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2025 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV review
- The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV was the first plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) in the small SUV class, making it an especially important model in Australia as a result.
- It might have been among the first auto brands to commit the sin of recycling a historically sporty nameplate for a crossover SUV, but Mitsubishi struck gold with its recipe for the Eclipse Cross.
- Mitsubishi is almost alone in offering a PHEV in the affordable SUV segments; however, that doesn’t mean there isn’t more convincing competition elsewhere.
- The Eclipse Cross, meanwhile, is largely the same as it was when it launched in 2018 and has since received a light facelift inside and out, but its interior remains very 2010.
- At $51,740 plus on-roads, it’s nearly $15,000 more expensive than the front-wheel drive non-hybrid Aspire on which it’s based.
- The Eclipse Cross is getting long in the tooth, and nowhere is that better demonstrated than its interior. Its infotainment system is old graphically and its resolution isn’t as crisp as we would like.
- All Eclipse Cross PHEVs utilise a 2.4-litre naturally aspirated four-cylinder petrol engine, supported by electric motors on the front and rear axles.
- The interior of the Eclipse Cross has hardly changed at all since the car launched, and that’s a big part of the problem.
- The Eclipse Cross isn’t the worst offender in this area on sale right now, given other Mitsubishis like the ASX are arguably more outdated, but it’s hard for us to rally around the way this car presents.
- The Eclipse Cross does the job well and the Aspire version is probably the pick of the bunch.
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