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I know that. It's just the way it plays out. I'm implementing hyperbole to make it seem more funny.
I know it's not that guy's fault. It's just funny that despite all the people saying "yes" Toyota's Twitter responded to the one guy saying"no" It's funny that for once Toyota appeared to be willing to share the "cool" version of the car and then it gets yanked away at the last minute because of a comedy of errors. So once again while the world gets the light, 3-door, AWD, turbo purpose-built car. We will get the less exciting version. But hey if the GR Corolla is AWD and lighter then I will come back to this post and eat my words, gladly .
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People love to blame the manufacturers for not bringing fun, lightweight cars to the US, but you can't blame them. The cars they do bring lose out in the HP wars. Even when people buy them, they don't want to pay new car prices so they buy them used.
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https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/mazda-...sales-figures/
Not many people buying the ND, even with the refresh.
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So the question is, how do we keep Japanese sports cars alive in the US when the demographic is the way it is?
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You make a fair point. It took me 15 years to be able to buy my Supra. Now that I have it I'm of two minds. The old me want to do an amazing build, the current me wants to restore it as best as I can to insure it lives a long life.
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The latter was really my point anyway.
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My apologies. I didn't see the humour in your post. Sometimes emotional content isn't apparent in forum posts.
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