overall car-buying public, thats why BMW sells the shit out of 525s>530s>545s and is why 2.5 altimas > 3.5 altimas Our society is far more concerned with image over substance. As long as the car looks the same (even though the substance-over-image person can spot the differences a mile away, once again they are the vast minority), people typically wont pay for the real-deal version of a car.
Besides most people dont know the difference and have been driving dodge stratuses and civics their whole lives, when they get in a car with 250hp+ they think it is factory-built for Bonneville.
Some dumbass I work with thought my NA was "a beast" when I let him ride for a session at Hallett a couple years back. He drove a civic.....I rest my case.