Pheonix
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- 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4 6MT (track car), 2011 BMW 128i 6MT (daily), patiently waiting for 2020 Supra 6MT
I mean it's a brand new sports car in the market. Of course feedback and reviews from journalists can persuade enthusiasts but in the end, it all depends on how well the thing sells to a casual customer who doesn't follow the news. These days of SUV's, autonamous, and electric everything, having a new sports car can be a hard sell for a mainstream manufacturer. Toyota knocked it out of the park with the 86 because that was affordable. But this thing will be harder to move at $50k. Also you gotta keep in mind that only enthusiasts care about a manual trans and we make up probably a very small number of the market share that this car will sell to.Would it though? I would think feedback and reviews will influence it more as sales could actually be very weak because of the lack of manual. If they do some market research and find out that there is a huge percentage of buyers waiting for a manual version, they may be more likely to do it.
Not that I'm implying we should boycott the car till they give us one (but I personally would never buy an auto supra).
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