Not to be confused with Eagle (UK) and Eagle-Weslake. Eagle is an American car manufacturer that appears in all Motorsport titles since Forza Motorsport 4.
Eagle is a brand by Chrysler that was formed in 1988 and offered a mixture of American, Japanese and French cars. Its product range included Mitsubishi cars such as the Eagle Talon TSi Turbo that were brought along as part of the Diamond Star Motors joint venture.[1]
Eagle was retired in 1999 due to poor sales caused by a lack of a brand image.[2]
Description[]
"The Eagle brand of cars takes its name from the last of AMC’s wholly U.S.-designed vehicles, the AMC Eagle. Some would say the Eagle was the first true SUV, since it incorporated all-wheel-drive and car-like design. Sadly, it was the last car AMC would produce before being bought out by Chrysler. Then chairman of Chrysler, Lee Iacocca, sought to integrate and re-brand the AMC legacy cars into Chrysler’s structure and the Eagle brand was born. The first two Eagle models – the Premier and Medallion – were products of an AMC partnership with Renault. The remainder of Eagle models were simply re-badged Chrysler models with the exception of some captive imports produced by a partnership with Mitsubishi called Diamond Star Motors. DSM produced Mitsubishi cars that were re-badged as Chrysler and Eagle models. The Plymouth Laser was a Mitsubishi Eclipse, as was the Eagle Talon. The Talon was Eagle’s halo car and outsold the Laser. The Eagle brand was eventually phased out and discontinued entirely in 1998. Reasons for the demise of the brand came down to competition within the Chrysler umbrella and Eagle lacked unique vehicles to set them apart from the cars Chrysler and Mitsubishi were selling."—forzamotorsport.net[3]
Vehicles[]
| Image | Year | Name | Drive | Engine | Power | Torque | Weight | Front/Rear |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1998 | Eagle Talon TSi Turbo | AWD | 2.0L I4 - T | 210 hp
(157 kW) |
214 ft⋅lb
(290 Nm) |
3120 lb
(1415 kg) |
60 % / 40 % |
Trivia[]
- The Eagle Talon TSi Turbo is featured as a Chrysler vehicle in Forza Motorsport 2 and Forza Motorsport 3.