When the Eclipse debuted 10 years ago it was one of a set of triplets. The car was built in Normal, Illinois, and was sold under the Mitsubishi, Eagle and Plymouth brand names. Upon its first redesign in 1995 the Plymouth version was dropped. In 1997 the Eclipse was restyled to further differentiate it from its Eagle twin and the Eclipse lineup was beefed up with a convertible Spyder, a car Mitsubishi engineered from the outset to be a convertible. When the Eagle brand name retired in 1998, the Eclipse remained as the only surviving member of the three siblings. Eclipse's third generation came to market in 1999. The redesigned convertible version debuted in the spring of 2000.