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Originally Posted by Ryephile
Performance car, yes. Sports car, no.
Performance and sporting are not interchangeable. The Miata is not a performance car, but it has been the definitive sports car since 1989. The STI started as a crappy econobox sedan and was built-up so it actually went forward and turned a bit, albeit with minimal driver interaction. As such, it's not a sports car. Can you wrap your head around that?
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They are both the same, any sport compact car whether turbo, n/a fwd, rwd, awd. Anything in the 17-25k region that's geared towards the tuning scene is in the same boat, no matter how you want to cut it.
I'm not going to feed into the STI debate, so I'll ignore that. STI is not like TRD or Nismo is in the US and the Impreza platform is more of a sports car then you think all the way back to the GC. Which was made so they can't compete in rally after using the 1st gen Legacy. That is all I'll say.
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Originally Posted by Ryephile
Why not? What's the problem? What other low-production FR sports cars are out there for $25k besides the Miata? If Toyoda-san is out there on the 'ring giving the LF-A a tough time in the corners, what's stopping Toyota from marketing the FR-S as a baby LF-A and charging $30k or more?
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Toyoda-san is selling his car first and foremost, to have this thing along side the LFA or to even mention the LFA with it is hyping it up and crazy. This car cannot hang with the LFA in the corners, as the LFA can power thru corners with ease.
Consumers, economy, the fact there is nothing majorly impressive commanding over $19k on the car, so $23k is already a mark up?
If they are greedy this car is not going to do well, they need to start at $21k and add things thru-out the life span and gradually increase ending at $24k, possibly due to interior, suspension, drivetrain, ecu refinements and other tweaks/features added with each release. They will sell a lot and make a lot this way versus over pricing because of initial buzz, especially with a first run car that will have issues no doubt. You don't want to kill off your repeat customers.