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Old 10-24-2013, 10:03 AM   #218
WolfpackS2k
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The problem is that the FRS intrinsically creates its own need for a 4 door option. Did you know that the FRS has a draw from buyers because it has back seats?... It's true. The existence of back seats is a selling a point vs a roadster. Did you know those back seats are useless for passengers? It's true, unless the 4 people in the car are all 4 feet tall, it really is a 2 passenger car. I am proof, I am representative of demand who can definitively say: I want a 4 door FRS. If the current version of this car had back seats that were actually functional then I wouldn't but they aren't so I do.
I absolutely bought this car because it has a small rear seat. Folded down small rear seats = huge trunk. It also means I have somewhere to put my dog while traveling. And yeah, occasionally I have transported a 3rd person back there, sitting sideways.

I'm all for a 4 door version of this car, but find this somewhat funny and entertaining. Basically they're trying to remake the Toyota Altezza (aka Lexus IS300) from 14 years ago.

-4 door sedan
-3200 lbs (3000lbs with the I4, not sold in US)
-RWD
-215 hp straight six

While I'm comparing the IS against a car that doesn't yet exist, I'd probably prefer the IS300. Straight six is a superior engine design, and it's handling was class leading at the time.
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