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Originally Posted by White Comet
How many is "many?"
I'm not disputing some people are doing this, but I'm willing to bet it's an infinitely small number of people in proportion to those who buy the car as a basic means of transportation. The FT is being aimed at the enthusiast. Very different scenario. Especially considering it will be priced within range of those just getting their driving licenses whose parents have more money than brains.
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It might be aimed at enthusiasts, but enthusiasts are not a large enough market to sustain a car. A lot of people WILL buy it as basic transportation, a lot of people will buy it because they want a good looking coupe to cruise around in and a lot of people will buy it because it is (will be?) economical and efficient. So, it is pretty much the same scenario, depends on what angle you look at it form.
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Originally Posted by IBCoupe
I've seen hundreds of Yarises on the road, and I've yet to see a turbo'd one. While it's entirely possible that there are people out there who will turbo a Yaris (I'm sure there are people who will turbo a bar stool, if they can), I'm not sure this is the demographic Toyota had in mind when they designed, engineered, and marketed the Yaris.
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Toyota probably didn't have the tuner market in mind when they brought over the Yaris, but there are lots of tuned Yaris/Vitz all over the world, not just in the USA. Not to mention in their home market there is an insane following, it even has it's own one make racing series AND TRD makes a turbo kit/ dealer ordered turbo version of the RS model, so i'm thinking they probably were not ignorant to the fact that tuning the car was a distinct possibility.
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Originally Posted by Blokatos
I don't want to buy a Type R. I would if I did. I prefer RWD on a sports car. Just wanted to show that 200 hp doesn't mean heavy weight... |
That does not weigh less than than 2700lbs.