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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
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. |
of course it isn't a deterrent for the average consumer, many of whom in NA don't even know where to begin with driving a stick.. So using sales as justification is a big cop out here but either way, Chevy still manages to offer that choice. And this is even after their bailout during the recession on top of the current struggles with closing plants, ending their sedans, etc...meanwhile Toyota laughing all the way to the bank and yet they can't or won't give everyone what they want (again) despite this being yet another shared project.
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Originally Posted by ichitaka05
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.
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I'm not doubting sales because the majority of consumers just don't care about these things as long as the car looks awesome, but come on those cars are not marketed as "not about numbers/HP", "driving feel", etc. The Supra is far from the being the most powerful/fastest in its class, so what is to be gained from offering it with only a torque converter?