The Eagle Vista name has been used on two subcompact cars sold from 1988 to 1992 in Canada. Along with the
Eagle Summit
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, the car replaced the
Renault Encore
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because of
Renault
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's withdrawing from the United States and Canada at that time. It was a
rebadged
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version of the second generation
Mitsubishi Mirage
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(station wagons were rebadged
Mitsubishi Space Wagon
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s). The Vista
hatchback
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and
sedans
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were available with either a 1.5 L
4G15 straight-4
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The vast majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-four layout (with the ...
(), or a 1.6L
turbocharged 4G32 (), and was available with either a 4 or 5-speed manual or a 3-speed automatic transmission.
The turbo hatchback came in the GT equipment level, turbo sedans were called LX and carried taller gearing. Turbos were not available with the 4-speed transmission. Hatchbacks and sedans were replaced by the
Eagle Summit
The Eagle Summit is a line of subcompact cars produced for two generations by Mitsubishi and sold by Eagle from 1989 until 1996. It was marketed as a captive import by the Jeep-Eagle sales division that was established after Chrysler Corporati ...
. Top speeds (with manual transmissions) were or respectively for the naturally aspirated and turbocharged versions.
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Vista Wagon
The station wagon was available with a SOHC 4G63
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The 4G6 gasoline engines were the favoured performance variant for Mitsubishi. ...
2.0L inline four, with either a 5-speed manual transmission (available only on the 4WD version) or a 3-speed automatic. The Eagle Vista was discontinued in 1992, with the wagon replaced by the Eagle Summit
The Eagle Summit is a line of subcompact cars produced for two generations by Mitsubishi and sold by Eagle from 1989 until 1996. It was marketed as a captive import by the Jeep-Eagle sales division that was established after Chrysler Corporati ...
minivan (based on the Mitsubishi RVR
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).
References
Vista
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Cars of Canada
Compact cars
Front-wheel-drive vehicles
Cars introduced in 1988
1990s cars
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