First off, let’s address the elephant in the room: Why is the Eclipse now a crossover? A valid question for sure, because Mitsubishi’s latest SUV doesn’t seem to resemble the former sport compact in any way aside from maybe the all-wheel drive layout.
Let’s just say it has less to do with resurrecting an old model and turning it into something it’s not, and more to do with leveraging some name recognition—particularly among the older millennial set. The automaker also pointed out that many markets around the world did not receive an Eclipse in any form.
