 So if you guys open back to another one, if you're new to this channel, I am Gold Pony, I do new car track, SCV reviews on YouTube. And today, we are in the brand new 2024 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, courtesy of younger Mitsubishi in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So we are in this one today because there actually are some nice changes for the 2024 model here. Not only that, you do get America's best warranty as well, being five-year, 60,000 mile bumper to bumper, 10 years, 100,000 miles on the powertrain, and if you were to go with younger Mitsubishi here in Hagerstown, you will also get a 20-year, 200,000 mile warranty. I always want to give them that pitch because that is amazing. But also, there is a new complimentary maintenance program for the 2024 Mitsubishi's, being two years, 30,000 miles of free maintenance. So that is pretty cool as well, of course. But ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust lip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so as you can imagine, there are several different trim levels for the 2024 Eclipse Cross. First one being the ES, starting at $26,345, which is up a modest $550 from the 2023 model year. Then you got the LE for $27,995, SE for $29,045. And lastly, the SEL, being the one we're in today, starting at $30,445. But regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plant actually is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a 1.5 liter turbocharged inline four cylinder, putting out 152 horsepower at 5,500 RPM, 184 pound feet of torque coming in at 2,000 RPM. That power being sent to all four wheels only. Yes, there is no front wheel drive configuration in the Eclipse Cross. It is Mitsubishi's rally inspired four wheel drive system that they call all wheel control. Originally developed for rally racing on the dirt in the snow. So that is pretty cool. But power sent to the ground through a CVT with paddle shifters if you go with the SEL. The SEL is the only trim that is going to give you those paddle shifters, but you guys know we will test those out in a little bit here. But zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 8.6 seconds with MPG numbers coming in at 25 in the city, 28 on the highway for the ES trim level, but then 25 city, 26 on the highway for all other trim levels, taking regular unleaded fuel. But so now before we do any kind of fun acceleration or paddle shifter test here in the Eclipse Cross, I did want to mention to you guys, there is an eco mode drive mode located just in front of the shifter that is going to just shift points of throttle response essentially giving you a little better MPG. So always like to mention the drive modes before I do any kind of fun accelerations in these cars. So now having got that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the acceleration and paddle shifters here to the test. Let's see how quickly the paddle shifters are going to react. Let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. And so before we do this acceleration test and paddle shifter test, I did want to mention to you guys, there is a full manual shift mode to put it in that full manual shift mode. You just slide the shifter all the way to the back to the left. That's going to display what simulated gear you were in up on the digital portion of the gauges. And keep in mind, it is simulated shifting since we are in a CVT. So we're not actually going to be shifting through gears here. But having said that, let's get started in three, two, one, go. Nah, it still feels like a CVT, but it is pretty darn quick. It's actually a lot quicker than I expected. So no issues emerging onto the highway. But having said that, the paddle shifters do kind of feel like high quality. So I do like that. I like the feel of them, but it just, it doesn't feel like I'm actually shifting through anything because we're in a continuously variable transmission. So there's not actually any gear. So having said that, you can still use the paddle shifters to do a little bit of engine braking if it's snowing out. So rather than hitting the brakes and wrist sliding off the road, you can just do some downshifting, let the engine do a little bit of the braking. So they're good for that reason, but they don't really feel like traditional paddle shifters. I'll just put it that way. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So upfront, you will find 11.6 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 11.9 inch solid rear disc. As far as that 60-zero stopping distance goes, it's going to come in at a respectable 125 feet. That's pretty much par for the course when it comes to SUVs this size. But let's go ahead and test out the braking feel here. I'm just going to tap the brakes. It's fine. Yeah, no issues there. Not a super firm braking feel, but definitely not a soft braking feel either. Kind of feels just like you would expect the Eclipse Cross to feel like. So for me personally, I don't have any issues whatsoever when it comes to the braking. The touching on suspension and handling upfront, you're going to get a McPherson Stratfront suspension. In the back, independent multi-link rear suspension, of course, front and rear stabilizer bars. As far as ride quality goes on these super smooth Hagerstown roads, it's been perfectly fine. My short little test drive here today. Honestly, I haven't had any issues. But like I said, that could be due in part because these roads did just recently get paved. Feel like six months ago or something. So yeah, it's perfectly fine there. As far as steering feel goes, let me just go ahead and... Yeah, it's a little bit on the looser side of things. That's to be expected in really any SUV. So I don't mind it. It's pretty much again, average for the segment. Wouldn't it have minded though, if they made a steering feel firmer maybe like Volvo does, where you can kind of give that steering feel a little bit heavier of a weight to better point you in the direction that you wanna go and make it feel a little more like a sports sedan because the Eclipse name is traditionally a very sporty name and they put it on an SUV now. So I would expect a little bit more sportiness to be carried on with the Eclipse Cross. So a heavier steering feel might do just the trick there when it comes to that sportiness. I would appreciate that at least. But anyways, touching on cabin noise is the perfect testing point. 50 miles per hour right now. So honestly, I haven't had any issues. So that's perfectly fine. Taking a look at visibility, taking a look out of my rear view mirror, I can see perfectly fine out of the back. And I like how they got away with that rear bar that used to kind of separate the upper and lower rear glass. That was back in the day on the Eclipse Cross. But now that has gone away so you can see a heck of a lot better out the back. So I like that. Did want to also mention though, there is a head up display actually available for the SEL trim level only. I think it's an SEL touring package. It goes for around $1,800. This is gonna give you a bunch of stuff. But one of the things is you had to display projecting your speed, speed limit and safety features up onto your windshield so you can better focus your attention on what is in front of you, assisting with full revisibility. So that's gonna be there for you too. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review, guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of a brand new 2024 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross. All right, so here she is you guys, the new 2024 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross finished in Mercury Gray Metallic. In case you were curious of our exterior color name, but as always, let's go ahead and start with where this one is made. Take a look at the bin. First character is the letter J, indicating that the Eclipse Cross is built and assembled in Japan. Gotta love it, J-D-M-S-U-V. Let's go ahead and start up front though. LED headlights do come standard on every single trim level across the board. Gotta love that for added illumination at night. You do get LED daytime running lights with that. Of course, there's also LED fog lights that come standard for all trim levels. Those headlights, by the way, are automatic for the S-E trim leveling up, and you will get automatic high beams then for the L-E trim leveling up. So if you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams. And when the vehicle is gone, it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you though. So love that feature. You do have some chrome accending surrounding the headlights, just like the Outlander. I think that definitely looks good. And there's gonna be some chrome Eclipse Cross lettering found on the hood for specific trim levels. Although not ours today. Do you have a little bit of aluminum accents found in the lower portion of that front bumper as well. And I gotta love that intercooler hiding behind the bottom portion of that front bumper too. That looks pretty darn good. But anyways, that pretty much runs out the front end of the Eclipse Cross. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so now let's go around to the side of this one. Roof rails are going to be optional for the S-E and S-E L trims. However, they don't come standard, but we do have them today. So they look pretty darn good up there. Chrome windows surrounds will come standard for all trim levels across the board. Do you also get rear privacy glass for all trim levels as well? Gotta love that. Body color, power adjustable side mirrors do come standard. They will be heated with LED integrated turd signals. All of that coming standard, gotta love that. And there will actually be power folding as well for the S-E and S-E L trim levels. So when you lock it up, they're gonna fold in. When you unlock it, the side mirrors are gonna fold out. So pretty cool feature there. Take a look down at the wheel, set up 16 inch aluminum alloys for the ES. 18 inch black painted aluminum alloys for the LE. And then 18 inch two toned alloys for the S-E and the S-E L. So that's what you guys of course are currently looking at. And I love the body colored side skirts on this thing as well. Not every SUV out there does that. Most of them actually will give you matte black side skirts along with the fender surrounds there, which we do have. But the body colored side skirts definitely make this one look a little bit better. So big fan of that. But now let's go ahead and check out the back of this one. All right, so now since we are around to the back of this one, body colored shark fin antenna all the way to the top. Take a look at that rear spoiler though, because it is gonna differ depending upon the trim level that you go with. So you get this more aggressive rear spoiler for the S-E and S-E L trim levels. However, with the ES and the LE, it's gonna be a much more tamed rear spoiler. So nowhere near as aggressive as what you guys are currently looking at. So I love this look. I reviewed the other look last year, but both of them look good, but this one definitely looks more aggressive. So big fan rear window wiper, of course, those come standard as well. LED tail lights. You do get those for every single trim level across the board. So added illumination at night there. I do like the Eclipse cross lettering spelled out horizontally, just below the Mitsubishi logo there. That also looks good. And if you were to go up underneath of this thing, as I'm trying to get here for you guys, there actually is a single exhaust outlet tucked away. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the Eclipse cross, when it comes to opening that rear tailgate, it is going to be a manual tailgate for the ES and the LE trims, but then a hands-free power tailgate for the S-E and S-E-L. And by the way, that is new for the 2024 model year before you couldn't get that hands-free power tailgate. So now coming standard for the S-E and S-E-L, but once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 23.4 cubic feet behind that second row. Of course, if that is not enough space for you, those rear seats do fold down. There is a 60-40 split, bumping that up to 50.1 cubic feet then. There is a cargo cover that comes standard back there. You got cargo lighting. There are tie-down anchors. There's a grocery bag hook as well. And then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you will find a spare tire underneath of the cargo floor then as well. But anyways, then make your way up to the rear leg room that comes in at 37.1 inches for reference. I mean, even six feet tall, this is how much space I had back there. You do have some seat mat pockets that come standard. There's a rear center armrest with cup holders. There's a USB-A and USB-C charging ports back there. So you got two of those. There are heated rear seats available on the S-E-L. We have that option, so I had to mention it. So spoil the rear passengers a little bit. We got heated rear seats. That's pretty cool. The only constructive criticism, honestly, that I can think of for the rear passengers is there's no rear ventilation that I see. So no rear air vents, unfortunately. But then make your way up to the front seats, cloth seating coming with the ES and LE trim levels. Leather suede combination for the S-E-L. I love that setup. Leather seating coming with the S-E-L. That's what we have today. Heated front seats for the LE trim level and up. Eight-way power driver seat for the S-E trim level and up. And then eight-way power adjustable passenger seat then for the S-E-L. But overall, seat comfort has been perfectly fine. I certainly didn't have any issues there. So no issues in my short little test drive. I will say that. But so then taking a look at the steering wheel, it is tilt and telescoping. I didn't telescope out quite as far as a lot of the competition, but it got the job done for me at least. It is going to be leather-wrapped for the S-E-Trim level and up and then also heated for the S-E-L trim that we have today. So that was pretty cool to find. That button's located just in front of the shifter. But then make your way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Mitsubishi logo on the one side. When you flip it over, lock, unlock, and the button to pop the rear tailgate. But it is all keyless entry with a push button start for the LE trim level and up. And that is new for 2024. Previously, I believe it was the S-E-Trim level and I've got your keyless entry with a push button start. But now the LE gets it too. So I'm just going to put my foot on the brake here and press that engine start button located just to the right of the gauges. And so once started up, tachometers all the way to your left, speedometers to your right. There's a small digital display front and center then giving you things like outside temperature, trip A, trip B, of course, what gear you were in. And overall it's a pretty basic setup, but it should definitely get the job done. But now let's go ahead and take a look at overall interior quality. There is a power moonroof available for the S-E and S-E-L trim. So we do have that today. I like it, but home light controls are going to be optional for the S-E-L as well. And we have those as well. And that's going to be located on the rear view mirror for up to three different garage doors. Dual zoom climate control for the S-E and S-E-L but all other trims are going to get automatic climate control. So you can still set the temperature and it's going to hit that temperature. But with the S-E and S-E-L, both driver and passenger can set their own individual temperatures there. Another thing I always like to mention with the Eclipse Cross is if you open the glove box, it's kind of got these two sections. So they put the owner's manual on top. You could of course take that out and put something up there. But I like the two tier kind of glove box that the Eclipse Cross gives you. So big fan of that. There's a little bit of rubberized storage just in front of the shifter there. You also have the super all wheel control button where you can lock it in that four wheel drive system. I forgot to mention that earlier. So that's pretty cool. Just behind the shifter you have dual cup holders and within the center armrest. It's actually decent amount of space in there. I almost feel like it's more than the Outlander, believe it or not. So decent amount of storage in this thing. So I like that. Also like the kind of carbon fiber look found at the doors here too. It is plastic, but it does look like carbon fiber. So it's a good look to it. But now let's go ahead and take a look at the infotainment screen. You're going to find a seven inch color touch screen display coming with the ES. But then an eight inch color touch screen display coming with the LE trim leveling up. Either way, you still get Bluetooth and audio streaming. You still get Android Auto, Apple CarPlay. But factory navigation system is going to come on the SE and SE L trim. So I love that. And of course you can check out your radio information up there as well. And so when it comes to the sound systems, you're going to find four speakers for the ES and LE and then a six speaker sound system for the SE and SE L trim level. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio. See what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one. Actually, probably one of the better six speaker sound systems that I typically test out. There was a ton of bass with that six speaker sound system, definitely more so than I expected. Clarity was okay. Clarity was, you know, it sounds like a six speaker sound system, but the bass was definitely above average when it comes to just six speakers in a vehicle. So it's not that bad, believe it or not. Anyways, last thing I want to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen at least is when you do put the Eclipse Cross in reverse, you will find a review camera coming standard, not the highest quality, but the SE L does also give you that bird's eye view or the 360 degree monitor there to the right, letting you know what is completely all around you, which is always, is going to lead us into safety. And so to start, the Eclipse Cross is not an IIHS top safety pick. I always like to mention that first. Front side, side current airbags do come standard. There's a driver's knee airbag up front as well. In the back, you're going to have latch, aka, lower anchors to tether your children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard. Lane departure warning and automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection. SE trim leveling up is going to add to that a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert. And lastly, the SE L that we have today is going to also give you adaptive cruise control. So overall, when it comes to my final thoughts of the Eclipse Cross, it is a great looking SUV, 100%. I will not deny that. So big fan of the styling. You also get America's best warranty, which is a ton of peace of mind as well. And again, if you go to Younger Mitsubishi here in Hagerstown, even if you live in California, you could still cash in that warranty at a dealership in California. Even if you buy it here in Hagerstown, I'm just saying. So I always like to pitch that, but as far as room for improvement goes, rear ventilation would be a necessity for me in this thing, just because you got kids in the back, you want them to be comfortable. Digital gauges would also look pretty darn good in this thing as well, just kind of like the Outlander does right now. Multicolor ambient lighting would be nice. It's not an IIHS top safety pick either. And I wouldn't mind seeing a steering feel firm driving mode to kind of bring back a little bit of the sportiness of the Eclipse name. But anyways, let me know what you guys think of this one in the comments section below. That is about it for this one, you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube. Be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in the new car reviews because that is what we do here on this channel. After all, do appreciate you guys watching more than you know when I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay Gold.