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Old 07-21-2012, 11:36 AM   #223
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Originally Posted by SVTSHC View Post
Same Horsepower and FWD? Dude's at motortrend are smoking some expensive s*** if they think that's a competitor in anything but price. A GTI competitor sure, def not a competitor for the twins.
thte car doesnt even exist yet. how can you say its not a competitor? the itr was fwd and had less hp but i would say that if it was new it would be a competitor
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If Nissan released something like the retro styled car I posted above with a 250hp turbo 4 and sold it at 25K... it would be on. I guarantee that you'd see Toyota and Subaru come to market with a turbo FT-86 with a quickness.
what makes you think that? the only precedent i can think of is the miata and while there were many attempts to upstage the little guy, it has remained basically the same. when they tried to come out with a turbo version, it sold poorly
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