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Originally Posted by Calais
i see a shit load more miatas than mustangs on the road but here in oz its probably better to compare 370z and miata and i see a shit load more miatas thatn 370z's
the RSX, celica, mr2, and s2k i see them EVERYWHERE!
ichi even though i agree with you, you have to see the point he is making yes he IS exaggerating the percentages BUT to the normal consumer(majority) who dont know/care about handling all they see is hp numbers and 1/4 mile times and go "oh so this car is slow im not going to get it" they dont understand power to wieght ratio or any of that, hell to be honest these people are the ones who are solely attracted to the car by its looks, and then they go make the decision based on the salespeople from ford & nissan saying "but the toyota isnt as fast as this car it dosnt have as much hp as ours, so its not as good" and they'll believe that.
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I believe the point he was trying to make was those RSX, MR2, S2K, etc have been discontinued form production because the people who are buying
new cars are moving away from that demographic.
The cars that you say you see everywhere are cheap in comparison to buying a new car. And what are the ages of the people driving these cars? What are their demographics?
From what I can see the area they trying to compete with, is not the RSX, MR2, S2K area because they are no longer there. They have to please the masses, not the small percentage of fan boys.
Someone did state earlier that they could just make a turbo'd version and everyone would be happy and that sounds very plausible. But Toyota knows what they're doing and have faith in them.
I find it funny that when people name toyota cars built for performance and fail to name the Toyota Altezza/Lexus IS300.
