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Originally Posted by HHI944
I love their cars.....but they've been on the edge of this cliff for a while.
The design budget for my Elan .........
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My understanding from watching a 2-hour long on-line video several years ago is that the current company is a new entity, and started just to build the Elise (post-Elan).
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Originally Posted by sammyg2
1) When I first say their newer line of cars, my first impression was that some 5th grader drew them on his notebook while daydreamnig in english class.
They look like toys, like some strange hot wheels car, too over the top to be taken seriously.
2) The 2 passenger sports car market is tiny and competitive, you can't base an entire company on just that market. It is suicide, it is asinine.
It all adds up to "gee, who coulda seen that coming "
3) Tell em to make a decently reserved 2+2 GT car and maybe they'd sell enough cars to stand a chance.
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1. The styling is a subjective issue, I counter your dislike with a big like (one for one).
2. All car companies started in my lifetime that I know about have been single model, and most of them sports cars, I recall one being a Land Roverish SUV though. Many car companies have sustained themselves for years on a single model, although I would not say they flourished in the long run.
3. The Evora is a 2+2 and intended to compete directly with the Porsche 911. On-line articles I've read featuring an Evora comparison to the 911 show both cars have their strengths and weaknesses. I haven't polled all the articles out there but my impression is that in the end it's a
win win with either one.
Somehow I'm not too surprised by sammy's posts, but I am disappointed.