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Originally Posted by carbonBLUE
a turbo in reality would only cost them a grand to produce in materials, but cut the cost of ever making the internals for the NA engine and make forged internals instead, add a turbo, subie has plenty of them, add a few sensors and an intercooler and you're good to go
in reality they can do all that themselves for about $1200 then mark the car up another 3800 to make a profit
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I agree with you on this. A 30k FR-S can be made with a turbo and a sport package if the base price is $22,500. The turbo would cost $4,000(especially if the engine is shared with the WRX) and a sport package would be $2500-3500 for 17-18'' lightweight rims(Enkei?), 2/4 piston brakes, and .7 inch shorter springs with slightly different spring rates and a lip spoiler. I could see all of that adding the weight up 150 lbs to 2,900 lbs which is still lighter than a Cayman base at 2,974 lbs. It would be the truest Cayman fighter there is but I still wouldn't buy it because I loathe the turbo engine feel of most F/I cars I have driven. But at $30k-32,000 that would be a sweet competitor.