The Sports Car Is in Serious Trouble

[Michael's Black Son]

Drop the price on the S Class coupe to 20k and I'll do my part to help sports car sales and cop 2 of them bytches

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

For all of those reasons and more, swanky sports cars are losing momentum in the U.S. of late. Sales in the segment have declined for the past six quarters. Last year, nearly one-third of premium sports car purchases vanished, according to Edmunds.com. The trend is only accelerating this year. There was a 52 percent drop in sales during the first quarter of 2016.

When it comes to the article making its point on this, I don't think sports cars sales are dropping because regular sedans have as much power as sports cars, which is what you believe to be the reason for decreased sports cars sales. I think there are less people in the market for sports cars because there are less buyers in that market, so that decreases demand. When the economy turns around, sports cars sales will go up when more buyers are in that market. When you want a sports car and have the money, then you buy one. If you want a sports sedan and you have the money, then you buy one.

The market is fine though. 2015 was a record year for car sales, and average transaction prices are way up. Sports cars aren't selling because consumer tastes have shifted. It all comes down to what constitutes a status vehicle. Back in the day sporty cars were how people showed they had money. Now it's pickup trucks and SUVs. It doesn't hurt that pickups and SUVs are way more practical too. It's a fundamental shift that has pretty much been a death warrant for sports cars.

I mean just off the top of my head, a lot of these sporty cars were dead and gone long before the recession:

Acura RSX
Chevy Cobalt SS
Ford Probe
Honda Prelude
Mazda MX-6
Mazda RX-7
Mitsubishi 3000GT
Nissan 240SX
Toyota Celica
Toyota Supra

Etc. And a lot more have not recovered. Nissan Z, Audi TT, BMW Z4 etc. It's only icons like the Mustang, Miata, Corvette, 911 still doing numbers. But the overall sports car market is dying. A lot of those people switched to trucks and SUVs.

 

[ORDER_66]

Acura RSX.... RIP...

 

[feelosofer]

Because sports cars are no longer status symbols. Out in Jersey all the ballers buy tricked out pickups or Luxury SUVs.

 

[getmoney310cpt]

The X6 is cool but have you seen a Mercedes GLE with the AMG kit?

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

Sportscars always sell in cycles.This isn't surprising.

Yeah i believe it.


It's sickalacal.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Brehs a new GTI is as fast as my old 350Z. Only way sports cars make a comeback is if they get rugged and raw. Only sports car I would get over a GTI would be something like a Factory Five 818 or a Lotus Elise or an Ariel Atom or something.

 

[Astroslik]

The X6 is cool but have you seen a Mercedes GLE with the AMG kit?

X6 M still better

 

[BlackManLiveFromLondon]

X6 M still better

I aint a fan of the way the new X5's/6 look.. they looked way more aggressive before

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

The X6 is cool but have you seen a Mercedes GLE with the AMG kit?

Im ashamed to say it but I would rock this heavy....

That GLC coupe is gonna be that lil bit tighter tho. GLE is like a MILF.... GLC is her in her prime