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The final Mitsubishi Eclipse sports coupe will be auctioned off to one lucky charity.

Mitsubishi is auctioning the car at the 2011's St. Charles Auction, built by Mitsubishi North America as a special edition Coupe. The SE comes with a 3.8-liter V6. Production of the coupe began in 1989. For 22 years, the vehicle was one of the best selling Japanese import sports cars in North America.

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News that Mistubishi planed to pull the plug on the Eclipse, Endeavor and Galant by 2014 broke this January.  Somehow, simply knowing that we had a good three years to enjoy the models made the news a little easier to swallow. That and the fact, Mitsubishi promised to introduce eight new hybrid and battery-powered EVs by 2015.

Things don't always go according to plan, though. For, Mitsubishi has suddenly decided to pull the plug…

The Eclipse first launched in the early 90s as a replacemet for the Starion coupe, and instantly appealed to the masses with its variety of trim levels. It didn't take long for the Eclipse to become the epitome of the performance sports coupe in North America.

Achieving great success with its first-, second- and third-generation Eclipse vehicles, Mitsubishi went on to launch its most recent, fourth-generation model in 2006. And while the iconic sports…

Mitsubishi Motors North America, which boasts quality dealerships including Skyline Mitsubishi, reported March 2011 sales of 7,560 units; which is an increase of over 39% compared to March 2010. It was Mitsubishi's largest month of sales since August 2008.

"Mitsubishi dealers have not had this much excitement and showroom traffic since the federal cash for clunkers program in 2009," said MMNA President & CEO Yoichi Yokozawa.  "Our new Outlander Sport is leading the way…