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Originally Posted by Gadflyii
First of all... that is not how a free market works. Do I care that the Won is stonger to the Yen? No.
Do I care that Subaru sells more WRX's than Scion will sell FR-S? No.
The market is the market. All products in the market compete freely against each other. That is why is is called the free market.
None of those factors justify why I the customer should buy a lot less car for my 25k. If you go to the pricing thread (think it is "when price will be announced" someone made a really nice list of cars that will come in below the FR-S / BRZ 25k price point. You should go read it...
Exactly my point. The base FR-S @25k is about 5k too much.... There is NOTHING in the FR-S that justifies that kind of price.. Again.. the TC likely costs more money produce than the FRS, and they should be priced about the same.
Funny.. .if you have made them a few times, then surely this is not the first time you have been wrong.. you think you would of learned by now. Point blank, at 25k+ the car is overpriced in the US Market.
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Well maybe you should care about the strength of the yen because it isn't exactly a secret that the Japanese economy is in terrible shape and the constant strengthening of the yen against the US dollar in recent years has dealt a huge blow to their export market. If you think it's overpriced then don't buy it. Toyota isn't pricing it based on what you want to pay. They are pricing it at what they have to to stay in business.
So you think the US BRZ is overpriced? Where I live the BRZ I priced out came to over $38,000 USD. The base BRZ (the trim level the US will not recieve) with steel wheels, no LSD, no climate control, etc. is over 26k USD. Even the Toyota 86 GT is over 35k USD. And the kicker is you can't even buy one because every single 2013 model is already sold.
You are making ridiculous comparisons without even an elementary understanding of economics. If you think you can get everything this car offers and more from a Korean car or an econobox then go buy one. I however think it is apparent from the sales in Japan and the enthusiasm of the members of this very forum that there are plenty of people out there who realize a car is more than the sum of all of its parts, and its value cannot simply be summarized by a list of features.