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Originally Posted by ViperTomcat
Its a measure of where they were in 2009 to where they are in 2011. The materials are vastly superior, work quality is really great and the entire car feels solid.
Am I saying the interior is perfect? Not at all. What I am saying is that the Mustang was able to upgrade its interior a great deal without sending prices unreasonably up
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Yes, I agree they upgraded significantly. But (and MO) I'd take a Corvette interior over the Mustang...............except for that damn steering wheel. The Mustang still has hard plastic door trim panels. So they didn't go all out. Just much better than what it was in 09. They spent the money well and are getting credit for a nice upgrade.
And as the Corvette already has good materials in the interior with available leather wrap, the issue shouldn't be that. Argue about styling, sure that's subjective. So I don't think the Corvette is that far off from being pretty good.
But I think the point was made that for an all new interior, you are talking millions of dollars in investment, millions more in development and validation and in the end you only have 25,000 cars (may be less lately) to spread the cost over. So it's more difficult to make a good business case for it.
Dont' get me wrong, pretty much everybody inside GM knows the interior is probably the weakest link by far on the car. It's a frequent discussion for some of us. I'm just saying it wouldn't take much to make it pretty nice because I think the foundation isn't as bad as some suggest. Most say it's just crap and want everything redone, which is hugely expensive.