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Originally Posted by cyde01
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.
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I would disagree that there have been plenty of
popular sports cars that were underpowered. You can't compare 200hp now to 200hp in the past.
When my dad bought the first gen supra in '86 it had a 200hp 3.0L I6 and that was a big deal because our other car was a Pontiac 6000 STE (the sporty model in the line-up) whose 3.8L V6 engine bested the standard model by putting out an amazing 140hp.
In 2011 200hp is anemic for a sports car when you consider that your average family sedan is putting out over 260hp. For $25k my sports car had better do more than keep even with grandma's slushbox V6 accord which hits 60 in 7 seconds. And yes I don't need reminding that the FT-86 will be lighter, it still will need more power.
We don't need another $20k sports car without the stones to back up its looks. If you want that car just go and buy a Tc and get a TRD supercharger.