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Originally Posted by Speed2th
2014 sales of vehicles :
Porsche Cayman -3417
Porsche 911 variants - 10433
7504 BRZ + 14,062 FRS = 21566
Genesis coupe + sedan - 29,992 , i cannot find figure for coupe alone (1514 coupes sold in Canada)
VW GTI - 17362
S2000 sale in 2002 (peak year ) -9684, worst year 2009 - 795 units only
Mustang variants - 82,635
Camaro - 86,297
Miata - 4745
370Z - 7199
source: http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/
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Yep, Miata, s2000 and 350Z/370Z were produced for years with less volume than the twins. Mazda, Honda and Nissan can only dream about the type of success that Toyota is currently enjoying with FR-S and GT86 but Toyota is a HIGH volume carmaker. They want big numbers on all their models so it would not be a big surprise if they let the model drop after 6 years like they did the Celica GTS and the MR2 Spyder. You can also see the same pattern with the previous generations of MR2 and the Supra.
They want Corolla and Camry numbers because that is where they make their money. All the talk about injecting driving excitement and fun into their car line goes out the window when the initial sales numbers tail off.