True...However, according to the numbers, not by much. On the straights, the eclipse can hang, but the 350z will dust it in the turns.

I don't think mitsu put this out as competition to the 350z or rx8...more like the rsx or srt-4.

It's the first year of this model, so I'll be tolerant of its flaws. Like the srt-4 and the GTO, improvements were made in the second year car. We'll see if mitsu will live and learn for the 07 model.