The GC is a Mustang competitor, first and foremost. The fact that it ended up being a Infiniti G alternative was not initially expected.

I just don't understand why these cars are so popular. I understand that they were quite fast in their day, but it's been 20 years and you can buy faster cars. People gush over how much horsepower you can extract from the 2JZ, but you can spend less and get more out of a LS motor.

No it isn't that slow, probably 8-9 seconds to 60. But the big issue is that they can't corner.

Oh, I'm bad at picking those up...

They tick off a 13.4@105 in the quarter mile, pull 0.96gs on a skidpad. Both of those numbers are exceptional. As far as price is concerned, it's the same price as a base 5.0, which is widely considered to be cheap. It's also under the median price for a car, which is right around $32,000.

Why? The FR-S has 215 wide Michelin Primacy tires while the Prius has 195 Goodyear Fuel Max tires.

No way, the Prius is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. On top of the that, the tires don't actually let you corner above 50MPH.

$$$$$$$

Driving a Prius all out on Nurburgring would be insane, especially with the stock tires. If you cook the corners even slightly in one, the car refuses to go anywhere but straight. I'd actually be surprised if the tires could survive a full lap going 100%, I'm sure the front tires would be near their cords by the end.

They are trying to increase the margins on the Prius. People have been lead to believe that you NEED AWD in order to survive the winter. For a lot of people, AWD is mandatory.

They make the Z, which you can pick up right now for $28,000.

They have the Z and they have the G37 coupe. That pretty much covers competition for the 2 series.

The Mustang platform has only been updated a few times since the early 80s. The Camaro used the same platform for 30 years before the fifth-gen came out. That, combined with the fact that they are powered by truck engines is what keeps them so cheap.

FWD platforms are significantly more adaptable than FR ones because they are more easily modularized. That's why you see FWD platforms that can support a dozen models, but FR platforms tend to diverge pretty significantly.

First off, this car has been cancelled. And making a convertible version of an existing is much, much, much, much, much cheaper than creating an entirely new platform from scratch.

The tC is pretty far from a fun to drive car though.

Maximas have always been pretty fast though. It could hang with Civic Sis and Tiburons, anything else with a v6 would toast it.

These things were monsters back in the day. To put things in perspective: to achieve the same Shelby-stomping performance today, somebody would have to release an economy car that could crush a Viper or GT-R on a race track.

Well, it had 130HP yet was priced like the 240 HP S2000 or 300ish HP Z.

I wouldn't expect much for $40k. On paper, this hypothetical Supra would be pretty close to the M4. Twin turbo I6, 400ish HP, 4 seater coupe, etc. So it seems reasonable to expect it to be close in price too.