Mitsubishi · Eclipse

Mitsubishi Eclipse 2nd generation (D32/38A)

Years: 1995–1999
Chassis: D32/38A
Drivetrain: FF

Story

The generation that gained popularity by appearing in the film "The Fast and the Furious". Only the front-wheel-drive turbo was imported to Japan, joined the following year by the open Spyder.

Stories

A U.S. studio chosen over the team in Japan

The design of the second-generation Eclipse was decided by a competition between Mitsubishi's U.S. design studio in Southern California and Mitsubishi's design team in Japan. The U.S. team won, and it was made up of two people, Hiroshige and Vukadinović. Delighted at being chosen, Hiroshige described the Eclipse as a car of their own generation, made for that generation's market, and said it was a car they could literally design for themselves.

Amy Hiroshige

Chassis

Rear

Multi-link

Production plants

Mitsubishi Motors North America Normal Plant
Normal, Illinois

US import eligibility

Earliest cars: Eligible since June 202025 years after sales began in June 1995
Last cars: Eligible since 202425 years after sales ended in 1999 (month not recorded)

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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Engineers

Dragan Vukadinović

Hometown: Yugoslavia

A designer of the second-generation Eclipse. A member of the team at Mitsubishi's U.S. design studio (MMA) that won a design competition against Mitsubishi's design team in Japan.

Amy Hiroshige

Hometown: Hawaii

An interior designer of the second-generation Eclipse. A member of the team at Mitsubishi's U.S. design studio (MMA) that won a design competition against Mitsubishi's design team in Japan.