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Originally Posted by ryude
In other words, they want people to "wait" to see if the next version is better than the one they could buy today. I hate when companies do that... Planned Obsolescence. |
Of course it doesn't always [usually?] go to plan. It's likely we won't know which version will be the best for our needs until that lot is sold out, thrashed, and in the junkyard. Most of us can't just go and buy every iteration [or want to], so IMO Toyota has to tread lightly not to piss off their early FR-S adopters or risk "doing a MINI", where the model changes so much through the years that all the early adopters are alienated and end up shopping elsewhere [coughMecough].
A smart way to go about it is to release variants that are non-threatening to early FR-S owners. First, come out with a factory supercharged model [for example]. Then, release a convertible. Then, do a couple special trim package models that are mainly aesthetic. At the end of the chassis run [years from now, when early adopters are becoming interested in buying again], do a full-on factory TRD model that throws the performance catalog at it.
That's my 2 pence.