Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross: The Family-Friendly Adventurer
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross: The Family-Friendly Adventurer
Posted on April 16, 2025
The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross combines sleek style with practical functionality, making it an ideal companion for families with active lifestyles. This versatile SUV delivers comfort, safety, and performance while accommodating everyone from toddlers to teens. The Eclipse Cross stands ready to support your family's adventures, whether navigating daily routines or embarking on weekend getaways.
2025 Red Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross
Dynamic Styling with Purpose
The Eclipse Cross makes a strong first impression with its bold Dynamic Shield design. This design isn't merely about aesthetics—it tells a story of elegance and dynamism while promising an uncompromised driving experience. The graceful urban styling conceals its true nature as a capable Sport Utility Vehicle.
Families appreciate thoughtful exterior features that enhance both the appearance and functionality of their homes. The 18-inch alloy wheels provide a stable foundation while twin oval LED lamp clusters ensure excellent visibility during evening activities. Heated and power-folding side-view mirrors defrost quickly on winter mornings and fold away when parking in tight spaces, making them ideal for family-friendly venues.
The impressive cargo capacity accommodates everything from grocery runs to sports equipment, while the sporty rear hatch makes loading and unloading straightforward. Weekend adventures benefit from the Eclipse Cross towing capacity of up to 2,000 lbs, perfect for small trailers or recreational equipment.
Interior Comfort for Everyone
Step inside and experience the contemporary craftsmanship throughout the cabin. Meticulously designed with both driver and passenger comfort in mind, the Eclipse Cross features a stylish cockpit-like interior with easy access to innovative features.
Families particularly appreciate the heated front and rear seats, ensuring everyone stays comfortable during cold-weather outings. The heated steering wheel adds another layer of comfort for parents during early morning school runs.
The power panoramic sunroof with dual sunshades brings natural light into the cabin, creating an open and airy feeling that children love, while providing shade when needed. The hands-free power liftgate proves invaluable when arms are full of shopping bags, sports equipment, or squirming toddlers.
Engineered for Family Adventures
Every Eclipse Cross features the legendary Super All-Wheel Control (S-AWC), designed to tackle the path less travelled. This advanced AWD system provides security and confidence for families exploring beyond paved roads.
Three selectable drive modes available at your fingertips provide the fun-to-drive dynamics needed to fulfill an active family lifestyle, regardless of road or weather conditions:
- NORMAL mode offers well-balanced 4-wheel dynamics, resulting in enhanced fuel efficiency, traction, high-speed stability, and predictable handling—perfect for everyday family driving.
- SNOW mode provides improved traction and stability, specifically for snow-covered or slippery roads, essential for winter school runs and holiday trips.
- GRAVEL mode delivers maximum traction on coarser roads or whenever you might find yourself navigating rough patches of off-road terrain during family adventures.
Balanced Performance and Efficiency
The Eclipse Cross balances performance with efficiency through its 1.5L Direct-Injection Turbocharged 4-Cylinder Engine paired with a Continuously Variable Transmission. Available paddle shifters put you in control of power and torque, while minimizing fuel consumption—essential for managing a family budget.
Fuel economy figures tell the efficiency story:
- City: 9.6L/100 KM
- Highway: 8.9L/100 KM
- Combined: 9.3L/100 KM
These numbers represent real-world efficiency, based on Natural Resources Canada's testing methodology, which helps families plan for fuel costs during both daily commutes and longer journeys.
Connected Technology for Modern Families
Staying connected matters to today's families. The Eclipse Cross comes with an 8-inch Smartphone Link Display Audio System featuring Android Auto™ and Apple CarPlay, enabling parents to access navigation, messages, and entertainment safely while driving. SiriusXM® Satellite Radio with 3 months of complimentary service provides endless entertainment options for passengers of all ages.
The available Factory-Installed Embedded Navigation, powered by TomTom, helps families find the best routes through complex urban environments, reducing stress during unfamiliar journeys.
Safety-conscious parents appreciate the available Head-Up Display, which projects speed and other relevant information like Forward Collision Mitigation and Adaptive Cruise Control data directly in the driver's line of sight. This technology helps keep your eyes focused where they belong—on the road ahead.
Music enhances every family journey. The available Mitsubishi Power Sound System, featuring 8 strategically placed speakers, delivers crisp, balanced sound quality whether playing children's songs, audiobooks, or parents' favourite playlists.
Safety for Peace of Mind
Family vehicles require exceptional safety features, and the Eclipse Cross delivers. Every model includes numerous standard passive and active safety features to help prevent potential collisions, including Forward Collision Mitigation, which warns and automatically slows your vehicle when detecting risk of impact with vehicles or pedestrians ahead.
Core safety features include:
- Reinforced Impact Safety Evolution (RISE) body construction
- Seven SRS airbags, including a driver's knee airbag
- Rearview camera for safer backing
- Anti-lock braking system
- Active stability control
- Traction control logic
- Hill start assist
Advanced Safety Features
Beyond these essentials, the Eclipse Cross offers advanced driver-assistance technologies:
- Lane Departure Warning: Uses an onboard camera to monitor lane position, providing audible and visual alerts if it detects unintentional lane departure—helpful during long family road trips when fatigue becomes a factor.
- Blind Spot Warning: Alerts you when vehicles enter your blind spots. When a vehicle in the next lane travels at similar or faster speeds in detection areas, a warning light illuminates on the corresponding side mirror. Activating your turn signal triggers a blinking warning light and three beeps, alerting you when lane changes might be unsafe, particularly valuable when children are distracting.
- Rear Cross Traffic Alert: Detects vehicles approaching from the sides during reverse maneuvers, alerting you with flashing warning lights on both side mirrors, an audible buzzer, and a warning message in the instrument cluster—essential in busy parking lots with children present.
- Adaptive Cruise Control: Uses radar to automatically adjust cruising speed, maintaining safe distances from vehicles ahead, reducing driver fatigue during family road trips.
- Multi View Camera System: Creates a bird's-eye view of surroundings plus wide-angle views, increasing convenience and safety during reversing and parallel parking maneuvers.
- Auto High Beams: Detect light levels from oncoming vehicles and automatically switch headlamps between low and high beams—a welcome safety feature when driving on dimly-lit rural roads during family outings.
These systems serve as driver aids only and don't replace safe driving practices. Under certain conditions, these systems have limitations in detection, capacity, and operation. Drivers are responsible for ensuring the safe operation of their vehicles.
Dependable Protection for Your Family
Mitsubishi Motors demonstrates confidence in Eclipse Cross quality, reliability, and durability by backing it with comprehensive warranties:
- 10-Year/160,000 KM Powertrain Limited Warranty
- 5-Year/100,000 KM New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- 5-Year/Unlimited KM Roadside Assistance
These warranties offer long-term peace of mind for families, protecting them throughout years of shared adventures.
Trim Levels to Match Family Needs
The Eclipse Cross offers several trim levels to match different family requirements:
ES S-AWC establishes the foundation with:
- 1.5 L DOHC MIVEC 4-cylinder turbocharged engine
- Continuously Variable Transmission
- Super All-Wheel Control with drive mode selector
- Forward Collision Mitigation
- Heated front seats
- 8-inch Smartphone Link Display Audio System
- SiriusXM® Satellite Radio (3-months complimentary)
- Automatic climate control
- Rearview camera
SE S-AWC enhances the experience with:
- Blind Spot Warning
- Rear Cross Traffic Alert
- Heated steering wheel
- FAST-Key keyless entry with push-button start
- Hands-free power liftgate
- Dual zone automatic climate control
- Auto high beams
- Auto-on & off LED headlamps
- LED fog lamps
- Paddle shifters
- Electric parking brake
- Available grey fabric seats
SEL S-AWC adds further refinement with:
- Adaptive Cruise Control
- Lane Departure Warning
- Multi-View Camera System
- Head-Up Display
- Auto-dimming rearview mirror with HomeLink®
- Heated rear seats
- Black microsuede/synthetic leather seats
- Power driver's seat
NOIR S-AWC creates a distinctive appearance with:
- 18-inch black-painted alloy wheels
- Black wheel lug nuts with locks
- Front & rear gloss black skid plate styling
- Black grille and hood emblem
- Black side-view mirrors & body-colour door handles
- Power panoramic sunroof with dual sunshades
- Large black rear spoiler
- "NOIR" badge
- Aluminum pedals
- Mitsubishi Power Sound System with 8 speakers
(Excludes Head-Up Display)
GT S-AWC represents the premium experience with:
- Power panoramic sunroof with dual sunshades
- Leather-appointed seats (also available in grey)
- Body-colour lower garnish
- Power front passenger seat
- Embedded navigation
- 510W Mitsubishi Power Sound System
Personalize Your Family Vehicle
After selecting the Eclipse Cross model that fits your family lifestyle, personalization options help make it uniquely yours. Mitsubishi Motors Genuine Accessories are designed specifically for the Eclipse Cross, offering added convenience, protection, and style.
Popular accessory options include:
- Remote starter for climate pre-conditioning before family outings
- Trailer hitch and harness for recreational equipment
- Wheel locks for security
- All-weather floor mats protect against children's spills
- Cargo liner for sports equipment and messy gear
- Mudguards protect from road debris
- Roof cargo systems expand storage options
- Hood emblem for personalized styling
Available in six distinctive colours—Octane Blue, Red Diamond, White Diamond, Sterling Silver, Titanium Grey, and Tarmac Black—your Eclipse Cross reflects your family's personality.
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross: The Complete Family Package
The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross delivers what active families need: versatile capability, comprehensive safety, modern connectivity, and stylish comfort. From daily school runs to weekend adventures, this thoughtfully designed SUV supports family life with practical features and reliable performance.
The combination of Super All-Wheel Control, family-friendly interior spaces, and advanced safety technologies creates a vehicle ready for any challenge. Whether navigating winter weather, hauling sports equipment, or embarking on family road trips, the Eclipse Cross proves itself a trusted partner for family adventures.
With its bold styling, thoughtful interior design, and comprehensive warranty protection, the Eclipse Cross stands ready to join your family's journey—wherever that may lead.