I agree withthe previous posts, and the kit industry will survive pretty much as Kartman pointed out.
Unique designs will survive, mainstream or not different enogh will die.
ATOM, MARLIN, GINETTA, and GTM ( if they clear what they want to become in the future, a cheaper Lotus???) should survive, because the have different and unique enough designs.
GTM is trying to move upwards, wanting to abandon their KITCAR heritage, but I'm not sure they will be succesfull. They don't have the money to play with the big boys, and if they don't have it, it's better not to try otherwise you get burned!. They don't have a new Libra or an updated model ready to move up, nor the money to spend on advertising, glamour events to woo the image conscious kids that buy Lotus.
A few replicas, mainly Speedster's and Ferrari's.
LSIS and Cobra's, but cobra's should slow down due to the age group market niche it's intended for.
4x4 are almost non existant with kits, but I still like the Dakar a lot.
Three wheeler should pick up more, because ther are unique, and if manufacturers like Peugeot and VW intend to manufacture a new product by 2007, then this will mean something....
For the rest it will be harder times ahead, let's hope not too hard!!!!
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