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Originally Posted by fatoni
while those selling points might be able to push a few sales, i think the greatness about this car is that it isnt about selling points. its about a car. lets also not forget when the s2k was selling that many cars. we are in a significantly different economic environment. also riding the wave of growing honda fan boys who can now afford a real car had to play a factor.
on another note you should be aware that while miatas list for entirely too much that isnt nearly what they sell for. that isnt going to be the case with the scion.
i think it will be a relatively low production car if the price is set above 24k but thats okay because it seems that it has already done what it was created to do. generate talk about toyota as a sports car company.
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2002-2005 were bad times too, it may not have affected you but it affected others. Maybe the statistics don't show it to a certain degree either but it wasn't a great economy.
I'm not sure if you mean that Miatas were being had for 20k or being sold for 25k. I do know they were selling for 21k with options or get near private sale dollar on your trade-in.
People have caused a buzz about Toyota helping make a sports car. Get this though this is Subaru's engineering piece, they borrowed DI technology from Toyota just like other manufactures borrow their hybrid system. Yamaha has worked with a multitude of companies too, not just Toyota. So in essence this is Subaru's sports car with borrowed technology.
Toyota is the marketer, designer, and re-badger. I'm not trying to start a war but it is fact. This venture is kinda like the "you can give a man a fish but if you teach him how to fish he'll have plenty to eat for a life time" saying. Well Subaru gave Toyota a fish and during the process Subaru learned how to fish more efficiently for a life time. At the end of it Toyota still doesn't know how to build a proper sports car.
-Also meaning now they'll have higher torque fuel efficient AWD cars like the new 2012 DI Impreza.
You know sales might work out because Toyota/Scion are not alone in this fight. The BRZ, STI, and future race program will surely help boost sales for all makes.