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Originally Posted by WingsofWar
This consumer mentality is why cars today have becoming bigger, more expensive and built to target other vehicles to "fight against" ultimately becoming "boring" to some extent. The Zx6 was built on the premis of no comparison. Finding only the mechanical connection between the driver, a road in its rawest form. During engineering they took the caymen R as a benchmark of driving characteristics, not to beat in a performance test.
For someone like yourself to state continued disappointment means that your still stuck on the race, rather than the emotion that has been lost in sports cars since the mid 90s. But Im not saying your wrong, your abosuletly right in your post. But what we are trying to ask here is to shift our sight from the norm...
For many of us here who have been following this car since its announcement in 2009. What we have been searching for is not numbers, but a forgotten love story. Many people here have a big resume of cars from all sorts of power ranges, and their most memorable and heart felt experiences as an enthusiast have been with the most underpowered unimpressive cars.
The FRS/GT86/BRZ is the that same lost love story. Which im willing to pay a premium for, even if I get beat against a competition of numbers.
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This post is amazing. The only thing I see though is if you want that mid 90's sports car feel...why not just buy a mid 90's sports car. This is what makes this car a marketing nightmare, because there is no market for this car...Scion and Subaru have to create it. There is a reason why cars like the s2k, celica, supra, prelude, integra etc all died. This a niche segment that can be fullfilled by buying used 10-15 year old cars (which is what alot of enthusisats can afford anyway). Don't get me wrong, I love the car, I just see the challange Scion and Subaru are gonna face.