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Originally Posted by Aki
Don't think you're grasping how much the market is changing. The appeal of a lightweight NA sports car (as opposed to a 300+hp car like the Evo) isn't just that you can pretend to be a Tofu-delivery man. When you design a car around a smaller displacement and make it lightweight, it's also going to be more fuel efficient. With rising CAFE standards, CO2 taxes (in Europe), and a dramatic shift in market towards fuel economy over performance, making another 370Z/S2000 is a losing proposition.
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True words indeed.
A lot of people hate the idea of "greener" and more efficient cars because they think it MUST mean a dull hybrid sedan. It doesn't! The car world is not about absolutes--it's not a choice between one or the other.
Almost all the future sports cars will follow the FT-86 and become lighter, simpler, and more efficient via smaller engines.
While most 370z, Evo, etc. fans will find this a terrible idea, they're probably forgetting that the same qualities of an efficient car are the basics for a pure sports car.