It takes time to build that support...you can't launch a marketing campaign in a week and hope for results. You have to build it up months ahead of time. The GM guys obviously disagree with your premise as they are out there nearly two years ahead creating the buzz.

I can see this car having a 3-4 year run again if the company promotes it so halfheartedly. Mustang will keep banging along and release 27 new subspecies trim packages, Camaro will endure for a decade or more until they get tired of it. But hey, at least we will all have a rare collector item in 30 years and we can see a 2008 Challenger sell for $15-20M at the Barrett-Jackson auction in 2038. Yay!

Yankee - My parents had a Merkur when I was in high school (around '85-86) and the car handled really well, was quick, and very well designed ergonomics. I loved driving it. The turbo burned the motor up twice though. Damn fan never went off. It was definitely a fish out of water on the lot next to the old school luxury boats at the Lincoln dealer where we got it.