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Old 12-23-2016, 02:21 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Impureclient View Post
If enough people show their disgust in the change, maybe they will think about changing something just to change it for the new model year.
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Their marketing people spend a pile of time and money on research and know what the bulk of the public is after even if we don't agree with it.
They won't change it because it's part of a larger plan. I posted this a while back, and I think it still applies:

I couldn't figure out why they screwed up the front bumper on this car, but now I see what they're doing. That weird new nose is aligning the car visually with the FT-1 concept:





This way, when the FT-1 comes to market, that sharp nose won't look completely foreign. I suspect the next redesign of the 86 will have an even sharper nose to fill in the gap between this refresh and the FT-1. It will look like a natural evolution of the style they already established.
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