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Originally Posted by strat61caster
Toyota's shortest run for a sports car in recent memory was the MR2 (Spyder) which got pulled in North America after 5 years or the MK4 Supra getting pulled after 6 years on the market. It's also worth noting that combined the BRZ and FR-S match the sales of the Scion TC, is that on it's way out too?
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Hey, don't diss my baby.
The Spyder was sold for 6 years in the US, 2000-2005 inclusive. Remember, it went on sale in Japan in 1999 as a 99 and was sold until 2008. So, technically, it was sold for 9 years worldwide. (And it is truly one of the undiscovered performance gems overlooked by most enthusiast).
I will concede that they announced that it would be ending us sales in 2004 which decimated sales in 2005. There were actually still a few 2005 models that sold as late as 2007 in the US.
That being said, the twins have already outsold it by a huge margin in the 4 years they have been on sale. IMO they are not going away or getting a major update until they have been in production at least 6 years.
The drop off in sales is likely due to competing against used versions of itself, changeover to the 16 model year and a new shiny MX-5 invading. Still there are a lot of cars that sell less than 1500 (combined) units a month and they go on and on.