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Vehicle 2010 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GS 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class SL500
12v power outlet: front No Yes
2.4-Liter, I4, MIVEC 16-Valve, SOHC, MPFI Engine; Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 162@6000, Torque Of 162@4000, Cast Iron Block and Alloy Cylinder Head Yes No
2 Front Cupholders Total Yes No
3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners No Yes
4966 cc 5 liters V 8 front engine with 97 mm bore, 84 mm stroke, 10 compression ratio, overhead cam and three valves per cylinder No Yes
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes Yes No
80 liter 21.1 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank No Yes
Active Stability Control (ASC) Vehicle Stability Control System Yes No
Adaptive Automatic Transmission Yes No
Air conditioning with climate control No Yes
Alloy Wheels, 17-In. Yes No
Anticorrosion warranty: duration (months): 48 or distance (miles): 50000, distance (km): 80467 No Yes
Audio anti-theft protection: code No Yes
Automatic five-speed transmission with mode select, lock-up, electronic control, manual mode and shift lever on floor No Yes
Automatic front and rear suspension levelling No Yes
Automatic Headlights With Automatic Off Yes No
Automatic Locking Retractors Yes No
Automatic operation rear view mirror No Yes
Battery Yes No
Body color front and rear bumpers No Yes
Bose audio system with AM/FM radio, CD player, Disc Autochanger and six-disc remote changer No Yes
Brake assist system No Yes
Bucket heated electrically adjustable driver and passenger seat with height adjustment, lumbar adjustment, six adjustments and tilt adjustment No Yes
Cargo area light No Yes
Cargo capacity: all seats in place (liters): 286 and all seats in place (cu ft): 10.1 No Yes
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Cargo Area Yes No
Charges: gas guzzler tax: 1300 and Luxury No Yes
Clock No Yes
Cloth Seats Yes No
Coefficient of drag: 0.29 No Yes
Coinholder Yes No
Coming home device No Yes
Compact Spare Tire Yes No
Compass Yes No
Computer with average fuel consumption No Yes
Concealed Safety Rollbar Yes No
Concealed system convertible rollover protection No Yes
Cruise control No Yes
Cruise Control Yes No
Day time running lights No Yes
Daytime Running Lights Yes No
Delayed/fade courtesy lights No Yes
Digital Clock Yes No
Door edge hazard lights No Yes
Door entry light No Yes
Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat No Yes
Driver Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes No
Driver front airbag , passenger front airbag with occupant sensors No Yes
Driver Manual Lumbar Support Yes No
Driver power heated body color door mirrors with automatic operation , passenger power heated body color door mirrors with automatic No Yes
Dual Color-Keyed Folding Power Adjustable Exterior Rearview Mirrors Yes No
Easy Entry Seat Yes No
Eight speakers No Yes
Electric hardtop convertible roof with glass rear window No Yes
Electric remote trunk/hatch release No Yes
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror Yes No
Electronic Brake Force Distribution Yes No
Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management No Yes
Element antenna No Yes
Emission control level California No Yes
Exterior Temperature Gauge Yes No
External dimensions: overall length (mm): 4534, overall length (inches): 178.5, overall width (mm): 1829, overall width (inches): 72, overall height (mm): 1298, overall height (inches): 51.1, wheelbase (mm): 2560, wheelbase (inches): 100.8, front track (mm): 1560, front track (inches): 61.4, rear track (mm): 1547, rear track (inches): 60.9, curb to curb turning circle (mm): 11034 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 36.2 No Yes
External temperature No Yes
Fixed delivery charges: 665 No Yes
Floor covering: carpet in load area No Yes
Floor mats No Yes
Four disc brakes including four ventilated discs No Yes
Four-wheel ABS No Yes
Front Air Dam Yes No
Front and Rear 3-Point Seatbelts Yes No
Front and rear alloy wheels with 17 inch rim diam and 8.5 inch rim width No Yes
Front and Rear Color-Keyed Bumpers Yes No
Front and Rear Crumple Zones Yes No
Front and rear tires with 255 mm tire width, 45% tire profile and W tire rating No Yes
Front ashtray No Yes
Front Auxiliary Audio Input Jack Yes No
Front Carpeted Floor Mats Yes No
Front Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor Yes No
Front Dual Door Mounted Storage Yes No
Front Dual Illuminated Vanity Mirrors Yes No
Front Dual Map Lights Yes No
Front Dual Reclining Bucket Seats, Driver Side Manually Adjusts 6-Ways Total, Passenger Side Manually Adjusts 4-Ways Total, With Driver Adjustable Seat Height and Headrests Yes No
Front Dual Sunvisors Yes No
Front fog lights No Yes
Front Foglights Yes No
Front Power Disc and Rear Power Disc Brakes Yes No
Front Power Outlet Yes No
Front power windows with two one-touch , rear power windows No Yes
Front Pretensioners Yes No
Front reading lights No Yes
Front seat center armrest No Yes
Front seats cigar lighter No Yes
Front seats cup holders No Yes
Front side airbag with occupant sensors No Yes
Front spoiler No Yes
Front Stabilizer Bar Yes No
Fuel economy No Yes
Full car warranty: duration (months): 48 or distance (miles): 50000, distance (km): 80467 No Yes
Full dashboard console , full floor console with covered storage box No Yes
Garage door opener No Yes
Glass Rear Window On Convertible Yes No
Gloss paint , black paint , metallic paint No Yes
Glovebox Yes No
Halogen Headlights Yes No
Headlight control with time delay switch-off and dusk sensor No Yes
Heated washer No Yes
High pressure headlight cleaners No Yes
Illuminated driver and passenger vanity mirror No Yes
Illuminated entry system No Yes
Immobilizer No Yes
Independent MacPherson Strut Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers Yes No
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers Yes No
Inflatable alloy rim internal spare wheel No Yes
Intermittent Windshield Wipers Yes No
Internal dimensions: front headroom (mm): 958, front headroom (inches): 37.7, front hip room (mm): 1351, front hip room (inches): 53.2, front leg room (mm): 1090, front leg room (inches): 42.9, front shoulder room (mm): 1372, front shoulder room (inches): 54, interior volume (liters): 1637 and interior volume (cu ft): 57.8 No Yes
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob Yes No
Leather covered electrically adjustable steering wheel with tilt adjustment and telescopic adjustment No Yes
Leather seat upholstery with additional leather No Yes
Lockable glove compartment No Yes
Low fuel level warning No Yes
Low washer fluid level warning No Yes
Luxury trim alloy & leather on gearknob and wood & leather on doors No Yes
Manual Air Conditioning Yes No
Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission Yes No
Memorized adjustment on door mirror position and steering wheel position with six driver's seat positions, six passenger seat positions and head restraint No Yes
Metallic Paint (If Selected) Yes No
Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock, Panic Alarm and Trunk Yes No
Multi-link front and rear suspension independent with coil springs No Yes
Multi-point injection fuel system No Yes
Oil pressure No Yes
Online information system No Yes
Panic Alarm Yes No
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Yes No
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes No
Passenger seat secondary ventilation controls No Yes
Peripheral anti-theft protection No Yes
Power: 225 kW , 302 HP SAE @ 5600 rpm; 339 ft lb , 460 Nm @ 2700 rpm No Yes
Power Door Locks Yes No
Power Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering Yes No
Power Soft Convertible Top Yes No
Powertrain warranty: duration (months): 48 or distance (miles): 50000, distance (km): 80467 No Yes
Power Window Lockout/Override Yes No
Power Windows Yes No
Premium AM/FM Radio With 650-Watts, Speed Sensitive Volume, Rockford Fosgate(R) Sound System and 9 Speakers Total; 6-Disc CD Changer; MP3 Player; Sirius(R) Satellite Radio (Includes 3 Months Service, Unavailable In Hawaii and Alaska) Yes No
Premium unleaded fuel No Yes
Pre-Programmed Equalizer Yes No
Projector beam lens gas discharge bulb headlights No Yes
Radio Antenna Yes No
Rear Bucket Seats Yes No
Rear Electronic Parking Aid With Camera Yes No
Rear fog lights No Yes
Rear Spoiler Yes No
Rear Stabilizer Bar Yes No
Rear-wheel drive No Yes
Rear Window Defroster Yes No
Rear window with defogger No Yes
Remote audio controls No Yes
Remote fuel filler door release No Yes
Remote power locks includes trunk/hatch and includes power windows No Yes
Remote Trunk Release Yes No
Responsive suspension No Yes
Road-side assistance warranty: duration (months): unlimited or distance (miles): unlimited, distance (km): unlimited No Yes
Roadside Assistance Warranty For Unlimited-Miles, 60-Months Yes No
SBRP225/50R17, All-Season Tires Yes No
Seating: two seats No Yes
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags With Head Protection Yes No
Selective Unlocking Yes No
Service interval indicator No Yes
Side Guard Door Beams Yes No
Sportronic(R) 4-Speed Electronically Controlled Manually Interactive Adaptive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive Yes No
Stability control No Yes
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio Yes No
Subwoofer Yes No
Tachometer Yes Yes
Telematics No Yes
Tilt Steering Column Yes No
Tinted Glass Yes No
Tinted glass on cabin No Yes
Tire Pressure Monitor Yes No
Traction Control Yes No
Trim level: SL500 No Yes
Trunk Anti-Trap Device Yes No
Trunk Light Yes No
Two-door convertible body style No Yes
Two height adjustable electric adjustable head restraints on front seats No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Lockout Yes No
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm and Engine Immobilizer Yes No
Vehicle speed proportional power steering No Yes
Ventilation system with recirculation setting, micro filter and active carbon filter No Yes
Voice Activated Controls For Bluetooth(R) Wireless Enabled Devices Yes No
Weights: curb weight (kg) 1835 and curb weight (lbs) 4045 No Yes
Wind deflector behind seats No Yes
Windshield wipers with automatic intermittent wipe and rain sensor No Yes
Wireless Communication Access For Bluetooth(R) Enabled Devices Yes No






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