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Originally Posted by ToySub1946
"Boy is that crowd gonna be pissed when they find out they bought a slightly dressed up economy sports car complete with all the little oddities that goes with it!"
Ok, I see this 2.0 is being marketed to mostly women with white collar jobs. Why shouldn't they have a little fun as well as us.
For me, I'll wait for the 2.1 version in dark green, with solely the basics...manual transmission, a/c, power brakes, and maybe (not sure) power steering. Don't need a radio or any of those frills like key fob, power windows, etc. Rear seat delete ? Sounds like a good idea. Keep the weight down at any cost. Gimme a touch more power under the hood as well. Then I'm good to go.
Oh, if I could really 'build your own' my way...I'd be in heaven !
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Originally Posted by Quentin
What you want isn't economically feasible because you would demand to pay less for it. You'll never see that offered in this market.
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I think the time we would have seen a stripped down version over here is gone already. I strongly believe that the RS2 is the direction the car will head in to capture more market share.
The guys with the original passion had their crack at it and now it is slowly getting turned over to the marketing crew. The car has to evolve to survive and the whole original "purpose" sometimes gets lost in that growth.
If this car heads down the luxury coupe route it will get increased sound proofing, softer suspension, 200 way power seats, lumbar massagers and so on and so on. Anything they can add to get those 10 more customers will be added and screw the guys that loved it for what it was.
We have seen this happen to many of the greats and it is almost inevitable to happen here as well.
There will still be "performance" versions available I am sure but they will no longer be in the FRS/BRZ price range. The other reasonably possible scenario is they just put out a couple more MYs and end the whole thing.
Time will tell and I hope that I am proven wrong since I will need a new one in 4 more years!