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Originally Posted by churchx
Low grip and low rolling resistance tires help vendor up fuel mileage numbers, fit under strict EU emission standards, add playfulness for drift wannabies even with low stock power. Recall even many reviewers on launch in reviews speaking positively on tire choice being well balanced with car/chassis. As majority drive car stock, why should toyobaru ignore all reasons listed above for 1/10 (but possibly less then that) and fit tires and dampers for that way smaller niche of customers? If you are in that niche, nothing keeps you from fitting tires and coilovers that fit your particular use better, but i see no business rationale to change stock shocks with dampening for tires "normal owners/drivers" won't use in all of them by default and compromise handling with stock primacies or make car more expensive. If there is flushness fitment fans, should toyobaru strike out several markets that require for new cars sold to be able to fit snow chains? If there are few hellacamber and insane drop fans, should toyobaru do such changes to default stock suspension too? If some want to fit big wide barrel of wheels, should that also make into 'default'? If some few will rally it, should toybaru lift it by default by few inches? To each his own, and one should understand that manufacturer goal is to make car that would fit most so as to sell bigger numbers. And frankly imho they succeeded, bringing reasonable rwd driving fun for cheap.
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I don't agree with this but I don't here. Those other examples are very small, niche markets. For most cars, I would agree with you. For twins, the much higher percentage of consumers doing aftermarket modifications suggests that this should be accounted for in some way. Maybe not with all of the cars but you should be able to get a special edition or "sport package" with a noticeably wider wheel/tire setup and the appropriate dampers installed from the factory. This to me speaks to a much larger buyer demographic for this particular car than those wanting an extra mpg or two at all costs.