beauty lies in the eye of the beholder
I'm on the other side of the fence actually, and I quite fancy the look of the new R to be honest
I think Honda did great by pushing the envelope to make this radical design a reality
This I agree. I personally don't like the styling of this CTR, I like the FD2R. BUT if i were to buy the FD2R i wouldn't be too happy with all the Tipu-R running around.
The styling is bold and fresh, and something radically different. This is a toy, and for a toy, you wan't something out of this world and not conform to the norm.
The current Impreza STI, you can remove the Subaru logo in the front, put on a Toyota or Mitsubishi badge and nobody would bat an eyelid. I find the V7 bug eye more iconic than the current one, tho the current one looks more "mass market". Not saying its ugly but nothing special.