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Originally Posted by Buggy51
Actually 25k is really on the high side if its not even including taxes and all the other fees. I honestly don't see how it will sell for Scion if its over 5k than the tC. Yeah, specs might sell the car, but I think most people actually do look at the economics of things.
Also, the Subaru WRX starts around 25.5k. I don't see how the BRZ model will be effective.
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Price is a big factor and cost per HP is another one that will get most people. $25k MSRP for a Base model is a lot more than all of the other possible contendors. I can't imagine why they wouldn't sell it for close to the tC since even though this car has a lot more R&D than usual, we are talking about a much smaller car with a smaller engines and a completely different market than the tC. The tC is a comfy, sporty FWD coupe but the FR-S is going to be a tiny RWD sportscar by comparison.
If Subaru can offer the WRX, which is bigger, AWD, and turbocharged for <$26k (albeit it doesn't have DI or 6spds where are probably $500 a piece!) why would the FR-S/BR-Z costs that much? The FT86 would become an overpriced novelty if that were true. Mazda can sell a convertible of the same size albeit without DI/6spd for <$24k, why is this car so heavy(200lbs over an NC Miata) and yet automags believe it to be so dang expensive? I'm adding salt to any statement that says this car will MSRP for $25k+
Pricing between the Impreza and the Legacy sounds far more reasonable.
I want this to sell like Mustangs. There is nothing else like this in the US market. If they can make it meet a minimum of practicality and many people like it, it could inspire more and better versions.
Edit: I have to add that the base Miata does not offer a 6psd manual. And the WRX is $25.5k so I rounded up to $26k.