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Originally Posted by DarkSunrise
Took the words right out of my mouth. The Yaris GR4 would likely flop in the US. That's just the market here in the US. The vast majority of Americans (even those who supposedly want "sports cars") want muscle cars or sedans. They don't want hot hatches (RIP Speed 3, STI hatch, Fiesta ST, Focus ST/RS, dying Golf R). Hell they don't even want lightweight roadsters (RIP S2000, Sky/Solstice, dying ND Miata) or lightweight coupes (RIP RX-7, RX-8, dying Twins).
People love to blame the manufacturers for not bringing fun, lightweight cars to the US, but you can't blame them. The cars they do bring lose out in the HP wars. Even when people buy them, they don't want to pay new car prices so they buy them used.
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this may have been one of the most depressing posts i've seen on this site. But you're not wrong. it's why Mitsubishi only sells an suv and 3 crossovers now. Around here people adore the new Mustang and the Challenger.
So the question is, how do we keep Japanese sports cars alive in the US when the demographic is the way it is?
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