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Cole · 03-29-2016, 09:05 AM

I'm not sure why this is always such a hot topic here.

Of course, with a hope, a prayer and some good fortune, the twins were conceived, then by another miracle, not aborted. Sales are pretty "meh", but, that's not the issue, since they were going to be low volume anyways. A passion project, not so much about the bottom line.

I've said this before, too... The twins were the car that the internet wanted. They cried out to the Disciples of Jalopnik saying "Please, deliver us from our econobox sins, give us lightweight, RWD fun". Then, on the 7th day, Toyota created the first 86 and had every single Jalopnik reader moist in the panties. But then, tragedy struck and the twins were judged as "under powered" and "cheaply constructed". And the Jalopnik faithful said "Fuck this, I'm out". And none of them ever bought a twin.

Enthusiasts are such a small fucking segment of the market, and most of them aren't going to be buying a new car. Why the fuck should ANY company cater to us? Every single person on this board should feel lucky that they have that gift from God sitting in their driveway/garage/parking lot/whatever because for the first time in many, many years, a company (and Toyota, no less) took a risk, listened to the enthusiasts, only to be slammed by the majority for things that aren't necessarily true.

I know if I was an exec at an automotive company, I sure as shit wouldn't be taking risks on making a small, lightweight, under powered(subjective, of course, talking mass appeal), RWD car. Especially seeing what happened with the mass reception of it from internet lurkers all over the world.

But, I could be entirely off base here and completely talking out of my ass. Whatever, this is how I see it.

03-29-2016, 09:05 AM	#40
Cole Not a troll Join Date: Apr 2015 Drives: FR-S Location: Canada Posts: 5,104 Thanks: 8,237 Thanked 5,399 Times in 2,694 Posts Mentioned: 266 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	I'm not sure why this is always such a hot topic here. Of course, with a hope, a prayer and some good fortune, the twins were conceived, then by another miracle, not aborted. Sales are pretty "meh", but, that's not the issue, since they were going to be low volume anyways. A passion project, not so much about the bottom line. I've said this before, too... The twins were the car that the internet wanted. They cried out to the Disciples of Jalopnik saying "Please, deliver us from our econobox sins, give us lightweight, RWD fun". Then, on the 7th day, Toyota created the first 86 and had every single Jalopnik reader moist in the panties. But then, tragedy struck and the twins were judged as "under powered" and "cheaply constructed". And the Jalopnik faithful said "Fuck this, I'm out". And none of them ever bought a twin. Enthusiasts are such a small fucking segment of the market, and most of them aren't going to be buying a new car. Why the fuck should ANY company cater to us? Every single person on this board should feel lucky that they have that gift from God sitting in their driveway/garage/parking lot/whatever because for the first time in many, many years, a company (and Toyota, no less) took a risk, listened to the enthusiasts, only to be slammed by the majority for things that aren't necessarily true. I know if I was an exec at an automotive company, I sure as shit wouldn't be taking risks on making a small, lightweight, under powered(subjective, of course, talking mass appeal), RWD car. Especially seeing what happened with the mass reception of it from internet lurkers all over the world. But, I could be entirely off base here and completely talking out of my ass. Whatever, this is how I see it.