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Old 11-12-2013, 03:19 PM   #1
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To say that Sports cars are Dying is frankly Laughable. I cannot believe some of you posted such. As long as there are young men, testosterone, girls to impress (so we think), technology / engineering and a business model to implement to make money off of said demo-graph, There will ALWAYS be sports cars.
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Old 11-12-2013, 03:28 PM   #2
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^ there goes a better 'perspective' of things as they are and will be for a long-long time to come
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Old 11-12-2013, 03:36 PM   #3
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To say that Sports cars are Dying is frankly Laughable. I cannot believe some of you posted such. As long as there are young men, testosterone, girls to impress (so we think), technology / engineering and a business model to implement to make money off of said demo-graph, There will ALWAYS be sports cars.

Except that stats show that year on year, every year, a smaller proportion of young men even bother to get their driver's licences much less buy sports cars! Especially young men living in urban areas who are the ones who actually have the money to buy sports cars.

What's more, surveys show that teenagers increasingly would choose a smartphone over a car.

Things have changed for the younger generation. Cars are no longer the symbol of freedom and mobility they used to be for us lot.

The fact is, the young urban types who are affluent enough to buy new cars are less and less interested in them with every passing year.
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Old 11-12-2013, 03:43 PM   #4
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There will ALWAYS be sports cars.
3800lb, flappy paddle, electric steering "sports" cars... yup.

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