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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65
FR-S/BRZ have been well received by enthusiasts and the automotive media. The buying public, not so much.
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True. But its the same story with diesels & wagons* ... meanwhile, who holds more actual influence over the automakers: the ones who get a free car for a day before moving onto the next freebie (and drive a classic from the 50's or 60's to & from work) or the ones who plunk down tens of thousands of dollars for a new car and get something else several years down the road? Plus, most enthusiasts are encouraging their friends, neighbors, and co-workers to buy those cars so that in a couple of years they can get one cheap & lightly used. But they don't want to buy one new from the dealership.
Anyway, as corporations, the goal of every car company is to make money first and foremost. Everything else (including appeasing enthusiasts) is secondary -unless it makes them more money, in which case refer to rule #1.
*which reminds me ... a CTW-DV, (that is, Diesel High Performance CTS Wagon) with a manual would be practically guaranteed to be the best reviewed car in the history of automotive journalism. GM might sell 5 such vehicles, to the executive editors of MotorTrend, R&T, and 3 others ... but still, rave reviews would be guaranteed.