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So, I always read about people trying to find the FR-S's niche in the current sports car market, but, I was wondering, how will it fare against comparably priced second hand sports cars? Stay with me for a moment.

[[[WARNING: PURE SPECULATION INSIDE]]]

Now, I suspect the FR-S will fall in between, and this is a rather large margin, 19.9k-27k. The former being, of course, the standard model, and the latter being the fully equipped version. Now, for this money, there are a slew of other sports cars you could buy. So, how will the 86 successor compare?

So, again, let's practice some more speculation. Suppose the car weighs in between 2,400 and 2,700 pounds. Further, let's say the direct injected boxer motor will put out in between 200-240 BHP.

[Note: All of these margins are purposefully wide to encompass all probable] data]

For that money, you could also get second hand versions of these cars:

[Tentative list here, folks]
[Most data fetched from wikipedia]
[All used car prices are from KBB, besides the Lotus Elise, and are quoted, with the exception of the Mark IV Supra, for an average of 60,000 miles]

Evo 8 2,910–3,109 lb 276 BHP/ 273 LB/FT 16,295 ['03 Model]
Evo 9 2,888–3,285 lb 287 BHP/ 279 LB/FT 20,650 ['06 IX Model]
STi ~3,300 LB ~300 BHP / ~300LB/FT 23,540 ['07 Model]
MKIV Supra 3,417 lb 320 BHP/ 315 LB/FT 21, 340 ['94 Model. 100,xxx miles]
Lotus Elise 02-07 1,896 lb ~120BHP/~120LB/FT 22,xxx-29,xxx['05 Model][NADAGUIDE]
C5 Z06 3,115 lb 405BHP/400LB/FT 22,020 ['03 Model]
S2000 ~2800 LBS 240BHP/153LB/FT 15,345 ['03 Model]

Of course, there are other candidates, too. E46 M3, 350z, Mustang GT/Cobra, etc.

So, with all of that said, do you think it's viable to compare a new sports car to similarly priced second hand sports cars? If so, how do you think the FR-S stacks up?