Is there still a market for inexpensive sports cars?
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:40 amI am using the word "inexpensive" liberally here, and the words "sports car" liberally too, since obviously a 240sx isn't a sports car, but you get the idea, it's much sportier than say, a civic or sentra.
1) Back in the 90s we had true-blue sports cars that didn't cost an arm and a leg, they were expensive, just not ferrari or porsche expensive. Like this:
Nowadays we have what, the corvette? Even the corvette has gotten more expensive than it used to. "Successors" such as the 370z and rx8 are less sporty and ambitious than the cars they succeeded.
2) We also had very sporty looking and feeling non-sports cars, such as these:
Nowadays, cars such as the new camaro or challenger are very retro, they don't feel or look like almost-sports cars.
3) We also had all sorts of "regular" cars that tries to pass as sports cars, making the "regular" car market exciting:
I have a hard time believing the market is now into hyper expensive sports cars (ferraris, lambos, and even the C7 corvette is way pricier than say, the C5 was back in its day) or very expensive cars that don't look as sporty (such as, a BMW M, they're sedans or coupes, they're not swoopy and sexy like say, a Supra), or they go into sedans or non-sporty coupes (e.g. Altima Coupe). The only cars that come to mind we have now are the BRZ, 370z and camaro, and those are definitely not like the 300zx, rx7, etc.
What are your thoughts?
1) Back in the 90s we had true-blue sports cars that didn't cost an arm and a leg, they were expensive, just not ferrari or porsche expensive. Like this:
Nowadays we have what, the corvette? Even the corvette has gotten more expensive than it used to. "Successors" such as the 370z and rx8 are less sporty and ambitious than the cars they succeeded.
2) We also had very sporty looking and feeling non-sports cars, such as these:
Nowadays, cars such as the new camaro or challenger are very retro, they don't feel or look like almost-sports cars.
3) We also had all sorts of "regular" cars that tries to pass as sports cars, making the "regular" car market exciting:
I have a hard time believing the market is now into hyper expensive sports cars (ferraris, lambos, and even the C7 corvette is way pricier than say, the C5 was back in its day) or very expensive cars that don't look as sporty (such as, a BMW M, they're sedans or coupes, they're not swoopy and sexy like say, a Supra), or they go into sedans or non-sporty coupes (e.g. Altima Coupe). The only cars that come to mind we have now are the BRZ, 370z and camaro, and those are definitely not like the 300zx, rx7, etc.
What are your thoughts?
