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Originally Posted by Target70
It could have been. miata/s2000 has no rear seats. rx8 has horrible gas milage, which limits market share. What about wrx, lancer, and skyline. True they didn't originate in the last 15 years, but they have had quite a few update versions even into the last 15 years.
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So your argument to my point that "sports cars don't sell well over time" (disregarding pony cars) is to use two sedans and a super car?
Completely different target audiences. Subaru and Mitsubishi killed off the 2-door variants over a decade ago and the Skyline competes with the likes of 911's and Corvettes. Four doors and 3-4x the cost is enough to move those cars to entirely different segments in my mind.
The Toyobaru has it's own deficiencies like you pointed out with my examples, every car in this price range is a compromise and the 2-door sports cars (again disregarding pony cars) are a compromise that does not lead to consistent long term sales numbers. The only car in recent memory to disprove that is the NA Miata.
Edit: Just to be clear, I'm not singling out Japan here, I just can't think of a affordable comparable sports car that has come out of Europe. But let's check out the BMW 1 Series sales since it's inception:
http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01...s-figures.html