Toyota is lying through their teeth with the "meeting expectations statement." The 7G Celica, which was also a cheap, lightweight sports car on a dedicated platform, was cancelled the year its sales fell below 9k. It was selling nearly 30k units in the US for the first few years of production, then 15k in 2004 and…

Selling only 9k units a year at this price point is terrible. It pretty much guarantees that it will never see a second generation. For reference, the only year that the 7G Celica sold that little was the year it was cancelled, the rest of the time, it was selling 15-25k units.

Subaru dealerships hate this car.

25k is cheap for a niche market car, but not for a super-high volume car economy car.

Remember when everybody was BEGGING for a cheap, pure, RWD sports car? Subaru delivered that and it was a sales disaster. Everybody found some excuse as to why it wasn't good enough. If they turbocharged the BRZ, the same shit would happen: "It's too slow/expensive; it has bad fuel economy; it's too small; it needs…

What makes this different from an FR-S? It will be the same size, weight, price and power as the FR-S. The only difference I can see is that it will use a very small turbocharged engine to make the same power.

Where are you finding these numbers?

Subaru has done the market research on this, you can be sure; they don't want another 2008 fiasco. This won't drop their sales by half, in fact, adding the optional auto will increase their sales and broaden its marketing appeal. The dealership near me has sold out of their automatic 2015s already.

BS, the Focus ST oversteers like mad during turn-in. At least, if you know how to drive it and don't hamfistedly slam the throttle mid-corner.

For the longest time, they didn't overlap. We didn't get the Fiesta in the US, and the US Focus was not on the global platform. Mazda's SUVs were badge engineers, but they aren't anymore.

Hopefully this means that Ford will buy back their share of Mazda. There is a good amount of synergy between Ford and Mazda. Mazda benefits from being able to negotiate for better prices from suppliers and Ford gets a presence in Japan. Their cars don't overlap too much either; certainly less than most of VAG's…

Jeep is going to sell so many of these things.

They are gaining traction, but they still aren't a noticeable portion of the market. There's a significant amount of additional cost associated with diesel engines in the US.

And, in reality, you're not likely to spend nearly that much in maintenance over that time. Most cars are pretty reliable now-a-days. Even my wife's eight year old GM product has needed less than $2000 in maintenance over the past 5 years. The only non-wear item that we've fixed has been the TPMS.

People who are bad with money are good at spending it. Making a financial product for people with poor impulse control is genius.

Afraid to lease the 2014 model year of something knowing that you'll be stuck with it for a few years right as the new 2015 model comes out? Dodge has a solution.

Not so much anymore, the old adage that buying used is better than new has drastically raised used car prices. It's pretty common to see one-year-old cars listed for more than their original invoice price.

The old engine was 1.79L. So it would be 1.79T 20V.

Honestly, torque converted autos are pretty damn good now. I drove a 2014 Genesis Coupe V6 + ZF8 speed and would have honestly believed that it was a dual clutch unit with how fast that it shifted.

It's not actually the same displacement though, it just happens to round up to 1.80L. The old one was actually 1.79L.