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Old 06-08-2012, 11:29 AM
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lol... my bad...

Yes, I agree in the case of the BRZ. Carry on.
Old 06-08-2012, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k
Originally Posted by deepbluejh' timestamp='1339180452' post='21766353
Wait, I was talking about adding more power to the Camry. What are you talking about?
Sweet Jesus man, Charlie was talking about the BRZ not the Camry.

^^^and there's no way I'm reading that wall of text.
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I think it would be funny as hell for Fuji to stop building the Camery, put Toyota in a lurch and work harder to grow their own Subaru market share, maybe even find a way to put an attractive coupe body on the awesome WRX platform
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Originally Posted by deepbluejh
Wait, I was talking about adding more power to the Camry. What are you talking about?
I mustve misread ur post, i thought u weretalking about adding a v6 to the brz.
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Originally Posted by TheDonEffect
Originally Posted by deepbluejh' timestamp='1339180452' post='21766353
Wait, I was talking about adding more power to the Camry. What are you talking about?
I mustve misread ur post, i thought u weretalking about adding a v6 to the brz.
Yeah that much is obvious


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Originally Posted by deepbluejh
Originally Posted by charliec225' timestamp='1339174947' post='21766067
OR...

(and this is crazy, but just hear me out)

Instead of adding more doors and weight, they could add more power.

That is all.
You're joking, right? They offer a 3.5L V6 with 268HP that Car and Driver got to go 0-60 in 5.8 seconds. Regardless, the take rate on the V-6 model is very low (about 20%). Adding more power will appeal very little to the kind of people who buy these cars.

Call me crazy, but i thought he was talking about the brz because why would anyone use camry sales data and relate it to sportscar consumers... because now that i understan his point hes saying why would anyone want more power out of a sportscar, i mean look at v6 camry sales. Granted tho that the v6 stang does outsell the v8, but does that mean that ford should drop the v8?
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Because of the shortage of capacity in the U.S.,
This is interesting, what I take from this line is that we should start stocking up on palladium (platinum to a lesser extent since that is used as a catalyst for diesel engines) if we are running at capacity even though the world is in a recession (without QE). Current price is $615/oz. BUYBUYBUY!!!
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Originally Posted by fishfryer
Because of the shortage of capacity in the U.S.,
This is interesting, what I take from this line is that we should start stocking up on palladium (platinum to a lesser extent since that is used as a catalyst for diesel engines) if we are running at capacity even though the world is in a recession (without QE). Current price is $615/oz. BUYBUYBUY!!!
Palladium now at $635!!!! Up $20!!!!! in 5 days.

Now with very bad economic numbers coming out and europe imploding, expect a worldwide money printing effort and car sales to go up as well as inflation in general.

Buy more palladium.
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I'm intrigued by a rwd BRZ-based sedan. Baby 3-series? Perhaps an S14/S15 spiritual successor? Chevy is already toying with a baby rwd sedan with the Code 130R concept (yes I know it has 2 doors, but it is a 3 box sedan shape):
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/09/c...-detroit-2012/

That being said, I wouldn't consider any non-sportscar vehicle (i.e. my second car) unless it could keep me mobile in snow since I work in the Poconos. I would also not consider trading my S for a BRZ. I'd rather install a hardtop if I needed a roof.
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