Best and Worst Makeovers.
kart1 submitted on 9/13/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:00:01 AM
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"At every new-vehicle introduction, manufacturers wax pedantic about rigidity and refinement, evolution and redemption.
Sometimes it’s true. Sometimes they’re dreaming.
It’s the job of forecasters, visionaries, and reactionaries within each brand to figure out what you want, or might want, and cobble together an approximation thereof. Coming up with something you want to drive and be seen in, at a price you want to pay, is tough.
This task becomes more grievous when instead of a blank sheet of paper, designers have an existing platform to renew. Throw in budgetary constraints, engineer-on-designer infighting, and random managerial directives, and it’s a miracle any great cars make it out of the factory doors. Ultimately, some models are resurrected with the glory of a phoenix rising. Some are less attractive. And sometimes, they’re total stinkers."
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