Maybe offer a buy back program LOL!! j/k
I never owned an 04 so I cant comment on the car, it is producing a new car every year that eventually gets to the loyal followers and keeps prices up because as long as Xray develops a car every year the R&D never real gets covered as well as it may. I just had to pay $6.00 for one control arm.. could that control arm be cheaper (maybe 2 in a package for $8.00) if a car was in production for say 2 years? I would hope so.
All I am saying is when you make a new product every year eventually people do shake their heads and close their wallets.. Look at GM, one reason they are going bankrupt is producing new models every year thus R&D costs are HUGE!!!!
People like consistancy, many just bought their 05's (me in August thinking it was the latest and would be around for awhile)
Xray relies on people going out and buying the new car, if they didnt Xray wouldn't make any money so to say people dont have to buy the latest would be financial suicide for a company,
"We just made a new car but you dont have to buy it"
Wouldnt that be horrible marketing??
I like my car, I will most likely get and 06 for the summer but if they then produce a newly designed 07 HPI or HB will be getting my business.. Loyalty is only good until the pocket is empty
and in our area we dont have a supporting hobby store so I have to mail order all Xray parts, a $6.00 Arm would cost me $14.00 if I didnt need some tires this order.
How many Marios are on this board??