You can’t throw viable out the window, we’re talking about people who enjoy performance cars but also need their cars to serve a number of purposes. That’s who the RS is built for and it seems to be an excellent option for those people. Warranty/reliability has value to them even though you personally don’t seem to…

I’d be interested to hear the rest of the dozen, the maintenance costs and risk of needing repair on a 10 year old Porsche are such that they’re probably not viable for a lot of people.

You keep saying you wouldn’t buy an ugly Focus. As a fun DD, which I think the RS would be for most people, what WOULD you buy?