i hope the look of the frs doesn't change too much throughout the years...
 

even when they do the mid year refresh i hope it still basically looks the same. i want the car to be iconic. that way in 10, 15 years if we're still driving it it is instantly recognizable. kind of like how you always know it's a porsche you're looking at, no matter what year it is.

I'm hoping this becomes what the MR2/Supra is today. I want to keep this for a long time.

I think that's a safe bet. I expect the mid-cycle refresh to be an updated look in the front and rear, for the most part. Maybe restyled headlights and front bumper, and updated tailights and rear bumper.

Just look at the Genesis Coupe. Updated, but still instantly recognizable. I can't think of any cars that went through a mid-cycle refresh and looked completely different.

I can agree, and I hope to keep it for a very long time. On the other hand I might do so much or try to reconstruct it over the years that it might end up looking a bit in the other direction of a FR-S.

i kind of had the thought of the civic si in mind. it's been all over the map. hatch back, coupe, etc. even the 8th gen to 9th gen was a big enough change. (step in the wrong direction imo)

Yeah, the Civic comes in different configurations, but I still think a Civic always manages to look like a Civic. Did they ever have a big mid-cycle change as far as looks/styling?

i guess i didn't mean so much the mid cycle change, but generation to generation.

Mitsubishi Eclipse

Which generation?

I actually owned a 1st gen (mine was a 1990 model) with the pop-up headlights.

Oh, yeah, that's a completely different story. Big changes can happen from generation to generation. But mid-cycle is usually just a refresh of the styling at the most.

An example of a big styling change between generations is the Ford Mustang. Compare the '04 models to the '05 models and they look completely different.

No, the Eclipse changed between generations. Gen 1 was good, gen 2 was great, and gen 3 and 4 were bad (styling-wise).

The 2008-2011 Ford Focus was a midcycle refresh that totally changed the car's styling. Some refer to it as the second generation, but all they did was update the interior/exterior. The 2012+ was the first real mechanical change for the Focus.

I hope an update to the rear lights that are interchangeable, since that's the only part I'm not too in love with

Yeah, I agree with the Eclipse. They did have a mid-cycle refresh during the first gen cars though. Like I said, mine had pop-up headlights. By the end of the 1st gen, the styling was still very much the same, but the pop-up headlights were gone in favor of standard fixed headlight lenses. I always thought the early 1st gen cars were the best looking ones though.

The Focus is complicated. Ford sorta split the generations (or at least styles) between the North American market and the European market. I think it wasn't until 2010 that they merged both markets again. I'm not sure if the changes were considered generation or mid-cycle refreshes because everything was so wacked out during that time.

I can see some refinements in future productions of the FR-S. What I think of most is the heater controls, seat belt attachments to the seat, third brake light, total revamp of the tail lights.

As I stated before I'd love to see a broader selection for the consumer. I'd go balistic over BRG and a saddle tan leather interior.