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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k
On the whole, I'm curious why there's some "unwritten law" in the world of automotive manufacturing that disallows anyone from selling an affordable lightweight RWD coupe that has a respectable power to weight ratio.
Mustang GT - too heavy
Camaro SS - WAY too heavy
Genesis 3.8 - too heavy
Challenger R/T - WAY way too heavy
Miata - underpowered
370Z - too expensive, a bit heavy, not track durable
Twins - underpowered
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Probably for the same reason Porsche won't put powerful engines into the Boxster / Cayman-- it could destroy the market for their "higher end" offerings. Hell, I'm still convinced BMW gimped the 1M to keep it from outshining the M3, and that was a super limited-production car that would never really get a chance to cannibalize the M3 market anyway.