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Replying to: rorr (Jan 09, 2006 6:05 am)
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Replying to: pao (Jan 09, 2006 8:37 am)
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Replying to: mx5rules (Jan 09, 2006 9:40 am) The dealer's 'Asking price' and sales price are completely different things. I'm quite certain he would have let it go for only $6,000 on top of sticker...... 
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Replying to: mx5rules (Jan 09, 2006 9:40 am) |
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Replying to: logic1 (Jan 09, 2006 6:24 am)
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Replying to: mx5rules (Jan 09, 2006 9:40 am) A few comments: First, you are comparing the performance of your supercharged Miata to a base Solstice. The results might be a bit different if/when you run across a Solstice GXP supercharged to around 260hp. Second, a large portion of Solstice owners (and Miata owners for that matter) only want a nice looking, reasonably performing and inexpensive convertible. The track-worthiness of past Miatas was simply a bonus for them, and will be simply a bonus for that type of Solstice owners. I'm sure you'll have fun trouncing non-boosted Solstii on the track, but a large % of those you meet on the street won't care one little bit. All they want is the wind in their hair in a little convertible that looks really really cool. And there's nothing wrong with that. Pontiac could have cheaped out and concentrated purely on price and style (that seems to have been their modus operandi in the past); but the fact that the Solstice actually performs and handles very very closely to the Miata says alot (to me anyway) about Pontiac. You should give them their due. Mazda has had better than a decade to perfect the Miata; Pontiac seems to have built a very solid effort right out of the box. Given the fact that past Pontiac efforts have gotten substantially BETTER a few years after their introduction, makes me think Mazda should be worried about the state of the Solstice in '08 or '09.....
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Replying to: carlisimo (Jan 09, 2006 10:03 am) Interior while attractive was very flimsy. |
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Replying to: mx5rules (Jan 09, 2006 9:40 am) More power on a less skittish platform. |
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Replying to: rorr (Jan 09, 2006 10:11 am) Are you sure Pontiac will still be around in 2008 or 2009? GM is going to eliminate another division or two before their financial ruins improve.
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Replying to: audia8q (Jan 09, 2006 10:41 am) The point remains; historically, GM has continually improved their models in incremental steps as the model gets further into it's life cycle. As good as the Solstice is today (and IMO the Miata is still a scooch better), I wouldn't bet against GM improving the Solstice over the course of the next 3-5 years. |
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