Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross vs Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev)

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Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross

$19,857 - $44,990

2022 price

Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev)
Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev)

2024 price

Summary

2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross
2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev)
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Inline 4, 2.4L

Not Applicable, 0.0L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol/Electric

Electric
Fuel Efficiency
1.9L/100km (combined)

0.0L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

4
Dislikes
  • Too expensive for what you get
  • Smaller boot and back seat than non-PHEV models
  • Poor human-machine interaction

  • Rear end design too plain
  • Obscenely heavy
  • Too expensive
2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Summary

The 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross has a new high-tech powertrain that allows it to run as an electric car, or run using the petrol engine, or even use both at the same time. 

But the new hybrid SUV is not like a Toyota hybrid - because this one can be plugged in at home to recharge the batteries, and you should be able to get at least 50 kilometres of EV driving out of just a few dollars worth of electricity.

We’re talking about the new 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Plug-in Hybrid EV, or PHEV as we’ve called it in the past. The brand has renamed it to include both ‘Hybrid’ and ‘EV’ in the name because, well, it reckons those terms have a bit more cut-through today than when the company first launched its Outlander PHEV back in 2014.

But with the new Eclipse Cross PHEV variants attracting a huge premium over the regular petrol-turbo models, does the extra money buy you a better car? Let’s find out.

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2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev) Summary

Ask any opinionated car enthusiast why it is that they hate electric cars, and you’re going to hear the same word revving them up - “noise”.

Sure, EVs might be fast, and even the most old-world-loving petrol head (are we going to have to come up with a new term, soon? Power crazed? Amp-head? Copper top?) will grant you that they can be fun to drive, but the argument is that you just can’t love a car as much if it doesn’t make shouty sounds.

But there is one bunch of well-heeled car lovers who will demur on this topic, and for whom the idea of switching a big, stupidly powerful V12 engine for whispering electric motors seems to be no issue at all - Rolls-Royce fans.

They have, allegedly, been knocking down the doors at Goodwood, demanding that Rolls build them an EV, and finally it has arrived, in the stunning shape of the Spectre, and the orders are pouring in. 

We flew to the Napa Valley in California to try it out.

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2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev)

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