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Originally Posted by carbonBLUE
i really doubt the 1000 unit production speculation, that wouldn't cover 1/2 of us on this forum alone , let alone the 5 other 86 forums out there in europe and japan, which are pretty big, few bigger than our own, with better researchers than we have, that want the car prob more than we do... and ive been saving for 4 years to pay this car off when it comes out... sorry but maybe the GT86 is the label for the high end top model... and a 1000 TOP END models would be acceptable worldwide....
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I think it is right of what you said, but can you guarantee that *all* the people on these forums *will* place orders immediately upon launch? And after the initial rush of these people, who are the next people that will buy these cars?
Suppose Toyota make 10,000 cars upon release and all the forum member get one. Great. Then who will be buying this niche market car next? Once the enthusiast community is filled, Toyota may not be able to find more people to buy, and they would then have to crank down the production, which is not a nice thing to do.
On the other hand, if they either keep the production low or say they will do this, they can gauge the real interest of this car and the longevity of how this car will last, they can then decide if they want to crank up the production. In this tough business environment, sometime it is better to play it safe than risky.