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Originally Posted by n2oinferno
Actually I disagree with this. Now that people are seeing how successful the twins are, Nissan and Chevrolet are looking to bring a product to market to compete. If they do well, we might see even more. And the industry in general has been putting more focus on dropping weight from the vehicles, as far as I've seen. They're still going to be heavy because of regs and whatnot, but I think they're trying to shed lbs here and there.
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Originally Posted by Fish Eagle
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I think we'll see several brands jumping on the bandwagon and bringing out sporty RWH coupes AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE. The price is what Toybaru has done differently. There have always been RWH sportscars at (for me at least) unaffordable prices. Putting the "86 fun" within reach of the regular Joe is groundbreaking.
IMO, the 86 could easily start a small, light, affordable, sportscar flurry like what happened in the UK in the 60's with Triumph, MG, Austin-Healey, etc.
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Very very high hoping, this car I believe to be a Swan Song to this genre, its really a throw back. I think it built momentum in the design phase due to the drifting craze which has fallen off significantly and sales are really a tiny market share. The cost to build a quality lightweight, small rwd vehicle are just much higher than a fwd. Plus as we have found out buyers want much more power.
Look at the MRS, it was a flop, really the S2k was a money loser for Honda. Even the mighty Miata is a very low volume car. I think the majority of people prefer coupe's over convertible so those aren't a great comparison, but I just don't see any auto maker that is going to take the risk that the Toyota-Subaru collaboration did.
I hope I am wrong and this car will become as popular as the EG civic did, but I really don't think the stars will align and bring another lightweight affordable rwd sport coupe anytime soon if ever. I haven't even seen any proto's besides the alpha/mazda. Nissan has given no indication, neither has Honda, and the big three have never produced a anything like the 86.
It would be interesting to see the Korean's build a 2500 lb rwd budget coupe but I think they are stuck with the more mustang like pony car Genesis.
The 86 is one of those cars that is unique and comes along every 20 years or so. That's why I bought one last labor day after waiting nearly 15 years since the last 240sx was built.
These things are special and I hope mine lasts a life-time.