Let's face it, a lot of the enjoyment weget from a sporty-looking car is that people look at us driving it. It's
as American as apple pie to like to be seen tooling around in a cool new
ride.
We won't speculate on why that's so (save that for Psychology Today),
but it explains a great deal about the appeal of the 1997 Eagle Talon line-up,
as well as its tribe of identical cousins from Mitsubishi, surname Eclipse.
People on the sidewalk pick this smart-looking coupe out of traffic as
it flies past--and since it's an Eagle-brand car from Chrysler, flying
is, naturally, what it likes to do best.
Talons and Eclipses are built in Mitsubishi's factory in Normal, Illinois,
sharing major sheetmetal and virtually identical interiors as well as subdural
mechanical bits. Ob-servations made concerning the Talon, therefore, also
apply to the Eclipse.
The Talon/Eclipse duo comprise a modern range of sporty cars that provide