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Originally Posted by fatalelement
Strangely enough though, I was reading around and a lot of car magazines that had people knowledgeable in actual sales numbers looked it up and most of the "no one is buying them" was complete horse sh*t made up / misinterpreted by people. They exceeded sales projections substantially in almost every single sales period, Toyota just made a lot of those suckers. That being said, if you are in the Midwest in a non metro area, I can see the 86 platform being hilariously unappealing to a normal person who needs their car to hold things that aren't tiny, tiny babies in the back, or perhaps a moderately large sandwich.
I own a 2015 and love it.
Take the plunge OP!
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I agree with you 100% and have had that argument with MANY people! A quick look at the sales numbers show that even with the introduction of used cars to the market the new sales are still growing slightly. Of course the sales had a massive start and then slowed down after all the people that had been waiting for 2 years go the first ones. Some people like to use that initial surge as the baseline to argue "look how much sales have dropped" but it is really an artificially inflated number and not uncommon for a newly introduced vehicle.
I was referring strictly to my home town dealership that can't seem to sell them no matter what. The biggest issue is that they really have not pushed them so many people here have no clue they even exist.
Even the Canadian TV commercial for them (which I saw for the first time ever just a month ago) is wimpy and watered down. Pretty much just shows a Firestorm driving down the road in a straight line and bouncing up and down so much that if I didn't know better would it make me think twice before buying!
I am fine with the limited number sold just makes mine all that more special! If they ever start to hit Mustang/Camaro sales numbers I can guarantee I will be looking for something "different" again. Can't swing a cat without hitting a 'Stang around my place.