Bike prototyping’s probably largely about the feel of the thing, you can tweak angles and thicknesses and such and suddenly come up with an unexpected result, it’s not as simple as chucking a load of computer time at it.
But, if they were to do a carbon Five, it probably wouldn’t look that much like a Five since the characteristic shape is mostly down to it being stamped out of sheet.
Warranty length has **** all to do with quality. It’s a marketing tool.
Aye, tell that to the boy who was posting on here about his broken Five last week- 3 years old, falling apart, and a year out of warranty…