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Old 01-23-2019, 04:53 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by imped4now View Post
I'm struggling to see who's going to buy this car.

First off, it's $50k.

Secondly, it's a 2 door 'sports car' and is fairly impractical.

Third, it's automatic only and 3300+ lb. Starting to move away from sports car territory and into GT territory.

I just feel like it's a confusing proposition. Sports car enthusiasts will likely shy away because of the weight and/or lack of manual transmission. At $50k, you've got actual sports cars like Corvettes and used Caymans available.
Not sure the MT vs AT is as big a deterrent as people think.

Two seconds of searching found the breakdown of Corvette sales AT vs MT. In 2016, A total of 40,689 Corvettes were produced. Of those 31,440 had AT transmissions (77.3%). Had the manual not been available, how many sales to you think Corvette would have lost? I'm guessing not a lot.
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