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Originally Posted by 70NYD
Ok 1st of all why can't a fwd be a TRUE sports car?
Second, everything in this country is overpriced car wise. It doesn't cost even 20k to manufacture the 3 or the 86 for that matter, so why wouldnt they be able to be similar price?
MX5 isn't worth what they are selling it for and neither was the 8. I wouldn't have bought my rx8 new.. Fuck that.. For that money there is a smougus board of cars that are better. That's why 8 did so bad here. That's why 370 is doing so bad here.
If this car isn't under 35 it's going to fail in the long run (ie 2-3 years) cus after the enthusiasts buy it, and the hype dies down, what's left? If its over 40 I give it 12-18 months before sales dwindle..
And anything is only worth what you are willing to pay (see diamonds/Gold)
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I just don't understand why it would be priced at under 35k. Celica's and Prelude's were selling for up to 50k for their high spec models 15 years ago. Do you have an example of any car that sells for 25-27k in the US and sells for mid 30's in Australia? I think all this price speculation is wishful thinking on the part of many members of this forum. I think that even at 40k on the road for a base spec, this makes it a cheap brand new car. Regardless of what second hand cars you think you can get for this price, there's not many brand new RWD sporty cars at this price point that are significantly better value.
Toyota will price the car based on maximising profits, hence its stated target market which we've all read about. It will not miss out on 5-10k profit per car to make it more accessible to enthusiasts unfortunately.
As for spending more than your annual income on a car, you will find that most people on high salaries will only spend a fraction of their income on their car. Case in point are several colleagues at my work. One is on around 600k a year, drives a Prius, one makes around 300k, drives an Aurion, another on around 300k and drives a little jap hatchback. The only person who drives something of value in the boss who's car is worth around 150k. He is making over 1mil. This is their individual incomes, not combined family. Just some fruit for thought