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Buyers looking for a two-seater convertible sports car are looking at Z4s, Boxsters, and TT roadsters, et al. Very few are cross-shopping those with a Miata because the Miata is cheaper and feels it. The Miata sells because it's a Miata, and Miata buyers are looking to buy a Miata. Look at the Fiata. Effectively a slightly-longer Miata with a stronger 1.4L turbo engine instead of a relatively weak 2L, the Fiat 124 had 1/4th - 1/5th as many sales as the Miata and is now discontinued. PS: You have literally one example, the Miata, because it's the exception to the rule, not the rule. Last edited by series.trackday; 07-14-2022 at 01:58 PM. |
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Imagine a car dealer literally offering you 2 options for a free car, which for all intents and purposes, is a win-win no matter what, and some people saying "Neither, I rather take _____".
Its free.......Even when the tittle first made me think "I couldn't pay with money for either A or B, do I have enough bottle caps in my Nuclear Disaster piggybank?" |
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In this case, and assuming there are no restrictions against it in the deal, I would take the Supra because it will have the highest resale value. I would then immediately flip it and buy something else. Even if that something else was the GT86, I'd come out ahead.
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Without having driven a GR supra I would lean to GR86.
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It's just that with a heavier car, you lose all the feels. I don't care about mashing the gas pedal.
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I'm just poking fun.
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It's a cringefest watching vettes and benzos try to autocross. Mass is mass. I'd daily a go-kart if it was an option.
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