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Originally Posted by jbernie

Keep in mind the Miata/MX5 has been around since 1989 so with the number of years in existance combined with total sales from being the dominant car in class for so long Mazda probably paid of their base costs many years ago and now just need to make the incrimental changes. Overall the body shape has barely changed, slight tweak here and there, a little extra width or length there.

GM has only had the Soltice/Sky for 2 or 3 years so no where near enough time to recoup all costs on such a small build run. To go with this they also needed stylish products to get media attention etc etc, they got people talking about GM products in a positive way (ie long delivery times/high demand) which isn't something you can just pay the media to get.

Look at the decision from a rational point of view, it is a 2 seater, with tight interior dimensions and a trunk that may hold a 12 pack of soda when the top is down. They look great but are pretty useless in many ways. With GM losing so much money per unit, it makes sense to stop a product that doesn't generate enough sales/media hype/etc now so that those costs do not influence the quality of other higher volume vehicles.

I would rather GM cut the Solstice/Sky in an effort to improve the quality/picing/features of vehicles like the Cobalt/HHR/Malibu than to let the really important products suffer.

The Solstice/Sky have served their purpose now it is time to move on and maybe later reintroduce these types of vehicles on a better platform.

Well put my freind, well put.