Is the sports car an endangered species? [w/POLL]

[wickedstangs]

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The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/camaro">2010 Camaro</a> has been a boon for General Motors and its Chevrolet brand, with sales of 9,150 units in April alone. The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/mustang/">Mustang</a> is down a bit at 5,145 units for April, but that's expected to change once the vastly improved 2011 models begin rolling into Ford dealers around the country. Even the Dodge Challenger had its best month ever in April. We can't tell you how happy it makes us that the pony car wars have once again began to boil over, but a report by Edmunds' Auto Observer correctly points out that the rest of the sports car market isn't faring nearly so well.<br />
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The report shows that sports cars like the once hot <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/gt+r">Nissan GT-R</a>, with only 106 sales in April, are now struggling for sales. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/911+turbo">Porsche 911</a> sales are down 18 percent from a poor 2009, only 428 Mazda RX-8s have been sold in 2010 and Nissan failed to sell 1,000 copies of the fun to drive 370Z. Even the venerable <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/corvette/">Corvette</a>, which saw 2007 production of over 40,000 units, is only at 3,522 units through four months of 2010.<br />
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Is the sports car on the permanent decline, or are we just hitting a big-time bump in the road? Take the poll below to give us your thoughts.<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/06/is-the-sports-car-an-endangered-species-w-poll/#poll45968">View Poll</a></p><br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-porsche-911-turbo-first-drive/low/">First Drive: 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-porsche-911-turbo-first-drive/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/01_2010911turboreview_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-porsche-911-turbo-first-drive/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/02_2010911turboreview_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-porsche-911-turbo-first-drive/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/03_2010911turboreview_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-porsche-911-turbo-first-drive/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/04_2010911turboreview_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-porsche-911-turbo-first-drive/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/05_2010911turboreview_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://www.autoobserver.com/2010/05/chevrolet-camaro-winning-muscle-car-war-but- sports-cars-burned-by-downturn.html">Auto Observer</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/06/is-the-sports-car-an-endangered-species-w-poll/">Is the sports car an endangered species? [w/POLL]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 06 May 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autoobserver.com/2010/05/chevrolet-camaro-winning-muscle-car-war-but-%20sports-cars-burned-by-downturn.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/06/is-the-sports-car-an-endangered-species-w-poll/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19467730/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/06/is-the-sports-car-an-endangered-species-w-poll/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>


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[Renegade]

i love the way that Porsche looks

 

[blackstallion06]

I said it before and I will say it again. We are in the middle of pony wars. People are buying them up like crazy. the only thing ford, chevy, and dodge could do is bring some more hot rods to the market place.
I personaly would love to see a fairlane, comet, or falcon come back to the ford line up. ( bring that falcon over from Australia) Chevy would be doing great adding another Nova and what about chrysler with
a dart, or a duster/demon coming back to there lineup. I dont think you have to many poeple buying rice anymore. I also think it would help the big 3 in the future with sales. I dont know about the rest of you but it pisses
me off when I call into chrysler to complain about my warrenty issues with my wifes mini van to talk to Habebe over seas!

 

[BadBullitt]

I said it before and I will say it again. We are in the middle of pony wars. People are buying them up like crazy. the only thing ford, chevy, and dodge could do is bring some more hot rods to the market place.
I personaly would love to see a fairlane, comet, or falcon come back to the ford line up. ( bring that falcon over from Australia) Chevy would be doing great adding another Nova and what about chrysler with
a dart, or a duster/demon coming back to there lineup. I dont think you have to many poeple buying rice anymore. I also think it would help the big 3 in the future with sales. I dont know about the rest of you but it pisses
me off when I call into chrysler to complain about my warrenty issues with my wifes mini van to talk to Habebe over seas!

Now that Chrysler has been bought by Fiat, you can call and talk with Mario.