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Vehicle 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GS 2008 Aston Martin DB9 Volante
12v power outlet: front Yes No
2351 cc 2.4 liters in-line 4 front engine with 86.5 mm bore, 100 mm stroke, 9 compression ratio, overhead cam and four valves per cylinder Yes No
2 Cupholders Total No Yes
3-Memory Adjustments For Driver Side Include Seat and Exterior Mirrors No Yes
3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat Yes No
3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side and passenger side Yes No
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes No Yes
6.0-Liter, 60-Degree V12, 48-Valve, 4/OHC, SEFI Engine; Front/Longitudinal Mounted With Horsepower Of 450@6000, Torque Of 420@5000, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads No Yes
62 liter 16.4 gallon main unleaded fuel tank Yes No
6-Speed Electronically Controlled Manually Interactive Adaptive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive No Yes
Adaptive Automatic Transmission No Yes
Air conditioning Yes No
Alloy Wheels, Front 19-In. X 8.5-In. and Rear 19-In. X 9.5-In. No Yes
AM/FM Radio With 700-Watts and Dolby(R) Pro Logic II; 6-Disc CD Changer No Yes
Analog Clock No Yes
Anticorrosion warranty: duration (months): 84 or distance (miles): 100000, distance (km): 160935 Yes No
Automatic Climate Control No Yes
Automatic Locking Retractors No Yes
Automatic Safety Rollbar No Yes
Auxiliary Audio Input Jack No Yes
Battery No Yes
Battery Saver No Yes
Body color front and rear bumpers Yes No
Bucket driver seat with height adjustment, lumbar adjustment and - adjustments , bucket passenger seat with - adjustments Yes No
Cargo area cover/rear parcel shelf Yes No
Cargo area light Yes No
Cargo capacity: all seats in place (liters): 204 and all seats in place (cu ft): 7.2 Yes No
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Trunk No Yes
Clock Yes No
Cloth seat upholstery with additional cloth Yes No
Coefficient of drag: 0.31 Yes No
Compact Spare Tire No Yes
Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights Yes No
Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor No Yes
Crash Sensor Disconnects Battery No Yes
Cruise control Yes No
Cruise Control No Yes
Delayed/fade courtesy lights Yes No
Door ajar warning Yes No
Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat Yes No
Drive-By-Wire Control For Shifting No Yes
Driver Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Driver and passenger front airbag Yes No
Driver and passenger power black door mirrors Yes No
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 10 Ways Total No Yes
Dual Body Color Power Folding Power Adjustable Exterior Rearview Mirrors With 3-Position Memory No Yes
Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via Engine Power Reduction, ABS and Traction Control Measures Steering Wheel Angle, Yaw Rate and Wheel Speed No Yes
Electric softtop convertible roof with glass rear window Yes No
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror No Yes
Electroluminescent Instrumentation No Yes
Electronic Brake Assistance No Yes
Electronic Brake Force Distribution No Yes
Emergency Fuel Shut-Off Device No Yes
Emission control level FED Yes No
Engine Start Button No Yes
External dimensions: overall length (mm): 4455, overall length (inches): 175.4, overall width (mm): 1750, overall width (inches): 68.9, overall height (mm): 1341, overall height (inches): 52.8, wheelbase (mm): 2560, wheelbase (inches): 100.8, front track (mm): 1509, front track (inches): 59.4, rear track (mm): 1509, rear track (inches): 59.4, curb to curb turning circle (mm): 10790 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 35.4 Yes No
Fixed delivery charges: 555 Yes No
Fixed mast antenna Yes No
Floor covering: carpet in load area Yes No
Floor mats Yes No
Front Air Dam No Yes
Front and rear alloy wheels with 16 inch rim diam and 6 inch rim width Yes No
Front and Rear Body Color Bumpers No Yes
Front and Rear Crumple Zones No Yes
Front and Rear Outboard 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Front and rear tires with 205 mm tire width, 55% tire profile and H tire rating Yes No
Front and trunk/hatch spoiler Yes No
Front ashtray Yes No
Front Dual Door Mounted Storage No Yes
Front Dual Power Lumbar Support No Yes
Front Dual Reading Lights No Yes
Front Dual Reclining Heated Bucket Seats With Adjustable Seat Height, 3-Position Power Memory and Integral Headrests No Yes
Front Dual Sunvisors No Yes
Front Dual Vanity Mirrors No Yes
Front Floor Mats No Yes
Front fog lights Yes No
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 10 Ways Total No Yes
Front Power 355-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 330-mm Ventilated Disc Brakes No Yes
Front power windows with one one-touch , rear power windows Yes No
Front Pretensioners No Yes
Front reading lights Yes No
Front SBRP235/40ZR19 and Rear SBRP275/35ZR19, Bridgestone(R) Tires No Yes
Front seat center armrest Yes No
Front seats cigar lighter Yes No
Front seats cup holders Yes No
Front Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Front-wheel drive Yes No
Fuel economy EPA highway (l/100km): 7.8, EPA highway (mpg): 30, EPA city (l/100km): 10.7 and EPA city (mpg): 22 Yes No
Full car warranty: duration (months): 36 or distance (miles): 36000, distance (km): 57936 Yes No
Full dashboard console , full floor console with covered storage box Yes No
Glass Rear Window On Convertible No Yes
Glovebox No Yes
GPS Navigation Aid No Yes
Hard Tonneau Cover For Convertible No Yes
Headlight control with time delay switch-off Yes No
High Pressure Headlight Washers No Yes
Illuminated driver and passenger vanity mirror Yes No
Illuminated Entry No Yes
Immobilizer Yes No
Independent Double Wishbone Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers No Yes
Independent Double Wishbone Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers No Yes
Infinity audio system with AM/FM radio and CD player Yes No
In-Glass Radio Antenna No Yes
Internal dimensions: front headroom (mm): 1001, front headroom (inches): 39.4, rear headroom (mm): 876, rear headroom (inches): 34.5, front hip room (mm): 1318, front hip room (inches): 51.9, rear hip room (mm): 1054, rear hip room (inches): 41.5, front leg room (mm): 1074, front leg room (inches): 42.3, rear leg room (mm): 747, rear leg room (inches): 29.4, front shoulder room (mm): 1326, front shoulder room (inches): 52.2, rear shoulder room (mm): 1072, rear shoulder room (inches): 42.2, interior volume (liters): 2127 and interior volume (cu ft): 75.1 Yes No
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob No Yes
L A T C H No Yes
Leather covered steering wheel with tilt adjustment Yes No
Leather Located On Dash, Center Floor Console and Doors No Yes
Leather Seats No Yes
Leather Steering Wheel No Yes
Limited Slip Differential No Yes
Load restraint hooks Yes No
Lockable glove compartment Yes No
Locking Fuel Filler Door No Yes
Low Beam Xenon High Intensity Discharge Headlights and High Beam Halogen Headlights No Yes
Low fuel level warning Yes No
Manual five-speed transmission with shift lever on floor Yes No
Mechanical remote trunk/hatch release Yes No
Metallic paint , black paint , gloss paint , pearl paint Yes No
Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock, Illuminated Entry, Panic Alarm and Trunk No Yes
Multi-point injection fuel system Yes No
Panic Alarm No Yes
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Perimeter Lighting Located On Door Handles No Yes
Peripheral anti-theft protection Yes No
Power: 110 kW , 147 HP SAE @ 5500 rpm; 158 ft lb , 214 Nm @ 4000 rpm Yes No
Power Decklid Lock/Unlock Via Multi-Function Remote No Yes
Power Door Locks Operated Via Key, Remote and Internal Switch No Yes
Power Soft Convertible Top No Yes
Power steering Yes No
Powertrain warranty: duration (months): 60 or distance (miles): 60000, distance (km): 96561 Yes No
Power Windows No Yes
Radio Anti-Theft No Yes
Rear Air Dam No Yes
Rear Dual Bucket Seats No Yes
Rear Electronic Parking Aid With Ultrasonic Sensors No Yes
Rear Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Rear view mirror Yes No
Rear Window Defroster No Yes
Rear window with defogger Yes No
Remote Decklid Release Located Inside Vehicle and On Multi-Function Remote No Yes
Remote Fuel Door Release Located Inside Vehicle No Yes
Remote fuel filler door release Yes No
Remote power locks Yes No
Road-side assistance warranty: duration (months): 36 or distance (miles): 36000, distance (km): 57936 Yes No
Rollover Sensor No Yes
Seating: four seats Yes No
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags No Yes
Servotronic Power Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering No Yes
Seven speakers Yes No
Side Guard Door Beams No Yes
Spacesaver steel rim internal spare wheel Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio and Transmission No Yes
Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs , multi-link rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs Yes No
Subwoofer No Yes
Tachometer Yes Yes
Telescopic Steering Column No Yes
Tilt Steering Column No Yes
Tinted Glass No Yes
Tinted glass on cabin Yes No
Tire Pressure Monitor No Yes
Touchtronic 2 Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission No Yes
Traction Control No Yes
Trim level: GS Yes No
Trip Computer No Yes
Two disc brakes including two ventilated discs Yes No
Two-door convertible body style Yes No
Two height adjustable head restraints on front seats Yes No
Two one-piece bench front facing rear seats with zero adjustments Yes No
Underbody Aero Cladding No Yes
Universal Garage Door Opener No Yes
Unleaded fuel Yes No
Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Double Locking, Alarm, Engine Immobilizer and Exterior Monitoring No Yes
Ventilation system with recirculation setting Yes No
Voice Activated Control For Bluetooth(R) Wireless Enabled Devices No Yes
Walnut Genuine Wood Trim Located On Dash and Doors No Yes
Weights: curb weight (kg) 1380 and curb weight (lbs) 3042 Yes No
Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe Yes No
Wireless Communication Access For Bluetooth(R) Wireless Enable Devices No Yes






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