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Originally Posted by ermax
The question is who would buy a 165HP car that is 2750lbs? Probably not many even back in 2012.
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Depends on the price point I'd guess, at <$19k I think it'd do kinda close to what the FR-S did at $25k, basically replacing the tC/Celica with a much better chassis at a compromise in practicality, which in it's final years was at ~180hp/3,000 lbs. In 2012 Scion sold ~22k tC's, after that the FR-S outsold it but only by a couple thousand, much more if you include BRZ's
After all, people are still buying 240sx's for far more than a ~2,800 lb ~155hp car would seem to be worth on paper.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1996-nissan-240sx-4/
Moot point in any case, part of the reason Subaru went along with the 86/BRZ was to learn how to do direct injection, without it I think the car would have been a 'lowest bidder' project on par with $15k econoboxes in terms of fit and finish but with an $18k+ pricetag due to the unique chassis, or maybe they'd cut more corners with that too.