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Old 01-30-2014, 02:20 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by robg View Post
Personally, I find it most interesting to read about comparisons at a particular price point. Because I tend to think "what can I get for this amount of money".
Exactly.

Further, I'm much more interested in comparison of cars I have a chance of affording too. Ferrari, Porsche? Not any where close to being affordable in my world.

Which is why, uh, I'm much more interested in:

Miata
BRZ / FR-S
WRX
FoST
FiST
Mazdaspeed3
GTI
Mustang (what the hell, interested in the new one)
etc.

Besides being within the realm of possibility for me, I also think it's more challenging to see how good of a sports / sporty car an automaker can build and design if they are constrained by a particular pricepoint.

$90k, $250k car, yeah, there is more "budget" in that price for nice engines, bespoked suspension, fancy materials and finishs, and tuning time.

$20-25k car? Much tougher it seems to me as there are going to be compromises all over the place because they need to sell the car at a lower price point.
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