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Originally Posted by Tcoat
The Twins base is already 10 years old. This isn't a matter of saying it is a 4 or 5 MY year "next gen".
I can already hear the press ripping it apart as presenting a 10 year old car with some minor changes as a "Next generation".
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Coming out of lurk-status.
Press or consumers don't mind if it's not a ground-up so long as it's a substantial improvement over the predecessor. "Substantial" being subjective. There are numerous examples of arguably warmed over cars being praised, like the Ferrari 360 > F430, or Jaguar XJ6 Series II > Series III. The examples where the FMC-lite models being panned were usually because they had somehow downgraded, or didn't provide enough of an upgrade (like the gen 7 to gen 8 Honda Civic). It's the whole package, rather than how much new sheet metal is in the GR86.
A decent powerbump, plus same or lighter weight, plus improving the torque curve while maintaining the same agile dynamics should be well-received. Whether that translates into sales is another story...