PerformanceSound
Well-Known Member
Think of the process of making these kinds of cars something like Robin Hood...."steal from rich to give to the poor." Not calling anyone poor, but you get the idea...Who are these cars for? Only a few of us can afford these useless sports cars in the upper middle class with situation getting worse, rich folks will continue to be rich and buy exotics. Japan continues to be poor for most normal folks (same as USA, rich folks are rich and buys exotics).
It's not retarded like the new Prelude, thankfully.![]()
The manufacturers sell these vehicles (i.e., LFA, LFR, etc...) to get "investors" aka rich people who buy them and fund the overall scope of a manufacturers goals. These projects help greatly in the future development of more attainable sports cars and possibly other genre of vehicles. So, while the "LFR" may not be within an everyday persons reach in terms of cost, some or majority of its technology may trickle down into a "MKVI Supra" that is more within the budget of an everyday buyer/shopper. This has been the name of game for sometime now, and it's a very genius approach because without this....manufacturer's websites would be loaded with Hybrid Compact Cars and Mall Crawler SUV's. Enthusiast demand doesn't do jack squat for a manufacturer to pull the trigger on a new sports car platform that would cost millions to R&D....at the end of the day, money talks and bs walks!
Just my two cents...
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