Never had a customer with a S2000.What about S2000 drivers?
That's pretty much all of us who don't own an S2000.
But they have 300+ modelsOff the top of my head at least two, Porsche Boxster and Porsche Cayman.
Wasn't later years 320? Though its been out of production for a whileOr an NSX, I'd imagine. Also a sports car with under 300 HP for those who are counting.
The most depressing thing of the whole night was that basically the whole panel said that driving enthusiast cars will almost be non-existent in a few years.
But they have 300+ models
So? Mainstream sports cars with less than 300hp was your criteria, not mainstream sports cars that cannot be upgraded to over 300hp.
I didn't even know the SLK was still on sale here, had to look it up, MB US does still list it but I haven't seen one in at least 6 years.The Merc SLK is well under 300hp, except the top of the range versions. Same with the BMW Z4.
Yes argatoga mentioned it but the FT and the Miata are kind of outliers as they are roadsters that are historically low power and low weight. FT is strange though because its a fixed roof roadster...Doesn't the FT have less than 300 horsepower?
That seems silly IMHO. There's still plenty of demand to keep them going. See MX-5, 911, BMW 1M, Toyota 86 (Although I suppose that could end up being a flop... but there must have been enough demand to push them to make it), etc. Although then again, the definition of "driving enthusiast cars" can be debated forever, but I'd say those all qualify.
So what we have learned from this is that German sports cars come in "less power than a Camry" trim
The greater demand is for efficiency, which isn't the main selling point of your mentioned cars (you could argue for the 911, but still). If you think about how many cars there are for sale in total and then compare that list to the cars you mentioned, it's already a very nichey market. After excusing himself of being an old fart, Gordon said that he was afraid that the new generation now would never experience to drive a car which is driven by the correct wheels.
What you should have learned is that a single number is not very relevant.
Hell, the top-spec Unimog has much less power than a V6 Camry. Meaningful?
And even those are moving to AWD, BMW just recently added X-drive to a bunch of their models, MB has a ton of 4matic cars as well. Infiniti has their X models as well. The world is generally moving away from the pure engine in the front, driving wheels out back model because of a bunch of concerns including safety. (Also ESP systems are much more effective with AWD than they are with 2WD)EThe most mainstream RWD vehicles I can think of are premium cars, from Mercedes and BMW.