Originally Posted by cal30_sniper

Why is it that people tend to equate 4th gen interiors with "modern"? Look at the interior on the 4th Gen, then look at a car coming off the showroom floor today. They don't look anything alike. The 4th gen interior, just like the 4th gen exterior, was a culmination of the rounded, "aerodynamic", curved, swooping lines of the 90's. With the turn of the new millennium, car designers went back to the angles and sharp lines that we see today. The 4th Gen design is a relic of a time when Lincoln Town Cars, Chevrolet Caprices, and Mini Vans were "modern". That's not the case anymore.

I can see swapping to 4th gen seats, because they are so much lighter and more comfortable. But why get rid of the 3rd gen interior? I realize that different people have different tastes, but is it really "modernizing" a car to do that, when "modern" cars don't even look like that anymore? If anything, swap to an '85-92 Firebird Interior. It's one of the best looking and best laid out interiors of the era. Why mess up something that's already great with what's likely to turn into a hack job?