Never knew this kind of Miata existed.

Flight Service wrote: Here is where everyone hates me. What makes the Toyobaru better than the Hyundai Genesis Coupe?

The fact that I put my money on the Toyota table rather than the Hyundai dealers.

Mr_Clutch42 wrote:

dculberson wrote:

Swank Force One wrote:

Rusnak_322 wrote: @ Swank Force One - what you are saying is that it could have been as popular as the hard top solstice. You know, I have never seen one of those in person either. The buisness of selling hardtop versions of convertibles to people who hate convertibles but bought convertibles anyways is probably trickier then it sounds.

I think you're confusing a lack of supply with a lack of demand in this case.

I think in both cases... the Soltice coupe was not on the market long enough to establish demand.

Grassroots Motorsports did an article on the Solstice. Part of the reason why they didn't sell like gangbusters is because it was released soon before the economic downturn hit, so people couldn't afford one in the second model year, or after that. I think that Miata sales were dropping too, and those customers couldn't buy a Solstice or a Saturn Sky. Then, GM probably didn't have the money to make a few more improvements to the car, not to mention the bankruptcy. Then they had to kill it.

I would also put it in there with the downfall of the soft selling Z3 in respect to the Miata.

Golf clubs wouldn't fit in the trunk. In the case of the Opel GT/SKY/Soltice a 2 liter of coke wouldn't fit in the trunk.

Great looking car, handled well, comfortable, adaptable, tuner friendly and zero trunk space.