Two years. That's about as long as we'll have to wait for an entirely new Mitsubishi Galant, which should look a fair amount like the handsome Concept-ZT from the Tokyo auto show. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi offers this 2009 version with new front and rear styling. And we can honestly say the new rear with quasi-Lancer taillight is a genuine improvement...
The rest is, you know, meh. The company is touting the new sedan's high level of equipment for the price, which is usually what carmakers do when the basic product is deficient. Read our full story on the '09 Galant here
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In somewhat more attractive news, Mitsubishi has given the Eclipse a bigger maw and a dual-exit exhaust. It looks better. Read our full story on the '09 Eclipse here. -- Daniel Pund, Senior Editor, Detroit
orangutan says:
10:13 AM, 02/ 7/08
The new front end on the Galant looks like the 05-06 Altima.
Edit: Whoops, I see you already said that in your story. Ha.
ivannachoo says:
12:18 PM, 02/ 7/08
I wonder why Mitsubishi doesn't build an eclipse based on the evo platform?
ktwnzsmartguy says:
01:33 PM, 02/ 7/08
The Galant's rear looks exactly like the current Lexus ES 350. But the Eclipse looks better now, but still needs to be redesigned.
daytona_500 says:
09:57 PM, 02/ 7/08
The Galant's rear looks like a lot like the new Sebring. Still, it's a fairly good looking car.
210delray says:
10:03 PM, 02/ 7/08
Bigger maws are never a good thing in my book. Can someone bring back the "grilleless" look like the '92 Civic and Crown Vic or the first-generation Taurus?
ateixeira says:
02:58 PM, 02/ 8/08
Galant's back looks better, front looks worse.
Eclipse looks OK, I'm not crazy about that huge open mouth.
hondacura4 says:
06:20 PM, 02/12/08
And people say Honda styling is bad.
warpfreak says:
01:34 AM, 03/27/08
Is this it? Oh c'mon? One of the much awaited Mitsubishi Eclipse is here but as if there were no upgrades (no offense) Galant looks better compare to the eclipse. Now I think i have to sell my Eclipse. I hate it! I even just both new Mitsubishi Eclipse parts and I just wanna sell my car.