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Originally Posted by DarkSunrise
This is disappointing. The worse the new Miata's sales are, the less likely other companies will enter the lightweight RWD sports car market.
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Well the Miata has a lot of problems.
1) It is based to be a sports car, but not one. (not legitimate, and im fine with it. I like em)
2) 2 seater is amazing but in today's world, we need least 4 seater even if the rear seats only sit legless midgets. Can't just throw family in trunk....or can you? haha
3) Price is not attractive (coming from local dealer when I was looking for a twin @$25k. Would sell better at about $20k)
4) It has outlived its popularity and undergone its lifecycle. (running for 26yrs now! Even Corolla has changed how it looks a lot more often!)
5) RWD generally from my experience and what I'm seeing online, gets worse MPG than FWD. AWD is even worse. Something like 28/38 FWD, 20/30 RWD and 18/25 AWD.
People who know nothing about anything just base their decisions on what vehicle to buy based off of word of mouth and commercials. This is about 80% of car buyers that purchase a vehicle under $50k.
For example, two doors down, guy bought a Mazda6 (?) based on MPG @ hwy (40), then his sister bought a Mazda3 based on sitting capacity. Front door neighbors bought a Camaro because bumblebee and front neighbor to my right got a RX-8 because someone sick of issues with it sold it for like $2k to him. He never drives the 8 due to mpg issues and he broke the driver side window elevator.
If the twins came out in Tokyo drift 2 or there was more a lot more advertising, the sells would increase. If they add a turbo 220whp, bam! Increase.
Remember though, many RWD are for enthusiasts or classicists of the 80's and older.