Description
The 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse is one of the most iconic cars in the Fast & Furious franchise, serving as the very first hero car driven by Paul Walker’s character, Brian O’Conner, in the original 2001 film. Working undercover as “Brian Earl Spilner,” O’Conner uses the Eclipse to earn his way into Dominic Toretto’s world of illegal street racing, famously betting the car as his pink slip entry into a quarter mile race against Dom. The scene, along with the Eclipse’s dramatic engine failure after Brian pushes its nitrous system too hard, remains one of the most memorable moments of the film.
In the movie, the Eclipse was built around a 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T platform by stunt coordinator and car builder Eddie Paul, running a turbocharged 4G63T 2.0 litre inline four engine, the same engine family found in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Finished in a striking neon green with a custom aero body kit, carbon fiber accents, and green underglow lighting, the Eclipse became one of the most influential movie cars in JDM culture, inspiring a wave of real world Eclipse owners to replicate its look throughout the early 2000s. As a front wheel drive, more attainable counterpart to the film’s flashier Toyota Supra, the Eclipse represented the accessible, everyman side of import tuning culture that the franchise helped bring to mainstream audiences.
Hot Wheels honors this franchise defining car as part of its Fast & Furious Silver Series, officially licensed by Universal City Studios. This particular casting is finished in a bright chrome silver finish, a treatment often used in Silver Series releases to showcase the Eclipse’s body lines and sculpted aero kit details in a different light from the film accurate green colorway, giving collectors a distinct, eye catching alternative for their collection.
Why You Should Own It?
- Represents Brian O’Conner’s first hero car from the original Fast & Furious film
- Officially licensed by Universal City Studios
- Part of the Hot Wheels Fast & Furious Silver Series lineup
- Eye catching chrome silver finish that highlights the Eclipse’s aero kit detailing
- Represents a genuinely influential car in JDM and tuner car culture
- Durable die cast metal build with authentic Hot Wheels detailing
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