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Originally Posted by MatadorRacing_F1
Why is everybody forgetting that Toyota's aim is to have cars for people at every stage of their lives? If Toyota has no sports cars, what do the people who drive sporty scions going to cross over to? Not everybody makes it big right out of college and can manage to buy a Lexus IS coupe (which does not exist yet btw) or IS F.
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Though this is mere speculation (just like this entire thread), Toyota seems to have merged away from the "motorsports image" that it once embraced back in the 80-90's. By creating a completely different subdivision (Scion) targeting a younger age group all while still developing cars and trucks for the working class American seems like their marketing model.
Pulling the plug on their sports cars didn't seem to hurt their sales figures substantially and most of the Japanese manfactures seemed to have followed.
Makes me reminisce of cars in the 90's rocking turbos; Starion, GSX/GST, 3000GT, Talons, Galant VR4, MR2, Supra, 300ZXTT, Toyota P/U SR5 turbo!!
