Mitsubishi Concept-RA

The Mitsubishi Concept-RA is a concept car made by Mitsubishi Motors and first shown at the North American International Auto Show in January 2008. The automotive press speculated that it foreshadowed a fifth generation of the Mitsubishi Eclipse. It has an aluminium space frame chassis and a 4N14 2.2 litre clean diesel making 150 kW and 420 N m, driving all four wheels through the company's S-AWC drivetrain and an SST twin-clutch transmission. Following other Mitsubishi prototypes of the time, recyclable green plastic resin was used widely in the body panels and interior for environmental reasons. The source article is short and states neither a body style nor an end to the project, so only the engine, chassis, debut and Eclipse speculation are recorded here.