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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.”
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 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 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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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!!
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.
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.
I saw one of these last year it's was light gray sharing same platform with Mirage looks like a weak car haven't seen one in years one saw last year looked real good but every time the car was at high rate speed it would be bouncing on the interstate still was a nice car with younger people in it. When I was little thought these were some ugly cars but Okay to me though nothing I would consider drive for a first car.
Landon Thomas You're not missing a thing with a Geo. We had a '92 Metro Lord that was probably the worst car every time it rained hard the car wouldn't start it had 3 cylinders and slow as don't know what. AC broke later on I remember when you would go up 60 or 70 mph the car would shake so bad many things went wrong with that car it left us stranded at school for two hours not starting up because of heavy rain it was a piece of junk.
*Temperature is 100 degrees outside*
John: Welp, Time to put on the ole' winter jacket!
4:08 "And add an oil pressure gauge"
Meanwhile in 2020: some cars don't even have an oil dip stick
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
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.
That is one sweet AM FM stereo unit
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?
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.
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.
My dad had this car when I was a little kid and I can still smell the truck on a hot summer day.
This is such a timely post--I've been a real Mitsubishi nerd of late.
Fun fact: The Eagle Summit gets a 2-door version in 1991.
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).
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.
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..
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
"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.
In Europe, the hatchback was branded Mitsubishi Colt, while the sedan and five door liftback were branded Lancer.
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
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
1989 year? The car looks way ahead of it s time. What else Its a Mitsubishi .
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.
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.
DEFINATLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CARS EVER MADE. I AGREE WITH ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT
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.
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
To hell with you, I like the wheels.
Would kill for a turbo Colt/ Mirage today
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.
A little car with some BIG surprises!!!!!!
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
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.
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.
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 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.
In 1990 test drove a honda civic and mirage. I found the mirage to be a better car both in handling and comfort.
I used to love this show. But my local channel seemed to play it randomly but always on Saturday morning at 10
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.
i haven't seen these cars in years! i guess most of'em ben crushed!
That’s sad.
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.
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.
Very nice this Eagle Summit
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.
Cool, I remember this car 😀😀
Back when Mitsubishi made good cars.
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.
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
I see a lot of similarities between this design and the 1994 Dodge Spirit I once owned!
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.
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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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.
7k redline is pretty good back then as with the rear armrest not bad for 80s economy car
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.
Here it was called Mitsubishi Lancer Dangan, I owned one of these with 1.5 carburettor 4G15 engine.
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.
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.
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!
Still driving one in 2021. Carburetor version though
It looks like a geo prizm
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.
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.
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.
Did motorweek did one on the "Plymouth Colt Vista / eagle summit wagon / Mitsubishi Expo Lrv" back in the days ??
That's a Mitsubishi Lancer in the Philippines.
The philippine version is shit.
Single cam rear drum brakes... the us version is better.
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.
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.
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.
Not enough gauges tssk tsk.
shame he didn't complain about lack of a battery voltage gauge
Wassup with the oil pressure gauge? Is this really important?
YESS!!!!!
I think the rims are just fine looking. Chrysler could have given Eagle unique rims though, instead of cheaping out.
I never knew there was an Eagle Summit.
I like this car 😀
15 inch wheels 14 inch discs. A rare misstep by Mr.Davis
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.
7k rpms redline in the 80s was chique.
No oil pressure gauge, not Motorweek approved!
I guess by 1989 he had given up on the battery gauge. At what point did he give up on the oil temp?
A smaller version of the 4g63.
4G61. Also came in a turbo version for the cyborg turbo.
If Mitsubishi brings back that look I'll be interested in their cars. So far they make them look worse with every new generation .
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 still think it's almost like a Toyota Camry in the 80s especially the front!!
Lot worse tho.
Looks like a 91 Mazda protege I had
Also 1989 Lancer
Crazy-Quirky-Cool. We love Retro reviews
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!!
14" disks ? I think meant to say tyres not disks
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
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.
cadillac brougham next?
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.
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
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.
I used to have one of those. .. bad experience
what exactly happened Ray?
I saw one of these last year it's was light gray sharing same platform with Mirage looks like a weak car haven't seen one in years one saw last year looked real good but every time the car was at high rate speed it would be bouncing on the interstate still was a nice car with younger people in it. When I was little thought these were some ugly cars but Okay to me though nothing I would consider drive for a first car.
14" discs like a lambo
Too bad these cars are extremely hard to find these days.
Here's a MotorWeek Retro Review of the 1989 Eagle Summit LX DOHC 4-Door Sedan.
I've never heard of Eagle or Geo before.
Landon Thomas You're not missing a thing with a Geo. We had a '92 Metro Lord that was probably the worst car every time it rained hard the car wouldn't start it had 3 cylinders and slow as don't know what. AC broke later on I remember when you would go up 60 or 70 mph the car would shake so bad many things went wrong with that car it left us stranded at school for two hours not starting up because of heavy rain it was a piece of junk.
I thought it was mistakenly a mirage