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Originally Posted by Rampage
While I 100% agree with your findings and your opinion that the twins are not underpowered, you and I are both living in the past. The "kids" today are spoiled by mundane family sedans, SUVs and mini-Vans that come from the factory with 260-295HP. These people movers are quick in a straight line which comes in handy when merging with traffic on a 70MPH (80MPH actual) interstate. They cannot fathom a sports car than cannot outrun these everyday cars from a stoplight or blow past them easily during a passing attempt even if said soccer mom driven appliance does not wished to be passed.
What they forget is that those vehicles would roll over or plow off the road, front end first, if they attempted to chase a twin through a slalom or a set of switch backs up in the hills.
They also ignore the fact that the twins are fast. They can reach a top speed of 145MPH which is something most of those family haulers cannot do because they have the aerodynamics of a brick. That type of top speed is also something that the sporty cars of the past you listed could not match.
You will never convince the ones that want more power that they do not need it and will seldom use it if they do pay the big bucks to get it. It will take years of experience and thousands of dollars wasted before they will come to that conclusion on their own.
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Don't forget to include the fact that the average consumer now expects to be spoon fed information. The most research some will do is look at the brochure and that's being optimistic. Many people fail to look at the car as a whole in terms of what they're buying. It's like they see that HP/Torque specs in bold and bright red lettering and treat everything else as Egyptian.