Looking at the posteriours of the latest crop from japan including out back, legacy and the upcoming FT-85 toyobaru i've got to ask: doesn't ANYONE care about being able to see anything through the rear embrasure?
It seems that the latest trend in the marketing driven disrespect towards consumers resulted in the race of "how short could we make the rear slit before consumers become to complain"?
Of course I've got to blame this on the automakers desire to introduce a mechanical problem to sell electronic bandaids, such as the rear view cameras.
Then, 5-10 years after the fact the car is sold to a 2,3rd, 4th owner who is frantically knocking on the rear view camera trying to get the damn thing to work. I was very amused when i rode with a woman who was driving one of the jap
2 door tanks on stilts: apparently she could not see a thing cause her particular truck had 40-50 cm wide rear pillars compounded by the rear enbrasure glass being very high off the ground (and very short to boot). I would've been amused if it was not for a fact that it's getting nearly impossible to buy a new car with a decent 360 visibility.Somehow me thinks the marketing desire to make a buck or two would result in rapid goodwill deprectiation from the drivers buying in the secondary market. "I could not see a thing from my Fill_in_a_manufacturer_name_here"
If this is driven my marketing research i've just got to say the makers don't have to tend to every whim of the customer. It's getting ridiculous.