Built by Mitsubishi and sold by Chrysler’s now defunct Eagle brand, today’s Summit wagon is an example of what was once called a “captive import.” Let’s see if this cute mini-MPV’s price makes it captivating today.

What is it the say, “you gotta fake it ’til you make it?” Yesterday we had a that was a fake JDM STi wannabe, or as we say in polite company, a homage. Well, a lot of you said no to that ho and even more—72-percent in fact—felt its $16,000 asking price deserved a Crack Pipe loss. Maybe things would have turned out different if only the seller had listed the mileage. I guess we’ll never know.

The ad for today’s does list its mileage, which clocks in at a modest 93,000. The cute little car also isn’t trying to be anything other than the lean green (color)people pleasing machine its designers intended. It does come with three sets of wheels and tires so it lets its freak flag fly in the wheel arch department, albeit somewhat modestly.

The Eagle Summit wagon was a version of Mitsubishi’s small “tall wagon” which was also sold in various markets as the Mitsubishi Expo RVR, Dodge/Plymouth Colt Wagon, and the Mitsubishi Space Runner which is obviously the best name.

Here in Eagle guise it joined a United Nations conference of models that made up the Jeep-Eagle brand. The Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu once opined that the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and while the Eagle marque didn’t burn into the public’s consciousness the way Chrysler had perhaps intended, its short run certainly seems to make this reference seem somehow pertinent.

, or go if the car disappears.

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