Overview & Reviews

The Jeep/Eagle division was formed in 1988 shortly after Chrysler bought the American Motors Corporation in 1987.

At the time, Detroit brands like Chrysler were trying to fend off increasing sales by import brands with the creation of their own import-style sales divisions. Eagle began with the Renault-influenced products developed for AMC, the Eagle Premier and the Eagle Medallion. The rest of the division's portfolio was filled out by vehicles from Mitsubishi, the Japanese company that had long been Chrysler's partner in the importation of small, fuel-efficient vehicles.

Jeep sales gave some energy to the Eagle division, but once Chrysler broke off the sport-utility brand and made it available to its own dealers as the SUV boom began in the 1990s, the Eagle brand quickly foundered. Chrysler announced the end of the Eagle brand in November 1997 and the last Eagle Talon, a badge-engineered version of the Mitsubishi Eclipse, came off the assembly line shortly thereafter.

User Reviews:

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  used car - 1993 Eagle Vision
  By bree - July 9 - 2:00 am

  Bought the car used and below value by 30% and was figuring it was a lemon. Well over time its been a good Family Work Horse. Not as fancy as some but good on trips of over 400 miles. Probles were only the EGR valve and the Catalitic converter. Both died well over life expentcy. The car is a good mid range car and has done well. Its ride is sure and just a touch on the firm side. Handles resonable well in hiway avoidence. Breaking is a bit odd as it seem to break harder as it drops below 30..

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  eagle talon - 1995 Eagle Talon
  By mrsjetgirl - July 5 - 2:00 am

  had a few weird problems at the beginning (2 cracked radiators), but all were covered by warranty. Very few problems, AWD is fantastic for bad weather and great in the snow. Loose side mouldings had to be reattached a few times, but overall a great car. Great handling and lots of power

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  Overall Fairly Good - 1993 Eagle Vision
  By Neville S. - June 15 - 2:00 am

  I bought this because I needed a bigger car than my Grand Am. The Eagle has had some reliability problems, specifically the A/C. The same problems seem to recurr every 40k miles or so. At first I had an extended warranty to 100k so I didnt care too much. More lately, it has cost me more to fix. There is a recall on the fuel rail. I must say that for the purpose (large car to haul a family) it has done very well. We take long trips with 2 adults, a baby, and 2 teenagers without feeling cramped. The trunk is huge. The stereo sounds great (Infinity). The leather seats are comfortable.

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  power - 1992 Eagle Talon
  By jays92talon - June 11 - 2:00 am

  i have had my talon since january of this year. its a great car however it burns a lot of oil after sitting at a red light for a while. I get decent gas mileage bu the car could use a few extra horsepower and ft/lbs torque. Also the hard shifting into second and sometimes third gets rather annoying. but on the other side the car is quick and fun to drive.

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  When to say when - 1991 Eagle Talon
  By grimme - May 14 - 2:00 am

  I bought this car brand new and hoped to get 200K out of it if I took good care of it. The first 120K went well with little problems. Timing belt change and tune up. The next 60K was not so good. 2 cluches, 1 tranny rebuild, 3 alternators, a broken timing belt which means a top engine rebuild, and lots of oil leaks both engine and tranny. The paint also faded really bad on the hood and roof.

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  Good hiway vehicle - 1995 Eagle Vision
  By bwtrlt - May 7 - 2:00 am

  Trans overhauled 59000 miles, two Right Front trans axels, stalls for no reason on occasions of high humidity and heat with in the first few minutes of driving. Dealer has no answer, fuel system very poor on second fuel sensor and fueling system takes forever to refuel vehicle, dealer says 1000.00 to replace fuel tank. Chrysler wont admit it it defective. A/C repaired 59,000 miles.

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  1990 Eagle Talon AWD - 1990 Eagle Talon
  By chwerks - March 27 - 2:00 am

  This vehicle required a new transaxle at about 120,000 miles. My tendancy is to blame the fact that I autocrossed it with the SCCA the first couple years I owned it. I replaced it with a used unit with 80,000 miles on it, and I have driven it an additional 60,000 miles with no further trouble. It does use a qt. of oil between changes at 3,000, but still runs strong and gets good mileage.

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  1990 Eagle Summit DL - 1990 Eagle Summit
  By Piotr Zelenay - March 18 - 2:54 am

  Very dependable, well-built basic transportation for 136,000 miles and counting.

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  4 Year 92 Talon owner - 1992 Eagle Talon
  By Kevins92Talon - March 1 - 3:52 pm

  If you want a Talon buy the one with the 16V engine or Turbo 16V.One thing I find inaccurate about Edmunds TMV on this car that it does not distingush the std. Chrysler made 1.8L engine and the Mitsubiti made 2.0L 16V engine in its calculations for the TMV.Eagle Talons are almost an exact replica of the Mitsubiti Eclipse. Over all I recommend this car to anyone looking to buy a fun sports car that is economical,dependable and affordable.

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  EagleVisionESI - 1996 Eagle Vision
  By BGS - February 26 - 6:05 pm

  When the tempeture gets 50 degrees or lower, the steering rake make a grinding noise. The struts are already worn out at 80k miles. And theres too much play in the brake pedal.