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Uber Expensive Sporty Cars

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by hill, Mar 20, 2017.

  1. hill

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    Outselling all other high end cars can apparently be a cash cow, even though numbers are no where near Camry sales;

    http://www.autonews.com/article/20170320/OEM01/170329996/porsche-pockets-17250-profit-on-every-vehicle

    Once Tesla came to town ... suddenly lots of other high end car builders wanted to get on the plugin band wagon - as they began to see instant torque as a way to the front of the sales heap. Makes me wonder how few/many Porsche sales they'll need to move, in order to pay down the diesel-gate cars.
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    i remember when porshe made cheap cars, (914) guess that didn't work out too well. the booster was a flop too, wasn't it?
    good article, it's all about the show for these buyers. 'i have something you can't afford'.
     
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    Now now, that's an unfair generalization on those buyers, just like the generalization that Prius drivers are entitle holier-than-thou owners. I'm sure many buy them simply because they like the car and are comfortable to spend the money on them.
     
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    no doubt.:cool:
     
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    I drove 'em decades ago just hoping I could get the chicks

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    After getting married I was told by she-who-must-be-obeyed, "you don't need that anymore". I guess that was because from then on - I' d be too busy with all the honey-do's.

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    do chicks really like cars? most drive boring whatever like prius.
     
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    sounds like a redneck poll. probably the deplorables.
     
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    Actually that survey rated the redneck pickup truck owner types as being on par with the hottie sport car driver food chain.

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    '32% of women felt that the most attractive men drive pick up trucks, with sports cars and suv's coming in 2nd and 3rd.'
     
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