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Originally Posted by yarik83
I do not know where you lads get your figures from but please stop quoting miata as most successful car. In US in 20 years it has sold just 50,000 more cars than Scion did in few short years it has been here.
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The Miata has been a niche car from the beginning, it's impossible to draw conclusions based on its sale and the whole Scion brand, which includes very mainstream cars such as the xA and Tc.
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If it is indeed priced low it HAS to replace scion TC which is declining in sales
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I'm not sure you understand how the industry works. There's a 0% chance the FT86 will replace the Scion TC. It came out in 2010, and it needs to have at least a 4-5 year cycle. They're not going to kill it midway. It's the exact opposite; Toyota is hoping the FT86 will boost Scion as a brand, and in turn boost sales of the xA, xB, Tc etc.
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If it is indeed priced high then it HAS to have 300 horses and a big turbo or two.
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Says who? The Lotus Elise is $50-60k and doesn't even have 200 hp. The Porsche Cayman is under 300 unless you get the R version. The Evo/WRX are heavier, AWD, higher center of gravity, and much less purist-centric. Completely different cars, not even remotely comparable.
I don't get people that want the FT86 to be a WRX STI clone--then just buy an STI. I'm guessing a lot of these posters are younger, and haven't driven enough cars to know that the car with most horsepower isn't always the most fun.