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Originally Posted by tranzformer
I don't get these people either. Talking about Boss Mustangs, Camaro ZL1s, BMW 1M, and Caymans. Just dumbfounds many of us.
This car is a mid $20k car. That is it. It is really creating its own niche of cars that no one else has gone after for several years now. This is not meant to compete against the MS3, GTI or SI. Sure it might price wise, but this car is meant to be a 2+2 hardtop version of the Miata. Many that autoX and only have 1 car that they also use for DD will love this car. Also those that can't afford to have a weekend car but want to start autoX and tracking will love this car. If this car doesn't meet your demands than walk along and pick up a Mustang, Camaro, SI, WRX, MS3...etc. |
The Cayman part came from Toyota (and Nissan) comparing their cars to it. But in Toyota's case people seem to equate 'handling benchmark' to 'FT86 will be a $20kish Cayman'. Not the same thing.
I think this car can be reasonably compared to the MS3, GTI and SI, as well as the Miata For the overall buyer pool's definition of 'sporty compact' anyways. Magazines will compare the Civic SI to this thing, I'm pretty sure. Could be an interesting comparo. The Miata vs FT86 hardly needs to be mentioned...
But a lot of us won't. All those other cars have been out for a while, and most of us on here have all had a chance to go for them instead. But we haven't.