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Originally Posted by PAImportTuner
Price is a factor, yes. Sports car.. lets call it a sport compact for now.
Price should not go up because of performance and turbo.. they are doing a joint venture with a car manufacturer who makes turbo engines and turbos, so the instant resources are there, especially when the engine is from that manufacturer, they reused an existing new chassis(lets not argue about this).
To be honest the car to me in n/a form should be $20k and turbo should be $23-24k if it's badged as a Scion. This car has less space, less room, no sunroof, has 17s, being RWD should give it a $1-2k premium over the tC in n/a form.
Now making it 220-250hp is not going to make it compete with a WRX or STi.. it has no AWD, small cargo space and can't sit 5 people, and doesn't have a decent amount of roof for racks. Only if this car was AWD would it compete with these 2 in performance category.
Let's stop making excuses why this car can't be awesome.
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price isnt just a factor, i'd say its the number one determining factor for which car you buy. ok maybe not to us, but to everyone else, price is number one on the list.
having said that, wasnt there a rumor that toyota has backed away from that 20k price? i'd be hard pressed to believe it'll be that cheap. the lowest trim miata is 24k. how can they undercut that car by 4k, with a larger and more powerful car? i say it will be at least 23k most likely just under 25k. and if a turbo model comes out? 27-28k if you're lucky. just under 30 realistically...