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Originally Posted by Tcoat
4) Comparing the big volume "muscle cars" to specialty cars is ridiculous - The vast majority of the Mustangs and Camaros ever built were not the muscle versions but the base line "hairdresser" ones. These cars are little more then 2 door econoboxes that just look like their performance brethren. There are 100s of every lower level of these cars for each performance level one. If you only considered the true, factory made performance, versions then the sales numbers would drop to a level that you would ask if it was worth it to make them at all.
5) If more sold then we would get the turbo, convertible, targa, etc - No, no and no. If such models were planned they would already be on a secret agenda someplace and how many sold to that point would not change it. I say again that the manufactures don't just randomly decide what they are doing from year to year and they have far more qualified people to determine what will sell (in numbers that make a profit) then a bunch of random armchair marketers on a forum.
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4) I think a big difference is that, before, the baseline v-6 mustang and camaro were complete POS's. like the 4th gen mustangs with their 145-190hp/215-225 ft.lb of torque. or the 4th gen camaros with 160hp/200 ftlb. Where punk azn's in their parents' i-4 camry's and accords could beat them in a drag race, and where the econo "sporty" cars could slaughter them at the track. The early 5th gen mustang wasn't much better at 210hp/240. The new v-6 and turbo i-4 mustangs and camaros though, are some of the fastest cars you can get for your money on the drag strip and on road tracks. I do think it is eating away at the market share of all the other sports cars.
This forum is biased towards those that did end up with the twins. The strong point of the twins is in driving feel. So if that is your most important priority, of course you wouldn't really cross shop the mustang and camaro. it would be more the miata, used s2k, etc.
If, however, you go to the mustang and camaro forums, you will see there are tons of people that cross-shoped them and the twins, where driving feel wasn't the highest priority. Maybe the engine was a bigger priority. Where they ended up buying a mustang/camaro instead.