Now, let me get this straight. Honda and especially Acura have always attempted to simplify their options/trim offerings to minimal levels of differences. You're just now realizing this? That's their "way" of thinking, like it or not. Perhaps that's how they can maintain an easier to manage lineup aka, less complications involved. Audi, GM, Toyota, Hyundai and the rest of the world with the hundreds or thousands of different options can get cumbersome.
Again, the wheels are going to be more practical/conservative for the production model. We all know this.
And everyone likes to change "small details" to customize their property. People do this, no matter if it's a $2000 car or a $1.5 million dollar home. But seriously, why are you even getting so worked up over small things like this and my comment? I was just trying to give you a positive spin and alternative to the small nitpicks.
I am familiar with how Honda operates, after all I have been purchasing new Honda/Acura vehicles for many years (the last one been my 2009 Acura MDX).
For example In Japan you could order certain options for the NA1/NA2 NSX's that were never made available for the US market. So it was pretty much a choice that was made by American Honda.
It is one thing to spend 20-30-40-50K on a car (with different trim levels), it is an entirely different proposition to spend $120-$150K on a car and then having to spend additional money modifying it with aftermarket parts that don't have any factory warranty nor support.
My main point was that if a prospective owner is going to spend $120-$150K for a new premium sports car, it should
not be a total cookie cutter approach. All of the major competitors in that market segment (premium sports car segment) allows the customer to specify options that they want in the car that they want to order.
For example on a Porsche:
- deviated stitching (check)
- alcantara interior (check)
- various seats (sports, 18 way adjustable, sport buckets???)
- deviated instrument panels (check)
- deviated seat belts (check)
- different wheels (check)
- carbon fiber trim (check)
- lighted door sills (check)
- full leather (check)
- partial leather (check)
- paint to sample (check, sometimes you have to commit to it way in advance)
- deviated mirrors, (check)
- aero kit (check)
- sport exhaust (check)
- etc
In Porsche land you can sometimes order parts and then retrofit them to an existing car, but do you really want to take a brand new car and have someone work on the interior/exterior of the car and having to pay substantially more than what the option cost from the factory?
