Well maybe your right but Toyota for example had a great car in the MR2 roadster (biased I had 2) and decided to ditch it this year as it does'nt fit in with their (supposed green) tree hugging image they want to convey to the world? even though they were still making money on them and orders still comming in?
So they would rather build boring but allegedly green friendly cars!
Who knows maybe they are turning into the British Leyland of Japan! God help us all!
Bit different in that the MR2 was pretty old, and since Rover became Over, has no real competitors left to attract people to the 2 seater mid engine weekender. People will take the newer, better MX-5 each time. The MR2 will have been dropped due to age of the car and lack of profits. It was only a 2 litre anyway, so not exactly a big polluter. The name means too much to Toyota, they'll bring out another MR2.
In the mean time, the Zed should be around for a little longer.....