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Originally Posted by aporigine
I guess we'll always sit on opposite sides of that table. I worry that I have offended a matter on which your feelings are strong. For that I apologize, and I will desist. But not all at once (giggle!)
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No apologies needed. Everyone's entitled to their own opinions, and unlike some others I could mention, you support yours with fact.
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...the current Corvette, not enough handling? Its Nurburgring/Nordschleife times, for me the #1 ordeal-of-righteousness for any sports (or more accurately: sporting) car, are simply stellar!
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I admit you catch me without data there. I tend not to get interested in a car until it's about 10 years old, as I'm pretty allergic to car payments &c. (Was thinking of picking up a '90s Miata just for fun & backup to the Insight, but can't figure out how to carry two dogs in it - the second being the result of one of those "Can you keep him just for a week or two? Otherwise he'll have to (sniff, sniff) go to the pound..." things. That was in April.)
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In the USA, the roadster market seems effectively owned by the Miata. It doesn't leave enough market in the USA for our domestic makers...
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But notice that the domestic makers do and have done nothing to create such a market, and much to discourage it. Suppose small two-seaters had gotten the same kind of advertising that went into SUVs & oversized pickups? There wasn't much of a market for those prior to the mid-80s, and what there was was pretty well supplied by Jeep & International. Toyota even marketed a "Sport Truck" back in the '70s, and Subaru had its Brat...