LOL..
As I said, it's not really about the 'quality' of the car (although the VXR is winning a lot of praise, as is the ST)... It's the stones to put out a track spec model with some serious spec/consideration.
In real terms it costs a manufacturer very little to do something like this, and it's what people have been craving for years and try to emulate with modding their own cars. Sure, actual buyers may be low, but then that helps with residuals. R26.R still circling £15-16k. R26s are £6-7k.