s2000owner

I like the Sky, and esp. the Redline and GXP will be BIG sellers.

jimbogxp

Rumor has it that about a quarter of all Solstice and Sky sales will be the turbocharged models, so I think we are looking at about 5000 Solstice GXPs and 2500 Sky Redlines available for sale each year.

I've also read rumors of 1/3 sales, so maybe 7500 GXPs and and 3750 Redlines. But I believe in the lower numbers.

By this I don't mean that is the expected demand, but rather that GM is refusing to build more turbocharged cars than those nubmers annually. They are considered a separate model by GM and GM will not produce any more than about 8000 turbocharged Sols and Skys per year, even if initial demand is twice that.

Purple_sky

And Honda said from the start (years ago) that for every S2000 and Insight they produce, they'd lose money (not gain), but they produce them for the image of the company. Their money makers are all those other vehicles.

rockville

Where's the Jeep Wrangler?

gomarlins3

Fine with me. Less of them out there, just the way I like it.

Bobthearch

You're right, those sales figures aren't far apart. My previous post was made after reading some sales stats for December and January. Those months were definitely a spanking.

The Mustang can be a budget car, with the stripped interior and V6. I'd expect almost any working American could afford one. But add the upgrade package, V8 engine, and convertible top, and suddenly the Mustang is quite expensive. The online configuration I ran came out to almost $40,000.

One point that hasn't been made yet, the cars on the top of that list all have back seats. Most car shoppers aren't interested in a two-seater.

Agree with the earlier comment about the PT Cruiser convertible. Ugly!

-Bob

marthafokker

I think the Sebring numbers are tilted. There are probably more Sebring Convert sold to rental fleet than to private owners. Have you guys seen how many Sebring Vert are in Hawaii?

Bobthearch

Several years ago I worked at a car rental company and they did offer the Sebring convertibles. It was the only convertible model, so you may be onto something. Still, cars sold is cars sold. If people didn't like them, no one would rent one, and the fleet/rental companies wouldn't stock them.

Personally, I didn't care for them. The interior was cheap and the engines were mediocre at best. That was in '97.

-Bob

jimbogxp

Sebrings and Mustangs are common fleet cars. I would say, the most common convertibles for rent. Now that Ford is partnered with Mazda, the Miata is becoming a common fleet car as well. In fact, I'm hoping to rent a Miata for my trip to Kansas City.

saluki9

jimbogxp


Your data has the wrong heading.

Those figures are for the month of june. Honda has sold 3612 s2Ks YTD down 8.4% from last year.