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Originally Posted by TRDLiquidSilver
you people crack me up but i do quote some of the stuff i read in meetings with tmm and tms and they get a laugh at it as well.
before it was decided which brand the FT-86 would be sold under in the states we outweighed all positives and negatives and we hired 3rd party marketing companies and it took awhile. the outcome back in early 2009 is that such a car is better suited in u.s. market as a scion. trust us you will appreciate it. with the scion buying process dealers can't price gouge you with huge mark-ups because it will be a low volume car. dealers will only get one or two a month, first full year "build status" for the u.s. because it will be shared in other markets is in the very low 20k. do the math, there's just under 1000 scion dealers and 1200 toyota dealers. this could change but we highly doubt it. so to the talks about the car being "overpriced", "it should be a toyota", "it will look boxy". all i can say is, wait, because it really is just around the corner. you will see pricing and specs very soon and no it won't be squared off for scion.
also, all i can say is that potential owners and especially ethusiast will be extremely happy with the final product.
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Can I just say that you guys are doing a huge injustice to this car and the Toyota brand, and whoever came up and are sticking by that decision, suck balls.
Those same asses that get the chuckles are the same ones who have made scion the shining beacon of automotive excellence that it is today (if you can't tell, that last sentence was sarcasm). Witness where it has led.
For the marketing geniuses, that claim to know what the fuck they are talking about, ask them why the new xB, stopped selling as well as it used to after "listening to what their customers wanted". yeah fucking right.
I'm out.