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Originally Posted by nikitopo
I can imagine a discussion like ... "we have front side air vents in the S209, why not add them to the new GR86/BRZ"
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Fender vents owe a lot more RC-F than S209. IMO they're well integrated and look fine, to me. I like them better than the non-functional add-on front fender doo-dads just in front of and below the side mirrors on the current car.
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and then something like ... "we have wide side rocker panels and bulging rear fenders in the GR Yaris, why not add them to the new GR86/BRZ" . "Ok. Let's try to combine these in a new design without going too off from the existing car proportions".
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'22 car's rear fenders don't bulge any more than current-gen, I don't think. The way the rockers integrate with the "bulge" area is more similar between current-gen and GR Yaris, it's just *way* more exaggerated on the GR Yaris. '22 does something different with the spats, love 'em or hate 'em. I *like* 'em, love would be too strong a word...
I wouldn't get to worked up about *why* the car looks like it does. If you don't like it you don't like it, that's enough. I've seen designs largely dictated by one guy guided solely by his artistic vision that suck, and I've seen "committee" designs that look great! Also, sometimes design aspects stolen from another car can look GREAT! Not a huge fan of the car itself, but I *love* (most of) the styling of the '93-'97 Camaro, and the front design language was basically from a '90 Geo Storm!
To me, neither 1st nor 2nd-gen seem at any of those extremes anyway. They're both solid designs that don't look derivative and are coherent and work well overall given the compromises (strut suspension = highish fenders, 2+2 config = kinda awkward-to-me rear wheel placement).