Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
How is that a corporate excuse? The Solara Convertible sells for sticker price and usually sits on dealer lots for no more than two weeks. If you're gonna copy a car, might as well copy one that's selling like hotcakes.
As for trying to be original, I think the foldable hard top would fall into that category.
it's a corporate excuse for not being original. they copy a design that sells well simply so they'll make a few more sales, and hence avoid designing their own car. how is it not a corporate excuse?
saying "we're going to copy this design because it looks like people like it" is a pretty shitty way to design a car. sure it explains the derivative styling (and of many other cars in existence) but it's not a justification.
a foldable hard top is different than what the solara has, but the design of the car is still derivative.