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Originally Posted by SlowButFun
I'm on the fence now about keeping an FR-S I just took on trade, due primarily to problems many are having trying to get an extra 40 HP and 50 or so lbs feet of torque out of the stock motor.
People can deny reality if they wish, but the recent HP/Torque wars affect the marketability & sales of all vehicles related to the "sports" or "sporty" categories, not just "muscle" cars.
If Toyota keeps denying this in the form of ignoring it, sales will continue to drop.
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Based on what? We sold five of our FR-S in a matter of less than a month, and the sixth sold within a week of it being pulled out of the piles of snowed in cars on the lot and into the showroom. I've even met with customers who upgraded to the latest model. One of them had a family member come by the next week, buying one for themselves. My dealership's issue is more of having enough allocated to us and available to keep up with the demand than trying to get rid of them.
As far as I'm concerned, your claim is unsubstantial. I already explained the more serious issue. Scion's monospec sales model isn't exactly helping, but it also doesn't help when the majority of sales consultants and dealerships don't really believe in the brand, therefore not willing to market them to ensure the masses are aware of their existence. Who knows? Maybe if they actually started believing in the brand and marketed it, on top of more "purists" like me and other genuinely interested parties, there would be more indecisive idiots like you who would buy the car, trade/sell it, then come back to it again. That would count as 2 sales for the FR-S.
