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Not as sold as I thought I’d be. I don’t let excitement ruin my decision however. Currently don’t see enough to 100% buy, but will wait further judgement until both models are revealed and I drive them both. From what I see it looks like a great drivers car, but it’s hard to trust “factory” drivers opinions, I need to drive the car hard to truly get an honest opinion. Again nobody should feel the need to sell their current cars anytime soon, the longer you wait the better. |
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11-18-2020, 11:47 PM | #2425 | |
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it might be a separate piece, but the formed sheet metal edge indicates that it's very much an integral part of the trunk lid. on a second look, even worse, the third brake light and camera are integrated into the spoiler, which makes it triple-hard to remove...
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it's very apparent that an entirely different design team took the reins on the redesign. it's really sort of an odd business decision if one thinks about it because the car was never a horrific seller to normally justify such a drastic styling change for a 2nd generation. most of the complaints centered around it's driving characteristics, very few i ever saw pointed to styling...
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NO....just NO... that front end all the way to the front of door looks like a tacked on, badly styled body kit... very disjointed from the styling of door to rear of the car. The added on extreme rocker panel is to try and tie it into the rear forcibly... simply doesn't work. Rocket bunny kit would be a huge improvement over whatever that is supposed to be.
Love the 1st gen styling... but this thing can only be salvaged with a complete aftermarket rework... I would love to be able to unsee this/wipe from memory. Rear of car isn't great... but nowhere as bad as front. Bringing the beltline up and thus reducing the window height on the car really wrecked the styling language leading to the issues with front and rear. When the shorter and more squashed body of an ND miata looks sleeker and sexier than a new upcoming BRZ something is seriously wrong... And then there's that interior... Maybe the world will end before the '22 BRZ is released and we'll be spared from having to see it on the roads...
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Yes I’m the same, especially with a manual transmission. I’m looking forward to eventually sitting in the 2nd gen to see how it all feels. The seats look like an upgrade also, but I’m coming from the FR-S, which is like the bottom rung of twin interiors. And I’m kind of crazy, I really love the interior of my car. Everything is in the perfect place, the seats are good, and the materials (in my opinion) are a step up from other basic Toyota interiors. I’ve also really liked the tach and speedometer on the FR-S over the other versions. I’m not sure how much I will like the digital gauge cluster on the 2nd gen. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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they really went with the "hey... let's connect the tail lights with this awkward, uninteresting horizontal BAR, that'll really get em going !" design???
first mod trunk delete they really spoiled us with the v1.2 styling. both 86 and brz, super sharp. |
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Then I can see why there's so much hate, people here like ugly.
It's all subjective in the end, I remember when the cars first came out people dumped all over it especially when the ft86 proto was damn near a perfect design. I wish the rockers were a little less pronounced, and the front grille opening was bigger like the test mule, the lifted grille gives it a cuv look. But, I definitely appreciate the functional design, no blocked off black faux grilled (type r), no brz mouthguard, no fake fender vents, no mazda rx8 fender arch. I can see the arguments about the back, but I never liked the shape of the current gen taillights, and I hate all the oem spoilers except for the trd lip, I'm a dovetail guy so this is right up my alley. I prefer an analog gauge but I just hated how cheap the frs gauge cluster looked with that truck like grey pattern and obviously plastic tach surround. This new gauge doea feel like a bit of cost savings considering how small it is. Still, it's an improvement. |
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So is the weight gain.
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Tuners should like it. In fact, it should do quite well in power gains with that kind of compression. All we have to hope for, is that nothing was cheaped out too much in the engine for long term reliability.
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https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...pecs-revealed/ Moving on, I don’t get all this drama over the front end. Sure, its different than the first gen and Subaru played it safe. But ugly? Not to me. I find it far more attractive than a Miata. And the rest of the car is a delight, especially having a wider rear track than front track. Balanced and aggressive. I am excited to drive one. Last edited by Baldeagle; 11-19-2020 at 08:20 AM. |
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