Listen up Toyota... Options

[creamed_corn]

Get up off your conservative butts and make something fun. Right now you're the only car company out there with nothing even remotely sporty in your lineup.

There's a huge HUGE gap in the fun category between the $15,000 tC and the $35,000 IS.

What they need:

-proper two door, rear wheel drive sports car
-starting around $25,500
-2GR-FE plant to the tune of 300-320 horsepower (they'll wanna stay a little bit ahead of the Z and Mustang, knowing them).
-six speed close ratio gearbox, LSD standard, TCS optional
-Keep the weight reasonable at around 3300-3400lbs.
-I'd like to see gas mileage at around 22 city/30 highway. I'm gonna have a hard enough time keeping my foot off the gas as it is.

This is well within their reach and they need to do it. I've been living off my celica for too long. Ever since I got my new job I've been saving my money, just waiting for a car like this. I just can't bring myself to defect to another company, and if this doesn't happen soon, I'm going to be picking up an MR Sypder next summer.

[rzanology]

sony is killing the ps3 because they are pushing the blue ray technology. share holders are saying "great we'll shock the world with this...gamers are saying "600? f'k that!"

point? consumer or share holder....your rants and raves should be heard all the same way....you're all speaking for the good on one thing...the product!

again...the thread is not useless....it was posted in the General Discussion section and it is a good discussion for a dead day of posting any way. if you're not interested then just don't read it my friend.

[Mynzeyes]

sony is killing the ps3 because they are pushing the blue ray technology. share holders are saying "great we'll shock the world with this...gamers are saying "600? f'k that!"

point? consumer or share holder....your rants and raves should be heard all the same way....you're all speaking for the good on one thing...the product!

again...the thread is not useless....it was posted in the General Discussion section and it is a good discussion for a dead day of posting any way. if you're not interested then just don't read it my friend.

people on this board do not make up anywhere near toyota's target consumer. the majority of this board is a bunch of 16 to 20 year old dreamers. should they produce a car that fits all of the aforementioned criteria, very very few people in this community would even be able to afford it. even then, not everyone would be satisfied. toyota cannot please everyone all of the time. they can only please the majority of people, the majority of the time. they are better at business than anyone on this board. they know what they are doing. that is my argument as to why this thread is useless. i don't think a thread with 40 replies on a board of 6000+ members will make toyota rethink their business model.