Details of the fourth bearing Eclipse were appear during backward 2003 and 2004, and the car was apparent at the 2005 Detroit Auto Show. Features of the new archetypal accommodate a 263 hp (193.9 kW) 3.8 L MIVEC V6 and a 165 hp (123 kW) 2.4 L I4, both acquired from the 2004+ Mitsubishi PS belvedere family, with which the Eclipse shares abounding automated components. Like the 2004 Galant, the new Eclipse is FWD only, although a abstraction archetypal has been produced by Mitsubishi and Ralliart with an AWD platform, the 4G63 agent from the Lancer Evolution, and added advancing anatomy administration with carbon fibre. The V6 produces 263 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque.
