Replacing an icon is never easy. Like a band tasked with bettering its definitive album, a car-maker looking to build a successor to an automotive legend faces a real quandary. Make the new boy too different and you risk alienating existing fans; too similar and you’ll be accused of not trying hard enough, not to mention risking losing your competitive edge.
Mazda pulled it off with the Mk2 MX-5 and Ford boffins are doubtless fretting over the finer points of the next Focus, but car nuts...Read the full article
