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Originally Posted by Rampage
The majority of younger drivers do not give a rats ass about light weight or driving performance. The majority of them are more concerned with connectivity, sounds system, phone and iPad integration, gas mileage. low cost, stylishness (like fashion) etc.
Young car enthusiast are a dying breed and a true niche market. Automakers will continue to make cars for the broader audience and those who can afford and want performance are older guys (and ladies) who have mostly raised there families and have the extra income to treat themselves to one of the cars they grew up idolizing. Those are cars like the Camaro, Mustang, Challenger, Vette, 370Z, M3, GT-R etc. All those cars a porkers because those type of buyers want more than just performance. They want features and ride comfort too. All that stuff adds weight but as long as you have a big strong motor, electronics and sophisticated suspension it won't matter. The cars will still perform better than any of the cars they dreamed about growing up.
Yeah, Ford and all the other big car companies know exactly what the car buying public wants. It may not be the car that you or I want but we should just be happy that there are still a couple companies making cars for our niche. We have the FR-S/BRZ and soon there will be a new MX-5. Don't expect many other car makers to cater to us or even try to pare down the weights of their sporty cars when there is no monetary reason to do so.
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I disagree, I think with the help of the internet, there are now more young car enthusiasts than ever before. Most of them are still driving 15 year old cars because that's what their budget will allow. Modifying cars is an expensive hobby. When a younger person can actually afford to buy a new car they usually have to compromise for something FWD because of cost or practicallity. There is a reason why the Fiat Abarth, ST Twins, and Gti exist.
I don't expect many other companies to make a lightweight, cheap, rwd car. That is what made me decide to pull the trigger on the FRS.