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Old 03-20-2021, 11:14 PM   #121
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Originally Posted by soundman98 View Post
that's what all new vehicle reveals are moving towards, even the mundane suv/cuv reveals.

by being an invite only event, they get to control the entire flow of information about the car, making it all positive, or the invite-ee's won't be invited back to the brands next reveal.

it should really make you more skeptical of any information about any new vehicle, because the reviewers literal future depends on giving every new vehicle a positive glowing review, even if the entire interior falls apart and starts on fire.
I certainly understand the cynicism here but it's not always justified. If you check the reviews from the recent closed-track winter test of the upcoming Golf R, for example, several reviewers were quite harsh about the car's exclusive use of touch-sensitive and capacitive controls - a mistake Honda and Cadillac made a few years ago and subsequently reversed.

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