Video: 2018 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross is a Mixed Bag

This is an SUV that sort of tries to take some of that glory from the nameplate, and paste it on an SUV. That's a smallish model in the automakers lineup, Kind of slide in between the Outlander Sport, and the Outlander. A lot going on in terms of styling, seems like Mitsubishi sort of threw the whole kitchen sink here, in terms of just angles and materials, all kind of intersecting with each other. That's especially true up front. Continues, in the rear here, where you have these sort of boomerang shaped tail lights that kind of snake up the vehicles, C pillars. You even have this reflector that bisects the rear window itself. That does create a little bit of a visibility issue, looking straight back, where the two windows, don't really give you as much of a full view as you'd like. Fortunately, those weird head restraints, they tucked nicely into the seats. So, they don't encroach on anything back there. In terms of just interior styling, again, lots of different layers, lots of different things going on, mixing some old and some new, there's a new display here. It's a seven-inch display. It doesn't actually function as a touchscreen though. You have to use this controller down here. That seems like a little bit of a setback, especially since Mitsubishi offers Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto, which were made for touchscreens. You do have to touch some of the capacitive buttons alongside to change things like volume. That also seems like a setback. And Mitsubishi really needs to get with the program with heated seats here. Those do seem like they were from the '90s. Now, a lot more to come. We'll have driving impressions, and a lot more when this car goes on sale in 2018. Mitsubishi already has pricing. It starts in the low $24,000 range, tops out right around $31,000. So, it should be fairly affordable, as small SUV's go.