Interior Design

Interior design may be the 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse’s biggest shortcoming. The most obvious stylistic violation involves the use of two-tone suede seats, a grotesque tan/orange combo on our GT tester, and the poor excuse for a rear seat being swathed in cheap black pleather. As if using completely different materials on the front and rear buckets wasn’t bad enough, the aesthetics-challenged folks at Mitsubishi went on to use different side panels, with the result looking much like a rebuilt salvage car with parts sourced from two different wrecks. Or maybe those designers recognized that no one in his right mind would use those rear buckets, folding them from day one to maximize storage and lessening (though not eliminating) the possibility that a passenger would notice the discrepancy. Ah, right, but that would mean said passenger would have to be more than legally blind, considering how difficult it is to miss the massive orange panel stretching the width of the dash.

On the plus side, the gauges emit a blue hue at night that not only looks cool, but overpowers the orange interior.