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Originally Posted by powertrip
In the future there's going to be a lot of these moments, just like how they said there would never be a forced induction version... Seems they might have a case of foot in mouth here. I'm hoping there will be both a drop top and a FI version (either SC or Turbo is ok by me)
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This is always the case. That is how they hype people up to buy the car right now. They would have half as many orders right now if they came out and said a 270hp version was coming in August 2013 for an extra $5k or that a convertible version would be here next spring.
They will come out and say thanks to the fantastic engineering and/or new blank blank technology we were able to generate more power via FI without any of the weight or lag penalties that were a concern during the initial design. Same thing with the convertible. Thanks to our reverse hyperbolic bathtub design we were able to maintain all the rigidity of the coupe version with only a minimal amount of reinforcement. It's all marketing.
I'm sure a convertible version will come just to compete against the miata and I'm sure a turbo will be available to compete against the 370z.