Most people seem to have forgotten the original point of this car (i.e. great suspension, 200hp, and SUB $20k price) so I am going to reference that of which I am having a hard time letting go of.
http://www.automotiveaddicts.com/741...kyo-motor-show
I distinctly remember when that article first came out, I was supremely excited about this car. Superb handling, 200hp NA and I quote "
price is expected to be just above $20,000".
Somehow, some way, the price jumped from "just above $20,000" to.... $24,930 (for the FR-S). $4,930 above $20,000 is not JUST ABOVE. It's way above. So far above that it's highly disappointing and yeah I understand economies and emerging markets and tsunamis in Japan, etc. But my idea of Just above $20k would have been... $21,000.
This isn't even factoring that the BRZ is going to cost EVEN MORE than the FR-S.
So I would pay the original expected price of roughly $21,000.