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Old 07-10-2014, 09:52 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by rs999 View Post
You can't compare Toyota to Ford like that. Toyota doesn't have a mustang or F-150 for their youth segment to fall back on.

The automatic FR-S is just another way to make sales. Without it the FR-S might have gone the way of the S2000 with a few years of sales and then gone.
To be fair, the TC could be considered the vehicle that fills that youth segment w/ an automatic option. While I think that everyone should be happy with their car, I do feel that certain cars should only be offered in manual. The S2000 was an excellent example of this. I still wish they'd done the same thing with the NSX too. It's a double-edged sword though, because it will kill the sales. Unfortunately, we just can't win 'em all.
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