A) What you see in your neighborhood is very different from actual nat’l/global sales numbers, and B) Mustangs and Challengers are not sports cars.

And they don’t sell particularly well there either. It takes quite a lot of volume to amortize a platform, and sports cars require unique ones from sedans and SUV’s. 

That’s exactly the point. Low volume = poor amortization = money-loser.

Back when sports cars sold, there were no sports sedans, and when there were, they were terribly pricey. Now, SUVs and minivans outrun sports cars. So, with aging knees forgoing fun vehicles, and utility becoming the need across generations, yeah, these things are dying.

This has gone from “possible” to “probable” to “fucking plan on it.”

It’s also a waste of money — Any President elected after will simply change it back to the classic livery. Even a Republican, currently amoral sycophants, will undoubtedly try to distance themselves from this shitshow.

I’ve tread that dad joke before but I’ll keep it in my back sprocket nonetheless.

North African disco, eh? Good niche.

I worked on this back then. :)

That’s what we ALL said about Hyundai and Kia 25 years ago. And then, 10 years ago, bam, they were here to stay and good too.

If they enrich his family, yes, of course we’ll have them in America.

Vantas? Am I the only one that thought of the van-driving hooker, Vanessa (get it?), from Corvette Summer? Yeah, probably...

You’d have to be insane to launch a new attainable sports car right now. I know I’ll be flamed to death but that segment is dying a slow, agonizing death.

Yes. I’d mistake this as a co-op or licensing deal, instantly.

This. Been in the ad agency, branding, and communications biz for a lifetime and I can’t imagine how they’d come out on top with this.

Yup. I’d absolutely assume there’s a CFD co-op, licensing, or endorsement (and then I’d probably buy the coffee, which is the problem).

Welcome to the service industry in 2020 America. With razor-thin margins and low unemployment, this is happening a LOT.

Same. I was a shift manager at a sandwich place at 16 and they didn’t give a fuck that the other kids and I didn’t get off until 11pm or so.

While I’d agree, I think it’s worth noting that a Taco Bell manager’s gig is not real fun (or lucrative) and that their own frustration is pretty understandable.

I remember when those were intro’d and it wasn’t even a secret.