Sadly, Mitsubishi lovers and other car enthusiast have to wait a bit longer.

It’s been pretty delayed when it comes to the launching of new Mitsubishi line up in India, and when Mitsubishi India’s Uttam Bose announced that the Mitsubishi Eclipse will be launched in the country by 2020, it’s like a flower suddenly popping in the middle of a desert.

Now, this sure fires up the excitement and curiosity of all the car enthusiasts from the country, Mitsubishi and non-Mitsubishi lovers alike. Like, well, it’s about time, right?

Although it's going to be pretty delayed, at least Mitsubishi makes a promising announcement of Eclipse Cross by 2020

Still under development, the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 2018, still according to Uttam Bose, is said to now have a BS-VI-compliant engines and just needed to incorporate three other things that include: OBD-II, a seatbelt reminder system and a speed alert system – that will enable the strong automotive brand to comply with the stricter emission and safety regulations. This is why the launch of this much awaited Mitsubishi release will still take place in 2020.

The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross is already available in some countries, such as Australia and just to give you an idea of how much the price range costs from $30,000 to around $38,500. Since it’s already available in the land down under, and to also somehow address the enthusiasm of those who await its arrival, Philcarnews.com can provide you some important information about this vehicle such as its key specs among other things.

First things first, the Eclipse Cross was launched in Australia in four different variants:

• 5 Door SUV ES 2WD
• 5 Door SUV LS 2WD
• 5 Door SUV Exceed 2WD
• 5 Door SUV Exceed AWD

Alongside with these four variants, comes 7 different colors such that include White Solid, Starlight, Sterling Silver, Red Diamond, Lightning Blue, Titanium and Black.

These two share exterior features that include Body-color door mirrors, Door mirrors with integrated turn indicator, Body-color door handles, rear mudflaps and roof rails. They also both sport halogen headlamps, LED daytime running lamps and front fog lamps.

On the other hand, only LS has Privacy glass and only ES has a Body-colored tailgate garnish.

They both have a seating capacity of 5. They also have a 60:40 split folding/recline function, Slide and recline adjustment, Driver height adjustment and Slide and recline adjustment. However, only the LS has a center armrest with cup holders.

The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 2018 boasts an elegant black interior

They also sport an elegant interior styling that includes: a leather-bound piano black steering wheel, leather bound gearshift and carpet floor covering. Only the ES has a leather-bound park brake, while LS has an electric park brake.

Storage wise, they both have floor console with upper and lower storage.

The Eclipse also sports a good cargo space at the back​

Cup holders, bottle holders, fully trimmed cargo area and cargo room hook. They also have a cargo capacity of 341-448 liters, 594 mm length, 1,330 mm width and 762 mm height. They both have Bluetooth phone connectivity with steering wheel controls and voice control and a touchpad controller.

Both ES and LS 2WD have a 1.5L engine with a maximum torque of 110kW @ 5,500RPM and uses Unleaded fuel in its multi-point injection and direct injection fuel system.

It also wears a ventilated disc front brakes and rear disc brakes; Mcpherson strut, coil spring and stabilizer bar for front suspensions and multi-link with stabilizer bar for the rear suspension. They’re both 2WD with Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) and 8-step sports mode. They also sport an 18 x 7.0J, 225/55R18 alloy wheels.

These two 2WD variants share a good set of safety features that can definitely take good care of its driver and passengers.

The safety features include:

• SRS Airbags for both driver and front passenger (includes side airbags)
• Curtain SRS airbag and driver knee airbag
• RISE body
• Front seatbelts with height adjustable shoulder anchorages
• Seatbelt warning lamp for both front and rear passengers
• Childproof rear door locks
• Child restraint anchorage points
• ISO-Fix child mountings

The Eclipse Cross 2018 is also equipped with safety features such as a reverse camera for safe parking

As for active safety, both of these variants have ABS, EBD, EBA, ESS, ASC, ATC, HSA and Automatic High Beam. Whilst only the LS variant have a Lane Departure Warning.

The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 2018 also offers a lot of driver aids such as automatic dusk sensing headlamps, cruise control, central door locking with keyless entry, power door mirrors, turn lamp in exterior rearview mirror, heated exterior door mirrors, automatic rain sensing wipers, intermittent rear wiper and washer, steering wheel audio, phone and cruise controls, jack and toolset, ECO drive support system and illuminated hazard switch.

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The Eclipse Cross 2018 also offers a lot of safety features as well as comfort and convenience features

Additionally, they also both have climate control AC, rear AC ducts, rear seat heater ducts, front & rear power windows, tilt and telescopic steering column and accessory power socket. Both also have a reverse camera but only LS has front and rear parking sensors.

Essentially, these two and the first two (ES and LS) share the same engine specifications, chassis composition and fuel to be used. The only one that differs in transmission is the Exceed AWD as it has an All Wheel Drive, as compared to the three that sports a 2WD.

The Exceeds also share the same comfort and convenience features with ES and LS, except that the Exceeds have 2 accessory power sockets.

Parking aid for the Exceeds is also much more than the first two. The parking aids include Multi Around Monitor, Rear Cross Traffic Alert, Front parking sensors, Reverse parking sensors and Reverse camera.

So, there you go. All you need to know about the current Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross. These should pave your way on what to expect from the product that will be launched in 2020. For now, I must say that it pays to wait.

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