03-28-2007, 04:12 PM
WRXtranceformed Wrote:Well they're probably losing a lot of business due to the boy-racers who wreck them like it's their job and cause the insurance rates on them to be laughable. By toning down the looks into something more mature / less tunerish, maybe they're trying to retarget their market and make it more appealing to the majority of people who buy cars, who are family men/women.
Well, its easy to call everyone who buys these cars a "boy racer". I'm sure there are those that buy them for the image and status, but as we know many, if not most buy them for their performance value as enthusiasts. And can you blame them? Look at how the STi is marketed these days. Its geared towards performance minded young people, not rich middle aged men, that was in the 90's. Correct me if I'm wrong, but 10 years ago I don't think there was a Mazda "zoom zoom" program that sells an image of sportiness to consumers, they let the RX7 do the talking, and same with other manufacturers. Subaru (and Mitsu) had to of known that young men were going to buy these cars and auto-x them and track them and AWD dorifto them into trees causing insurance rates to go higher, but I just wish a company, especially Subaru, would have the balls to continute producing these cars in spite of this. I just see the whole segment of the automotive industry as a whole degrading as of recent and its unfortunate, whom ever is to blame.
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Past: '94 Mazda RX-7 | '04 Lexus IS300 (RIP) | '00 Jeep XJ | '99 Mazda 10AE Miata | '88 Toyota Supra Turbo
My MM Movies - Watch Them Here


