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Originally Posted by Tcoat
The irony of people on a forum dedicated to a limited production niche car wondering why people buy cars that outsell them by hundreds of thousands of units a year is wonderful!
There is nothing wrong with Buicks or Chryslers and just because you don't like them doesn't mean others don't.
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Originally Posted by Tcoat
You have what I meant backwards. The manufactures build what will sell. If they will sell 100,000 Bugattis a year they will find a way to make 100,000 Bugattis a year. Sales numbers do not dictate desirability. Desirability dictates sales numbers.
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There is nothing really ironic is the point. It doesn't matter if hundreds of thousands of cars outsell another car--sales don't matter--the 86 isn't a niche car; it is desirable by far more people than those who buy it, just like a Bugatti is desired by more people than the few who can or choose to buy one. The 86 is just not a practical car, but at least it comes from two strong manufacturers.
I believe the OP's point was who would really choose a Buick over another luxury brand, or a Chrystler 200 over a Civic or Accord, and the fact is so few did the Chrystler 200 ended production, as an example. Yet to your point, probably more Chrystler 200's were sold than 86's, so the buyers of the 200 must be more informed or have better taste, and/or the 200 must be the better car in general, or to produce, over the 86, right?
