Jap sports (and sporty) cars going extinct......

**airshaq20** · March 2nd, 2005 02:43 AM

Im not really into Jap cars......but.........
Before the millenium, we had:

-Mitsubishi 3000GT
-Toyota Supra
-Nissan Skyline GT-R's
-Honda/Acura NSX
-Nissan 300ZX
-Mazda RX-7
-Toyota MR2
and others......

Now the Celica and MR2 is on its last year of production.....
Even Honda was affected and discontinued the Prelude, Integra and del Sol......

At present, we only have:

NSX (bare no one can afford)
RX8 (from RX7)
350z/G35 (from the old Z)
Evo (econo car with a fancy engine)
WRX

and for the affordable ones:
Mits. Eclipse
Acura RSX

Most of these aren't selling as good - Is the sports compact going extinct?

**ILuvDetailing** · March 2nd, 2005 02:53 AM

SUVs are in. People want more utility in their vehicles.

**USDM Legacy GT** · March 2nd, 2005 07:34 AM

I think the trend right now is going AWD and turbo charged for the U.S. market. Most car manufacturers are coming out with either turbo charged compact cars or AWD sport luxury cars. Dodge came out with the SRT4, Acura has the new AWD RL, Ford has the the new AWD Five Hundred, Mitsubishi has the EVO and AWD is standard on all Subarus.

**gaijin** · March 2nd, 2005 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by airshaq20

At present, we only have:

NSX (bare no one can afford)
RX8 (from RX7)
350z/G35 (from the old Z)
Evo (econo car with a fancy engine)
WRX

and for the affordable ones:
Mits. Eclipse
Acura RSX

Most of these aren't selling as good - Is the sports compact going extinct?

Being in Japan for quite some time, the trend here is towards eco-friendly and hybrid engines. There are many concept cars being introduced to the public which rely on hybrid engines topped up by performance (power, fuel consumption, CO2 emission reduction, etc.).

**badkuk** · March 2nd, 2005 09:41 AM

tingin ko weather-weather lang yan. time will come magkakasawaan din sa SUVs n stuff. alam mo naman, where there's a demand, motor companies will jump in to make a profit, este, supply the right kinds of cars. Though in the near future e medyo sa fuel efficient o hybrid cars ang trend. gas prices are insane! ung 100 mo, tatlong litro lang? gudness...

**nicolodeon** · March 2nd, 2005 09:47 AM

I agree with gaijin. The Japanese people have been eco-concious for many years now, that's why the trend, as gaijin had mentioned, is towards eco-friendly and hybrid cars. I also think that, due to the current...economic recession (if one could call it that), has an effect on the buying public. Also, some of the cars really never had good sales figures e.g. the 3000GT of Mitsubishi.

**nugundam93** · March 2nd, 2005 09:49 AM

poor RB26DETT. another one of those eco-friendly measure casualties.

**ILuvDetailing** · March 2nd, 2005 09:53 AM

Now why aren't there hybrid cars here?

**nicolodeon** · March 2nd, 2005 10:06 AM

Why are there no hybrid cars here? Well, it could be due to to many factors, like, our society might not be ready or open to those types of vehicles. It also could be because our automobile-owning public are not ready yet for this type of technology. Then, there is also the danger that if those vehicles are sold here, the sales of he distributor could suffer because, like the rest of the motoring public around the world, we still believe in the "efficiency" of a near-100 year old technology we call the internal combustion engine. Lastly, in the past, what did the Philippine society thought of Pinoy inventors who proposed these types of automobiles? They were laughed at and tagged as nut-cases.

**Skywalker** · March 2nd, 2005 12:14 PM

The SUVs killed the sports cars....

May nabasa akong article tungkol dito at ang laki profit margin sa SUV kaya doon ibinuhos ang attention ng mga car manufacturers.

Nag-iiba na nga ang trend ngayon dahil mahal na ang gas kaya dahan dahan nang pumapasok ang hybrids, small cars at diesel sa US. Pansin nyo sa Europe, mas uso ang diesel at small cars.