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Originally Posted by imped4now
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.
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A lot of ppl said the same thing about 86/BRZ. $25k~$35k price tag, we have so~~~~~ many option to buy more functional, bigger space, powerful cars. So why are we still owning 86/BRZ? Because everyone have different quirk and wants/needs from the car. You'll be surprised a lot of ppl are interesting in buying this car. I know one dealership already have over 50 ppl on the list to buy new Supra.
Toyota isn't planning to mass produce this car to begin w. It'll be very small production per year.
FYI A80 Supra or US call it MkIV Supra is GT car more than sports car. So GT part haven't changed one single bit.
To add, some sports car enthusiasts still admire and wanting to own GT-R (R35) and new NSX, even though it only comes AT. Porsche did AT only for 911 few yrs back, but I feel like that was strategic planning on their marketing side. To add to AT list, look at Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren and other hyper cars brands in there.
So to answer your question, Supra will sell perfectly fine.