The 10-year old compact-sized Outlander Sport is still far and away Mitsu’s best-seller but it’s this bigger Outlander – which has nothing in common with the Sport – that wears the flagship mantle, even available as plug-in hybrid way before that sort of thing was fashionable. It’s done very well for Mitsubishi and for its next act it leans on Alliance partner Nissan for its bones and just about everything …
So you’re shopping for a small SUV, I see. Maybe a CR-V? RAV4? Rogue? Well, if you’re like me and tend to zig when others zag, perhaps an Eclipse Cross should be on your list. They sell in miniscule numbers as compared to the class leaders and with the updates this year Mitsu has made it more competitive.
Speculation over Mitsubishi’s U.S. demise appears to have been premature. Now that Nissan has swooped in to save the day there’s desperately needed new product on the way and this all-new SUV kicks things off: this is the Outlander Sport replacement known as the Eclipse Cross. What is Mitsubishi? A brand that got out of the car business at the right time. With their trifecta of SUVs comprising 75% of …