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Old 11-20-09, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by FisforFast
The sad thing about this is that people are still going to buy it. I mean, people bought the Pontiac Aztek... why wouldn't they buy this?
I've seen only a few new ugly TL's around.The older style was very nice and many are on the road.
Acura brand lovers will buy it.Not many but some.
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56K for a fully loaded Acura?

And a UGLY one at that.
Hope they did some good marketing research, sounds like a failure to me, 56K for an Acura ??,no way
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Originally Posted by FisforFast
The sad thing about this is that people are still going to buy it. I mean, people bought the Pontiac Aztek... why wouldn't they buy this?
Pontiac Aztek Was a cheap $23K car with discounts up to $10K. This is a $60K car! They will sell less than ~500 a month like the RL
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Originally Posted by 10RX450H
Pontiac Aztek Was a cheap $23K car with discounts up to $10K. This is a $60K car! They will sell less than ~500 a month like the RL
Cheap cars don't need to look ugly. Look at a Mazda 3 (previous gen, of course), or a Lancer.
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Originally Posted by FisforFast
Cheap cars don't need to look ugly. Look at a Mazda 3 (previous gen, of course), or a Lancer.
Kia Forte.
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Old 11-20-09, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by FisforFast
Cheap cars don't need to look ugly. Look at a Mazda 3 (previous gen, of course), or a Lancer.
That wasn't the point. The point is that you said people bought the Aztek. The Acura costs 3-4 times that.
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Old 11-20-09, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 10RX450H
That wasn't the point. The point is that you said people bought the Aztek. The Acura costs 3-4 times that.
People bought the Aztek despite it being ugly. You pointed out that they bought it because it was cheap... but there many cars in the price-range that are much better looking (even SUVs).
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Old 11-20-09, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by FisforFast
People bought the Aztek despite it being ugly. You pointed out that they bought it because it was cheap... but there many cars in the price-range that are much better looking (even SUVs).
The MSRP for the $24k. There were big incentive 10-13K off Sticker. Keep in mind that dealer had the azteks on lots 2 years after they discontinued the aztek. There are many suvs out there for 10-12K
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Originally Posted by 10RX450H
The MSRP for the $24k. There were big incentive 10-13K off Sticker. Keep in mind that dealer had the azteks on lots 2 years after they discontinued the aztek. There are many suvs out there for 10-12K
You're not getting the point.
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Originally Posted by FisforFast
The sad thing about this is that people are still going to buy it. I mean, people bought the Pontiac Aztek... why wouldn't they buy this?
I don't quite understand what you mean? I clearly get the point. I simply stated you cannot compare a car that cost 3x more.
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Originally Posted by 10RX450H
I don't quite understand what you mean? I clearly get the point. I simply stated you cannot compare a car that cost 3x more.
I'm not comparing the cars themselves. I'm comparing the fact that they both look incredibly ugly, yet will both sell fantastically.
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Originally Posted by FisforFast
I'm not comparing the cars themselves. I'm comparing the fact that they both look incredibly ugly, yet will both sell fantastically.
fantastically is relative . fwiw the class of cars the zdx is in is a low volume class, so if it sells more than the rest of these Sport CUV sales dogs I guess thats something .
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Originally Posted by FisforFast
I'm not comparing the cars themselves. I'm comparing the fact that they both look incredibly ugly, yet will both sell fantastically.
How do you know the Zdx will sell fantastically? It's not even available to the public yet

The aztek and the Zdx target to different buyers. One is a economy mainstream car while the other is a Luxury Car. People want class and image with a luxury car which the whole ACURA line does not offer. People who bought the Aztek wanted a cheap "new" SUV. 45-55K is too expensive for acura. They cannot even sell 40k acura RL

Pontiac stopped production in 2005. It took them 2 YEARS to sell off 500 units. How is that selling Well?

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Originally Posted by 10RX450H
How do you know the Zdx will sell fantastically? It's not even available to the public yet

The aztek and the Zdx target to different buyers. One is a economy mainstream car while the other is a Luxury Car. People want class and image with a luxury car which the whole ACURA line does not offer. People who bought the Aztek wanted a cheap "new" SUV. 45-55K is too expensive for acura. They cannot even sell 40k acura RL

Pontiac stopped production in 2005. It took them 2 YEARS to sell off 500 units. How is that selling Well?
The TL is selling fantastically around here and it's the ugliest car I've seen in decades.
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Awwww they want the RL to have some company how sweet.
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