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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. |
"Planned obsolescence of desirability" is a pessimistic view... the more realist view is these tweaks extend shelf life (current business model for Porsche, Mustang, GT-R, WRX, EVO, LFA, etc.). Difference here is Toyota is *kindly* letting us know ahead of time instead of keeping it secret... that's great! Knowing what to expect somewhat > not knowing at all. It's also very unorthodox (when did a car maker ever announce things like this BEFORE their new model even debuts?). They have tons of confidence - almost arrogance - banking on this car to be an icon (well it already is in our circle
).