Quote:
Originally Posted by Bristecom
Although I certainly want to see more competition for this car, I feel that it may be too late for them. Toyota/Subaru have done such a good job with this car at this price point that it's hard to imagine competition arising that could out-do it. Not to mention, this car will likely only get better in time with minor revisions over the years. But never the less, I still think manufacturers are better off making affordable RWD or AWD sport coupes vs. more stupid hot hatches and grocery getters.
So yeah, like I had been saying for years, it wasn't that there isn't a market for sports cars anymore, it's that they've just been doing it wrong for so long. They were either too expensive, too impractical/inefficient, too ugly, or just not that good/fun. The Toyota 86/BRZ proves that this was true by doing it right.
|
I'm afraid that your words may very well be correct.
Realistically, there may not be massive crowds of people who will buy a sports car in the first place. Making them pricier (as you have mentioned) lessens the desire for one even more so.
I feel the manufacturers may have been trying too hard to sell performance cars to the masses by placing majority of their focus on making them with more options, more power, and more luxuries / conveniences... In order to
try to give customers what they
may want to have, and also trying too hard to compete against with what each others competition had to offer. But that in turn diluted the beauty of a sports car, and what it once stood for. It may have accomplished the performance numbers on paper, but it never reached the heart of certain enthusiasts (well, my heart, at least)... And then again comes the steep price tag which makes certain cars only a dream to ever acquire.
Yes, you may very well be
right on in that Toyota / Subaru has gotten a head start... We can only hope that more manufacturers would jump in (along with some rumors)... Yet what we always
would like to happen doesn't have to come true later in our future, and it's best to keep expectations low while being grateful for what has recently been presented to us within the
Toyobaru.