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sportscar buyers...and despite being sportscars, the majority of sportscar buyers, back then especially, were really just looking into getting into something nice (or as we say now, "pimp"). I am not necessarily dividing the car universe into SUV buyers and sportscar buyers, but it breaks down that way that as far as all these other cars which you refer to were concerned because those two segment changed DRASTICALLY during the same time period, while other segments stayed more or less the same. This represented the shift away from expensive GT sportscars. Only brands with the pedigree and followership of Corvette and Porsche were really able to survive this. Whether you can accept it or not, this is what happened. I, like you, would like to believe that most new sportscar buyers buy their cars because they are sportscars, but that simply is not the case. New car sales in this segment rely HEAVILY of people making "status" purchases. This is true today as it was then. If it wasn't true, then you'd see Z clubs growing and expanding to some degree relative to the excellent Z33 sales, but you don't, do you? Why do think "never raced" is such a prevalent moniker in sportscar for sale ads? Because people don't buy them for what they are built for. They are bought for status, because they are perceived as "pimp" "trendy" whatever. SUVs...Explorer, 4Runner, Blazer, Jimmy, Suburban, Tahoe, all had a hand as the culprits in killing the japanese GT sales.
  
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