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Originally Posted by Rampage
The SW30 was $23383 in 2000 which is over $31K now. I do not see Toyota slotting a MR2 under the FT86 pricewise. No matter what they do they will have a great deal of difficulty matching the new MX-5 in weight, price or power. Kudos to Mazda for what they are able to accomplish by staying true to form.
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Does that argument really work though? The AE86's price adjusted for inflation is like 25k now, the Supra in 1998 is ~60k in today's dollars, but I don't think the new Supra is going to be 60k. The Boxster back then was way shittier than the 981 and still ran over 40k, aka 10k more than the new one. Like I said, you're buying more car for your 25k in the 86 than the old MR2s.
I agree that they can't match the Miata for the same price, but the old MR2s didn't beat the Miata in value either. Toyota has a problem in that their bread and butter engines are worse than much of the competition, but that's because they don't bother upgrading them and that's what makes them cheap.
Obviously the sword cuts both ways, since an MR2 needs a much different chassis than anything they have they would have to cut a lot of costs elsewhere which is hard. Hard, but doable if someone really wants? I would personally be okay with paying 31k for an MR2 if it comes with a barely upgraded Corolla engine, more if they use a fancier engine depending on what the market offers, but I also really miss my MR2 lol.