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Then again cheaper isn't allways worse, take the AK47 Vs the AK74M for example:
The original AK47 used a reciever milled from a solid lump of metal which was expensive/complicated to manufacture not to mention heavy.
The updated version of the AK47 (the AK74M) now uses a much cheaper reciever which is stamped from a single sheet of metal, not only is it cheaper, lighter more reliable it's stronger too!
Cheaper shouldn't really be looked as as worse, just efficient, which is what the Japanese are all about.
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I don't get why you people are going off about how the frame is entirely a cost cutting measure, seems you are missing the point. Every review I've read that compares the old with the new has said that the new frame is BETTER, eg.
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In addition to new styling, the little SV's skeleton is updated, utilizing a combination of a sand-cast steering head, high-vacuum-mold die-cast main spars and a die-cast pivot section that represents a five percent increase in rigidity over the original chassis.
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