a difference.”
Eagle Summit, Plymouth Colt is great ans nice cars
Very nice this Eagle Summit
I bought a new 1989 Plymouth Colt (the hatchback version of this) for $8884, which was under list price, but $600 over the dealer's invoice. It came with two options that I can remember: air conditioning and a rear wiper. No stereo. It was a comfortable and useful little hatch, smooth but slow, which I kept for 5 1/2 years until getting t-boned by a guy running a red light.
he said 14" disc on all 4 wheels. That has to be a mistake there's no way this car would have that big a rotor
emilio blanco That's what I was thinking. No way there's 14" discs on this thing
Figured I wouldn't be the only to catch that one! :)
The rotors are really about 10inches on all four wheels.
Should have been-- discs on all 14" wheels...
You have to order the optional 24" rims.
Mitsubishi made these cars. The notchback sedan version is the Lancer, while the hatchback is the Colt. I once drove a Mitsubishi Lancer.
These cars deserved more respect and appreciation than they received. Mitsubishi makes and underrated car that is of good quality and has the promise of reliability. If you ask me, I’d own this over a Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic.
A little car with some BIG surprises!!!!!!
I moved in the Netherlands a couple of months ago and next to the river of the town where I live, lies a silver Mitsubishi Lancer 5-door Liftback (4 windows per side) with the wheels seen here! I remember seeing its "16V Turbo" badge below the rear lip spoiler! It was the absolute first time I had ever seen the 5-door liftback variant, because my country is still full of the sedan version seen here, only as Mitsubishi! It was kind of a treat, honestly!
I used to love this show. But my local channel seemed to play it randomly but always on Saturday morning at 10
i am 28 years old and this car is my dream car! the best American car ever made. i would never drive anything else.
Some eagle summits were made at the diamond star plant in Normal IL, so technically some were USA made.
My mom had a blue 1989 Plymouth Colt E hatchback that didn't have a radio. This is the first car I drove and the car I learned how to drive. Years later the A/C broke on it, other then that it was reliable
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Would kill for a turbo Colt/ Mirage today
My mom had a 3-door Summit when I was a kid. Fond memories of that car. Can't find any for sale, though.
My mom has a blue 1989 Plymouth Colt E hatchback that didn't have a radio. This is the first car I drove and the car I learned how to drive. Years later the A/C broke on it, other then that it was reliable
Cash for clunkers ate these cars up...
In the northeast at least they were all rusted out long before.
Eagle Summit, Dodge Colt/Plymouth Colt, and Mitsubishi Mirage all shared the same platform. Very good cars.
1989 year? The car looks way ahead of it s time. What else Its a Mitsubishi .
I had a 1990 Colt 5 speed hatchback with the 1.5 2v engine with a screaming 82hp. Not bad for the time though and a decent handling car with good space.
This car was far better than the Renault Alliance it replaced. It’s a shame that it wasn’t able to forge its own identity because it was far too similar to the Mirage/Colt it was a simple badge change away from.
If i'm not mistaken, the standard 1.5L 81hp 4cyl in this and the Mirage was the same engine used in the Hyundai Excel.
Yup...4G15. They're known to burn oil as they get on in years. I remember these putting up an impressive smokescreen as they accelerated from a stop light.
Somehow the Hyundai had far more issues. Especially the automatic.
The Hyundai version of the 4G15 [known in the Hyundai world as the G4AJ from "86-"89 carburetor equipped Excel/G4DJ "90-"94 Fuel injected years] were not as good as the Mitsubishi units, they were made by Hyundai in South Korea under license from Mitsubishi, as a result their level of quality control was not as good as Mitsubishi's, I have personally seen the end result, and when you compare them to the Mitsubishi equivalent motors they are usually a lot more rough castings/forgings, then what Mitsubishi had offered.
@@B3Quattro that was a valve seal issue, Mitsubishi still had that issue into the early 2000s
@@B3Quattro Yeah, our -91 Lancer burned oil like crazy and it had only 220k km.
I stay with Toyota.
i haven't seen these cars in years! i guess most of'em ben crushed!
That’s sad.
I had a 1989 Mitsubishi Mirage. Dependable and trouble free.
Great car that’s underrated and deserved more respect. The Summit and Mirage (sold as Lancer overseas) were quality cars that were fun to drive and had the promise of reliability. It was a better looking car than the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, and Nissan Sentra.
The Eagle Summit was a good car. Mitsubishi doesn’t get the credit that they deserve for the cars that they had made, for their cars were distinctive and reliable. In my opinion, I’d own a Mitsubishi before a Toyota.
Chrysler didn't know what to do with AMC after they bought it. They didn't want small and midsized cars to compete with the K variants. So they shuffled Eagle off to Jeep dealers who really didn't know how to sell small cars. They mostly used to to fulfill outstanding contracts. Once those ended, so did Eagle.
I've read the last projects that had input from the AMC engineers were the Neon and PT Cruiser.
I see a lot of similarities between this design and the 1994 Dodge Spirit I once owned!
Same deal with the plymouth laser/eagle talon who are based on the mitsubishi eclipse architecture
Yup, in most places it was down to which dealer had the best deal and/or reputation.
only these cars were designed entirely by Mitsubishi motors, by contrast, the eclipse, talon, laser, triplets were a joint venture with Chrysler, and as a result they helped with the design a bit.
Vaios Kaliakoudas Yeah, they only had some differences in appearance! The Mitsubishi had spats, spoilers and aluminium wheels while the Plymouth had no aero aids and simple plastic hub caps! And the Talon was the only one with 4WD to come with the turbocharged engine!!
@@McBeamer94 eclipse GSX (I bought one new) was all wheel drive w/turbo. Plymouth laser was the only one that was exclusively fwd
@@johnm5081 Until 1992, then the Laser RS got the AWD as an option.
In 1990 test drove a honda civic and mirage. I found the mirage to be a better car both in handling and comfort.
I think the rims are just fine looking. Chrysler could have given Eagle unique rims though, instead of cheaping out.
7k redline is pretty good back then as with the rear armrest not bad for 80s economy car
I owned a Dodge Colt 200LX 1989 (identical as the one shown in the video) back in 1991. It had the 1,6L DOHC (113 hp engine; 99 pd-ft torque) and automatic transmission. Tough the car was fun to drive and handled well, it was not fast. I loved every hour I spent in it. My friends were impressed by the interior., specially the rear seat comfort. After owning it for 3 years, I sold it and bought a Civic Sedan 1992 with a 5 speed manual.
To hell with you, I like the wheels.
I remember they're being lots and lots of these zipping around back in the day. We had a neighbor that had a Mitsubishi presys that was really just a rebadged Hyundai Excel. It was such a piece of shit that upgrading to this Mirage Colt Summit felt like upgrading to Alexis. I have not seen very many of these of late but it was compared to the Geo Prizm AKA Toyota Corolla and I still see lots of those driving around Miami
HA! I knew someone who has a Mitsu Fecis!
Wassup with the oil pressure gauge? Is this really important?
YESS!!!!!
My dad had a blue base model one of these. He loved it and felt it was a really great car for the time.
Iirc it came down to it or the Prizm when he was shopping and the Eagle dealer just worked a better deal
Back in the early 90s, wife and I had both the 89 Summit DOHC and 89 Plymouth Colt GT...great little cars but definitely not as well built as the Corolla and Civic of that era.
Corolla and Civic are reputable cars, but the Summit and Colt are just as good and reliable. I personally prefer the Summit, for I don’t want a Corolla or Civic like everyone else.
There's no video where John doesn't mention the oil pressure gauge
... and the volt meter
It doesn’t need either one. It’s a compact car!
Yes it does.
Also 1989 Lancer
A friend had one in the 90s and it was roomy and v. reliable. It survived a major crash and no one was hurt. It still went on to clock over 200k.
Been decades since I saw one of these on the road
My father have years ago a 1991 Mitsubishi Lancer in red metallic, timeless style and mostly the backside line of the car. (Netherlands)
We had also a -91 Lancer few years.
Only 230 k km and the engine burned oil like crazy.
Eagle a not-well-known brand name like Sterling. I had a Eagle Premier as my first car and currently looking for another. If only I could find a Sterling 827.....
Eagle Premier was a beautiful car that had its own shape and had a great ride with excellent ergonomics. Its electrics were something else, but it was a better car than Ford Taurus. Eagle had some very good cars; my stepdad had a 1995 Eagle Talon TSi with an automatic transmission, and it was a fine coupe that was very reliable. Mitsubishi makes quality cars, and Chrysler was wise to use Mitsubishi to help with products. This Summit was a different car than Mirage, and it was a good car. I’d own one. As for Sterling, they were a beautiful car that was made with Honda, and I would own a Sterling; a distinctive car.
@@carwrtr1 Can't agree more. I never liked the 86-95 Taurus or its redesign in '96. I loved the way my Premier handled. The French-made V6 sounded great.
Not enough gauges tssk tsk.
Crazy-Quirky-Cool. We love Retro reviews
That's a Mitsubishi Lancer in the Philippines.
The philippine version is shit.
Single cam rear drum brakes... the us version is better.
Here it was called Mitsubishi Lancer Dangan, I owned one of these with 1.5 carburettor 4G15 engine.
Back when Mitsubishi made good cars.
And yes, there is a reason why stereo's are usualy buried, en that's because heat ventilation controls are more important. You'll always have to bury something, and it's rarely convenient.
I never knew there was an Eagle Summit.
I nearly bought an Eagle Summit, year 1994. I am an avid fan of the Eagle marque after owning the Renault-based Premier as my first car. Shame the seller sold it beneath me.
Unbelievably, 28 years later you can still buy a new car under $10,000. The Ford Fiesta is heavily discounted in S trim, you can easily get one in the $9200-$9500 range after rebates and discounts.
I still think it's almost like a Toyota Camry in the 80s especially the front!!
Lot worse tho.
A smaller version of the 4g63.
4G61. Also came in a turbo version for the cyborg turbo.
Did motorweek did one on the "Plymouth Colt Vista / eagle summit wagon / Mitsubishi Expo Lrv" back in the days ??
It looks like a geo prizm
Jesus dude, no one needs an oil pressure gauge.
i mean not in that type of car....but I am glad my camaro has 1
I do.
I like this car 😀
4:02 John and his gauges
7k rpms redline in the 80s was chique.
14" disks ? I think meant to say tyres not disks
The Eagle Summit as well as the identical Dodge Colt and Mitsubishi Mirage haunted almost every single rental car lot in Florida. Dollar and Budget Rent a Car in particular used to keep a spare key in the ashtray and as a young delinquent my friends and I would look for the Dollar Rent A Car bumper stickers and take them for Joy rides. I was in the 5th grade when I learned how to steal my first car in the parking lot of the Pompano Square Mall while my mother was the manager in the Sears LOL I would just drive the car from one end of the parking lot to the other but no it was ever the wiser LOL
If Mitsubishi brings back that look I'll be interested in their cars. So far they make them look worse with every new generation .
No oil pressure gauge, not Motorweek approved!
Mitsubishi is as 80's as Oingo Boingo
15 inch wheels 14 inch discs. A rare misstep by Mr.Davis
Sold in the UK as a Mitsubishi Lancer.
Those front seatbelts are weird. Was this a US safety requirement of some sort?
Yes, weird they were. We Americans required cars to have those seatbelts or airbags in cars. The shoulder belt in the Eagle Summit or in my Eagle Premier would move on a track from the A-pillar to the B-pillar if the door was closed and the ignition switched on. Frankly a good idea, but poorly executed.
I have a short clip if you want yo check it out.
Looks like a 91 Mazda protege I had
I thought it was mistakenly a mirage
Mitsubishi Lancer in Asia and Australasia...
Didn't these come with AWD? Remember my mother looking at this car After our Subaru GL wagon was totaled. Spent 15 minutes and laughed at the price called it a smeared up K car. Ended up with a used 86 Subaru for $4900.00
I used to have one of those. .. bad experience
what exactly happened Ray?
I guess by 1989 he had given up on the battery gauge. At what point did he give up on the oil temp?
That's like a clone Mirage modified to Chrysler Eagle and Jeep Hard to believe in merge with mitsubishi
It was described as a partnership. It was definitely not a merger. The partnership was called Diamond Motors and operated at Chrysler's Belvidere, ILL plant just northwest of Chicago.
why can't i find any eagle vehicles for sale anywhere online? I only see the Talon.
I heard from a car enthusiast that you can find a few online in Canada. Here in the road salt region of Chicago?? I haven't seen one in at least 2 decades. Didn't see many when they were new!!
Well, I bet that 'flock' that came over to the Eagle's nest was a small one.
If only they had made Eagle into an American version of Subaru
It is amazing to see how 11s 0-60, and 18s qtr was considered to be excellent performance by an auto reviewer. That is slow even for 1989.
cadillac brougham next?
They stood the test of time as much as a Yugo.
I guess they are slightly better than the Eagle Premier still.