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01-04-2021, 03:44 PM | #15 |
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I think Subaru did a nice job overall. There are things design-wise I like better about Gen 1, but this also fixes some of the things I didn’t overly love about my ‘14 BRZ (again design-wise). If the torque dip really is gone (or at least mitigated) I’ll get over any design reservations I have quickly. Overall, nicely done. Planning on ordering.
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I like it, a lot.
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I prefer the look of the 1st gen, but the 2nd isn't far behind imho.
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Count me as part of the "offical" registry of "It's not that bad."
But, like everybody else, I like our current generation better. |
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01-04-2021, 08:27 PM | #20 |
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[QUOTE=ZDan;3397587]I like it, a lot.
Clearly you have no taste however. You have a ‘17 PP and you had an S2000... ;p |
01-04-2021, 08:28 PM | #21 |
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I’d probably be a lot better with it if it didn’t look like there’s a hockey stick glued below the door.
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I need to see it in person.
It looked terrible in camouflage. The pics in real paint colors look a lot better, although I'm still not a fan of the straight fenders. I thought the Supra was a much more attractive car in person than in photos, so I'm making no decisions until I see one IRL. |
01-08-2021, 07:36 AM | #23 |
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'22 fenders are not straight. I've grown to not mind the little fender bumps on my '17, and even find them kinda cute in a pokemon-tryna-look-aggressive kind of way. But they are a styling gimmick, an effort to suggest LOWness and BIG wheels/tires that the car doesn't really have.
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01-08-2021, 11:00 AM | #24 |
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Isn't about 90% of car design a styling gimmick of some sort? Otherwise, each class of vehicle would look exactly the same, whatever is most efficient.
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I wouldn't say they are non-functional on the 86. They serve the original design purpose of being a visual reference when driving and cornering. You would not have that with a flat fender. I find it very useful. Quote:
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My understanding is it wasn’t a styling gimmick but was designed that way to allow 3-4” deformation space between the hood and all hard points in the engine bay in response to Euro pedestrian safety standards implemented in 2010. The engine sits low being that the heads are on the sides so that wasn’t an issue but the top of the struts needed the fender arches. I suppose you could stylistically eliminate the arches by just having a higher hood all the way across but that’d be pretty ugly IMO.
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The s2000 is anything BUT a "flat flying wedge". The front fenders in particular are QUITE curvacous. Subtle double-curvature everywhere. Whereas the FT86s "curves" on the sides of the front fenders are largely single-curvature conical shapes basically. Quote:
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What the new BRZ and the Daytona have in common is a continous *CURVE* from the windshield to the front of the car, uninterrupted by gimmicky styling bumps! Quote:
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