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Again, I hope I eat my words, but if this car is like the Yaris I drove then it may have AWD and a powerful engine, but the car's interior will feel cheap and plastic; the ergonomics will feel like you are sitting on the car and not in the car; the cabin will feel like a tin can floating on the ocean. We will have to see after reviewers get some seat time if I'm way off.
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I should also mention this:
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Some lines on the Yaris GR are shared with this Scirocco (sloping top, wide rear fenders, narrowing cabin), so I can appreciate that:
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But I think that the car is just too nice for the American market.. they can't cheapen it enough??? |
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Again you should really take the time to spend a few minutes with a TNGA car before shitting on this. (Latest gen Camry, Corolla, etc. and then remove the floaty suspension tuning) You sound like a baby-boomer proudly proclaiming how they'll never buy 'jap crap' while driving a Buick.
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Not bad for a first effort, but why couldn't they give it rear doors? If I needed a hot hatch, presumably it would be for its practicality. The rear doors would go a long ways there. Hell even the Veloster N's 3rd door would be better than nothing.
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If you want the extra doors/practicality there's the rest of the super hatches to choose from. The best business advice I've heard is "never charge a fortified hill" |
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US Yaris aka Mazda 2 Japanese Yaris Japanese Yaris GR
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Veloster GRMN
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I'm now reading that MK2 Twin will have similar horsepower (turbo and possibly 4WD)... And will be renamed GR86...
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The only difference is the GR4 get's a modified roof. If they really wanted to they could make a 4 door version, but I doubt sales/interest would generate enough volume/demand to justify the new tooling for the sides. |
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Those are Supras that are aggressively photoshopped, but they look ok.
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I do like your CRZ analogy though. The styling of that car deserved better hardware underneath. Quote:
The Mazda 3 hatch is also striking. I like what Mazda is doing right now with their designs.
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@DarkSunrise you assume they're charging at all in the US, they're not, another car to withhold from Americans.
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