Subaru Baja... "we sold a few..."
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Subaru Baja... "we sold a few..."
http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?p..._code=02276205
Don't get all excited and rush out there... they'll be around until 2006 they say....
Don't get all excited and rush out there... they'll be around until 2006 they say....
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At least it was a cheap conversion effort from the Outback wagon. Hopefully their losses aren't too great. :dunno: I wouldn't be caught dead in one. So damned ugly. :a:
OTOH, the forthcoming Legacy B4 is dead sexay... :thinking:
OTOH, the forthcoming Legacy B4 is dead sexay... :thinking:
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Originally Posted by NorCal DC4
At least it was a cheap conversion effort from the Outback wagon. Hopefully their losses aren't too great. :dunno: I wouldn't be caught dead in one. So damned ugly. :a:
OTOH, the forthcoming Legacy B4 is dead sexay... :thinking:
OTOH, the forthcoming Legacy B4 is dead sexay... :thinking:
The Baja is just an open-back Outback. Couldn't have cost them too much... probably much less than Honda spent spinning the Element off of the CR-V. Of course, the revenues from Element sales have been much better than Subaru and their Baja.
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Generally speaking, I'd say it's a good idea to think about who might actually buy a new vehicle concept, BEFORE putting it to market.
I mean really, who is going to buy an Outback converted into a mini Chevy Avalanche? Who told Subaru this would be a good idea?
I mean really, who is going to buy an Outback converted into a mini Chevy Avalanche? Who told Subaru this would be a good idea?
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Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
Generally speaking, I'd say it's a good idea to think about who might actually buy a new vehicle concept, BEFORE putting it to market.
I mean really, who is going to buy an Outback converted into a mini Chevy Avalanche? Who told Subaru this would be a good idea?
I mean really, who is going to buy an Outback converted into a mini Chevy Avalanche? Who told Subaru this would be a good idea?
BTW, as I was running errands, I noticed the local Subaru dealer was loading a semi trailer up with Bajas, as in taking them off the lot. h: :chuckles:
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Originally Posted by NorCal DC4
:werd: indeed. A consumer clinic or market research firm must of found some people somewhere in this country that was responisve to the idea...:dunno: Is there any place in the continental USA where these sell in respectable numbers?
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you'd be surprised how many companies do not hold focus groups or even attempt niche marketing...they think "build it and people will buy it"...this has been the standard practice of gm, ford, and dcx for years now...now the imports are stagnating
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Originally Posted by jaje
you'd be surprised how many companies do not hold focus groups or even attempt niche marketing...they think "build it and people will buy it"...this has been the standard practice of gm, ford, and dcx for years now...now the imports are stagnating