[gumby79]

The majority of buyers have no clue...
So the Manufacturer has to build what sales. And form over function is what sales . Otherwise every car on the road would look like the template and trucks would have a factory Aero Tonto. The only difference betweenevery make or model would be size .and how do you keep up with the Jones's if they are all the same. And its bad marketing to infringe on a patent. Look at the Jeep lawsuit for the mil. spec. HMMWV grill appearing too simmer to a Jeep. We ,the American tax paying public, almost had to replace evry HMMWV hood in existence. The corts finaly stoped the madness by saying your trademark Grill is not infringed apon because this vehicle was never intended for public distribution. There was a clause in the contract specifically stateing they were NEVER to be SOLD. .. They made it to the public because a carpenter contractor BARTERED services for goods . No exchange of money therefore no problem. The contract for the 2nd gen HMMWV closed this loop hole. So no mil spec OD or Turbo HMMVEs on the road.