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Re: Celica and MR2 officially shitcanned
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Wed, 21 July 2004 02:05

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stereomike wrote on Sun, 18 July 2004 07:51 |
Quote: | Basically, Toyota feels that although many car enthusiasts have enjoyed the sporting Celica and MR2 models over the years, they?re just not pulling their weight these days because they're getting beaten up by the likes of the Matrix, Corolla XRS, Solara coupe and the whole damn Scion line. The Celica was born in 1971 and had a hand in establishing the speedy subcompact segment, and was named "Import Car of the Year" and put on Car and Driver's "Ten Best Cars" list during its lifetime. The MR2 sprung to life in 1985, offering exotic car design without the hefty tag. In 1988 a supercharger was added, and recent models have featured six speed sequential manual transmissions. Toyota will stop production by the end of the ?05 model year. Get a 40 ready so you can pour some out for your fallen homies.
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http://autoblog.com/entry/5180866986576277/
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I really don't understand the reasoning here. They're saying they build two specifically sporty cars in their line up however people are choosing to buy sporty models of the lesser cars instead. This doesn't mean stop building the sports cars, it means build them properly.
If they released the TTE concept MR2 spider with the 1MZ-FE in it I'm sure they'd have a line of people wanting to buy one, or even with the 2ZZ-GE with proper manual gearbox. After all the 2ZZ-GE is good enough to go into an $80K+ Lotus Elise.
The celica on the other hand. Well they could re-release the ST-205 I guess but the current car is a complete loss in my opinion.
If your sports cars are being outsold by other ones don't stop making them just make better ones that will sell.
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st184 sillycar | Sun, 18 July 2004 04:25 |
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Hot Celica | Tue, 20 July 2004 11:54 |
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Classique71 | Tue, 20 July 2004 12:36 |
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st184 sillycar | Sun, 18 July 2004 23:32 |
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dar_sbb | Mon, 19 July 2004 03:31 |
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THE WITZL | Mon, 19 July 2004 05:49 |
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river | Mon, 19 July 2004 06:10 |
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Billy-Mason PI | Mon, 19 July 2004 06:24 |
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river | Mon, 19 July 2004 06:33 |
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MR. 2 | Tue, 20 July 2004 00:40 |
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Hot Celica | Wed, 21 July 2004 11:08 |
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