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Originally Posted by Viffermike
Not really. Otherwise:
- Porsche wouldn't have bothered with a new Boxster
- Mazda wouldn't have launched a new Miata
- Fiat wouldn't have re-tasked the Miata as a resurrected 128
- Audi wouldn't be offering the redesigned TT in roadster form
- Tesla wouldn't be considering one (much less designing one) for a post-Model 3 launch
- Honda wouldn't be about to launch a roadster version of the NSX
- Mercedes wouldn't be offering not just one (SL), but two (SLK) -- no: three! (GT) -- into the forseeable future
- Aston Martin
- Jaguar F-Type
- Nissan Z
and finally ...
- BMW wouldn't be messing with a Z5 replacement.
I think what you meant was the 'affordable' roadster market is 'pretty much dead' -- which is largely the case. But the Z5 won't be affordable, so there's that. The roadster market is very much alive above $50K or so.
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I guess you could throw in affordable too but even the cheaper roadsters like the Miata, they only sell on average 5-6k a year, the TT is around 2500 so while manufacturers are still making them, they don't really sell relative to everything else so it's a very, very small market.
Perhaps my words were over-exaggerating a bit, but the roadster market is insignificant.