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Originally Posted by LRNAD90
Hugely objective, but personally still find the lines of the 1st gen more pleasing to the eye. Personally both generations need to be slightly lowered (no more than an inch) with better wheels/tires ultimately, but when done to both, still find the 1st gen lines the prettier of the two.
That being said, it seems pretty clear that the 2nd gen is superior to the 1st in almost all measurable categories (as well as feel - other than the EPS that some feel lost feel), and with the current state of used car prices, a 2nd gen car available at or below MSRP is a much better value proposition than a 6-10 YO 1st gen with anywhere from 40-90K miles, and their ridiculous asking prices..
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In some ways I like the look of the 1st gen better and in others I like the 2nd gen better. The first gen cars to me look more like a smaller car company's design (for obvious reasons). Big car companies tend to build a beautiful concept car, full of character and style, and then the production model is a blurred, numbed version of that. The designers crank it up to 11 and then the suits dial it back to a 6. Like "whoa now, we can't have a car that evokes actual emotions - some people might not like it."
Basically like American lager. They make it as uninteresting as possible to appeal the the largest audience possible (and then offend - or appeal to - no one at all.)
1st Gens have more character.
But the 2nd Gens still have enough. They're a bit more tame in looks, but there's a lot that doesn't show up well in pictures but you see in person that still makes them absolutely stunning to look at.
Basically, the performance improvements in the 2nd Gen more than make up for the losses in visual interest for me.