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Old 03-10-2011, 10:10 PM   #129
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Originally Posted by cyde01 View Post
actually i couldn't disagree more. my point was, this car was never intended to compete against 300hp v6s, and doesn't have to to be popular. the idea that a sports car with 200 hp will never sell in the US is just completely ridiculous and unfounded. there have been plenty of popular sports cars in the US that were 4 cylinders and around 200hp or less.
Agreed.

My VW GTI being one of them. 200hp on the dot, and that's a huge sales success.

Also! even if a car offers a more powerful trim, it's usually the smaller engine that's the volume seller anyway.
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