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Originally Posted by SVTSHC
You know... the more I see it the more it's been growing on me. Right now I'm picturing this thing dropped about an 1.5" with some Satin Black BBS CH's and tints. It's a good mental image. |
Get WoW to re-do the bumper (un-fuck the grille and fog lamps) and it would probably a winner. Rear is pretty much the same as the outgoing one if I recall.
Point earlier about pricing is that TMC/FHI design and engineering have done their job. On those points alone the FR-S is a winner. But now it is up to sales and accounting to not kill this car.
The North American dealers seem to feel that they can charge an entitlement tax on Toyota's, and don't need to do any work, because every wants a Toyota, right? But these people (especially Scion dealers as evidenced by the Montreal dealer in the Canada section here) are not exactly the right people for selling this car effectively. They've got fat and lazy from Toyota's hard built past reputation, and people just came to them because they wanted reliable efficient transport.
But lately Hyundai's been kicking their ass. This is an opportunity to assert some authority in a market that Toyota has been bleeding from for years. Youth. If they price it right, (ie below the much more powerful GenCoupe) with the dynamics that it has it can win, and win big.
But I have a feeling that they won't take the risk needed to do so. There will be a ton of corporate ass-covering with this car and I worry that a sales failure will put them 'out of the game' for performance.