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988-1671

PHILIP ROOYAKKERS with 2.1991 Lotus Elan Turbo
at Fenders ‘Leasing and Auto Sales. Elan Turbo was
discontinued in 1992 not because of technical or per-
formance: shortcomings but because of its high
price. Only four were Imported to Canada in 1992.

this'year, leaving the Eagle Summit

as the only small“ wagon available’ .

with all-wheel-drive. - - i

“Ofcourse you can still buy a
Subaru Impreza or Subaru Legacy
“with standard all-wheel-drive. But
Subaru has’dropped its top-of-the-
‘line Legacy Turbo sedan and Turbo
“-wagon,: and - the front-wheel- drive
Impreza four-door sedan.

Justa year after Jaguar put some .
pizzazz into ‘tire ‘sporty: XJS_ by
nadding a five-speed. manual trans-
mission, they decided to drop the
_ manua) tranny.:Seems that people
who want performance cars in the
$70,000 price range prefer to have
the: transmission. chang, sogears for
“them.

“The: $109, 000° Mercedes- Bez
E500, a radically tuned version of
the: E-Class 4-door.sedan, is also
“missing in action. Likewise, BMW
‘-dropped: the $90,000: high-perfor-

mance:MS5,’a version ofthe 535i.

Could high price h have anything to”
do with this?

Another sporty car you won't be
able to buy in Canada any more is
‘the Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce, the
two-seater convertible that was first
introduced in the mid °60s. Though
the styling remained classic to this
day, the Spider’s dated mechanicals
and suspension, high price, and
poor demand have finally led to its
demise.
:. Toyota’s -pumped-up. fender-
flared. version of the Celica, the

GTS, is also gone. High price is the .

culprit. Too bad, because it was the
. best-looking: of the Celicas, cars

* that have unusually round contours.

The nifty, lithe Hyundai Scoupe

’ Turbo has also bitten the dust, how-

ever you can still buy the Scoupe
with a normally aspirated engine.

 Mercury’s entry-level vehicle,

the Tracer, is also dust in the wind.
This well-equipped version of the
Escort sedan.was a darned good
car, but few people knew it even
existed. :

"The most common reason cars
“have disappeared is an escalating
‘price that’s beyond consumers will-
ingness to pay. Is there a message
there for car manufacturers?

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