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Originally Posted by spin9k

So ...Here's what I don't get... ok so they made the FR-S, like the MX-5, to be just at the tipping point between ok and outstanding (in + to all other things we don't know being aligned). Happy day, another fun to drive underpowered sports car. I'm sure I haven't paid enough attention, but why is there not a 2.5L NA engine anyway? I often wonder what the marketing/engineering meetings were like?

"Absolutely not, we've set the p/w goal, and when we said it wasn't a HP car, we meant it. Even if we could drop in a 2.5NA, we're not going to do it! Make do with the 2.0 NA, non turbo engine only."

"Yes, we could drop another 100lbs, but that would be $XXX increase in materials cost, and we're aiming to keep cost low, regardless of the benefits. If you're looking for uncompromising, look elsewhere."

Sometimes when you weigh the costs against the benefits it makes sense to pay a bit more and get a lot more. Then the car would create (more of) a sensation. Just saying. Mazda did something similar with the RX-8, and so... look where that got us. The MX-5 is similar but a softtop so different really. The Elise is what - gone (?) I'm not sure. History repeating itself?

:happy0180:

This is the BILLION dollar question I've been asking for a long time. If this car came with a FA25(240hp/180-185tq) instead and had a slight increase in price like 1-2k more I would be 1000% for the FRS. 2.0 FRS<3.8GC/2.5FRS>>>3.8GC