Good grief, what a bunch of debbie downers!!!
Toyota makes a factory special edition with things that everyone in here does to their 200 and you complain? WTF?
That's a bit of hyperbole on your part. No, not everyone does these things on their 200. Not everyone wants these changes. Some do, some don't. In general, though, these are all very minor cosmetic changes.
Complain about the lack of storage space because of the coolbox, so they make one without it.
I love the cool box. The past two summers I've done 6,500 and 5,000 mile road trips. The coolbox means I always have a cold bottle of water at hand. Before I leave home on a big trip, I throw a big case of bottled water in the back, and three or four bottles in the coolbox. Whenever I stop, I restock the coolbox. When I bought my 200, I thought the coolbox was useless frippery. Once I took the first long roadtrip, I changed my mind.
I realize, though, that not everyone shares my opinion about the coolbox.
Complain about the third row, so Toyota takes it out.
I haven't removed mine yet, but I likely will buy some drawers and pull the third row. Am I happy that Toyota will build a version without the third row? Sure, but since I can take out the third row myself, I'm not sure I would buy that edition since it means giving up the coolbox. It is a lot easier to pull out third row seats than it is to add in a coolbox.
You take off the running boards, so Toyota now sells them without them.
I did take off my running boards. I would hope that the new model is somewhat cheaper as a result, but I doubt that will be the case.
They just changed the surround color of the headlights. No performance change. So that is just cosmetic. Meh.
That's just a cosmetic change that you like or not. My view of the new trim: meh. I could take it or leave it.
Meh. The BBS wheels aren't any lighter than the stock wheels. If they were lighter I might be interested as reducing unsprung weight improves the ride. Yes, the BBS wheels are likely stronger than stock, but the stock wheels are plenty strong. There are some folks that have spent a bunch of money on new wheels. When I needed a second set of LC wheels, I bought a used set for less than the cost of two of those BBS wheels. Would I mind having the BBS wheels on my LC? No. Would I go out of my way to get them or pay extra for them? No.
Those BBS wheels are expensive. I would much rather that Toyota kept the stock wheels and used that added cost to add a rear locking diff. Now that would be a seriously useful addition.
Meh. These are either non-functional trim changes, or almost all changes you can easily do yourself (remove running boards, remove rear seats).
As I said previously, this is basically a paint-and-tape "special edition" to try to generate some interest on an aging platform in the final year or so before replacement. These changes required little, if any, engineering work on Toyota's part.
Every single one of you would take one of these over a normal black or white one in heartbeat
No, actually, some of us wouldn't take one of these over a normal black or white model. You would, but your assumption that everyone agrees with you is simply incorrect.
If the 2020 LC had Apple CarPlay, I actually would go trade in my 2013. That would be more useful to me than all of the changes for the Heritage Edition put together.
