I know a big part for me also was limited vacation time by the time I was looking into trying to use it - I had other trips planned and didn't want to/couldn't allocate vacation days to a trip just for that (most weekend options were booked up when I was looking into it before it expired).

Yeah and COVID made that harder to do to a point too. I didn't go to mine, even though it was like  6 hour drive or so to NH one. 

The issue is the RS200 is a 40 year old nameplate that has zero name recognition outside of hardcore car nuts-Yes its a fucking awesome car for its time, but it sure can't handle carrying a super car name by name recognition alone.    They would be far better off calling the Ford Raptor or something like that, because it would the be apex off road vehicle they make performance wise, IMO

Got this from Google, so take it with a grain of salt:   Ages 55 and over: Make up 52% of all vehicle buyers (while representing only 38% of the adult population). This group has the highest concentration of wealth, enabling them to purchase premium and new vehicles. Ages 35–54: Account for approximately 34% of buyers. Ages 34 and under: Make up only 14% of vehicle buyers (despite representing 30% of the adult population). Young drivers also represent about 8% to 10% of new vehicle registrations

I'd be surprised if it's "affordable".

I regret not using my free one.   Just never was able to make the timing work since it'd have had to be its own trip to one of the locations.

30-40 somethings are relatively young. And then in 3-4 years when the car is being sold used 20-30 somethings would then go on to buy it, and so on

Once again I think many are ignoring just what the class 6/7 market Is.  IMO, it is not restricted to the big fleets with mostly class 8 vehicles.  Granted there are exceptions such as UPS and some rental companies but the bulk of the 6/7 market is American small business of all types where the truck is not the primary breadwinner but something that supports the business..such as building contractors, manufacturers, food, furniture vendors, heavy equipment dealers etc.  And this I say is the true class 6/7 market.  I spent my 44 yrs split between an international oil and a very large pvt co. that involved dairy, C-stores, gas stations and agriculture.  Class 6/7 a very small percentage.

I should have added to my post...definitely go to the Off Roadeo!  Seriously, it is an absolute blast!

It would be awesome, but I just don't see it happening. There were rumors awhile back that Ford was working on a new t-bird that was more performance oriented, and we saw them benchmarking a bunch of c8s, but nothing came out of that.    Farley keeps mentioning this off-road supercar of his. I personally think doing a new RS 200 for that makes a lot of sense, maybe make it somewhat affordable, 60, 70, 80k, Ford's rival to a lotus, Cayman, or c8, but off-road oriented. But I don't see it happening.