[2001 ZTS]

Paparoach,May 26 2004, 05:01 PM Wrote:Many cars for example Subaru hold their value because no one buys them period.
Now does nobody buy them because they are a crappy car? Makes you think.

Very true. In Canada Subaru sales account for 2% of the total light vehicle market. Subaru sedans are just 0.3% of total. That means more than 5 times the number of wagons to sedans! That is just plain wierd in North America.

Considering how small they are think about all the press/praise they get!

I swear they have the Tornto Star "0wn3d" every single weekend. I can't remeber not seing some article in their be it a new model or some rally car story. It must drive the other manuafacturers nuts! Subaru Canada HQ must be sending Geisha Girls to TorStar HQ on a regualr basis?

It is less the case now but the older ones appeal to certain kind of people only, eccentric academics and other wierdos like myself. Those who like them, like them alot and I think repeat ownership was something outrageous like 96%. That is not people who said in some survey: "yes I would buy again" that is the amount who actually put their money where their mouth is.

I am one of them. ;)