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Part of that is protecting the image of the brand.

Busas might have been pretty cool bikes if Suzuki had refused to sell them to people that were going to put stretched swing arms and 330mm tires on them.

 

And your opinion is that it stopped other people who wanted them from buying them? Do you know for a fact that Suzuki agrees with your calculation?

As for Ford, they sell Fiestas and pick-ups. Gets real about image and shit. They are a generic constructor. What's best for them should probably be not alienating fans by acting like they're not good enough.
Ferrari's entry-level car is a 600+ HP convertible. They don't have the same target customers.

 

Papa, how many of their pick up and suv buyers are going to buy the GT? A handful maybe.

The people that are going to buy a GT are the people that buy Ferraris (or get turned down for Ferraris) , Lamborghinis and Mclarens and then there's the speculators. The speculators I'd bet are the ones who would have snapped them all up if Ford hadn't weeded them out.

Do I agree with this shit? Doesn't matter, I'm not their target market. Given powervall money, I'd still not buy much more than a 911, maybe a carrera s.

 

When you sell every one you make and have a two year waiting list, you can do pretty much whatever the fuck you want.

 

Not really following your logic here... they compared the same base truck with 3 different engines, both stock and with the same amount of tuning. How do leap to slapping a turbo on the V8? Makes about as much sense as "what if they added a supercharger, NOS, and drag slicks to the 2.7?"

 

Research their issues.

 

Are these eco fords the ones that blow spark plugs out of the head?

 

Thought those were the old modular 4.6 and 5.4 engines.

 

That depends whether they manage to blow out before the 100,000 mile change interval manages to bond them to the head so that you snap them off trying to get them out.

 

The Harley dealer I worked for in the 90's took that view. They reasoned that they are losing money selling at MSRP, when that person turns around then next day and sells for 20-30% more to a private seller. They wanted that 20-30% more profit. I understand it as a business practice. But looking at it as a buyer, it still seems kinda shitty.

 

Then buy a Honda. Maybe one day Unicef will get into the motorcycle/car business, but until then............

 

The issue is not the GT. Plenty of douches willing to subject themselves to ridiculous shit just to look cool. It will sell.
The issue is the regular guy who reads about that shit and buys a Camaro instead of a Mustang because "fuck 'em."

 

Both of those cars have such a cult following that they're rarely cross-shopped anyway, but I think your concern is so far down the list that it need not be considered.



It's akin to saying "I'm not going to have sex with Jessica Alba because she's a Patriots fan".

 

No...you should not have sex with her because she is carrying the herp which she may or may not have gotten in the back seat of a Mustang or Camaro.

 

Goddam numbers. I re-read the article three times to make sure I had it right.

FWIW, a base C6 is faster than a C5 Z06. Looks like significant progress has been made these last few generations...

 

That's rich coming from the guy who just said that there are enough people who will not buy Busas because of those who stretched them to impact Suzuki. You don't see the irony here?

I said Camaro/Mustang because I don't know the rest of the model range. But you can swap any two models you want in my argument.

 

I was just trying to make a bike analogy with the busa thing. Harley would have been better understood. There's a whole host of people who refuse to ride them (myself included) because we don't want to be associated with those douchebags.



I see your logic, but I really don't think it holds a bit of water in 99.99999% of the buying public's mind.

 

What about us wankers that work around cars like this and drive them for a living? Because we also think they sound like dog crap.