I'm not talking about the what, I'm talking about the why.
Obviously they're doing it to keep selling the 372, but why?
If they could survive with completely replacing the 372 with the 576 then they would. They aren't doing it to be nice to their long and loyal customers, it's because they can't afford to lose the 372, literally - but they'd never admit that publicly. They'll say "We're doing this for our customers", but that's really not the case - it's just good marketing. They aren't gonna say "We can't sell the 576 that well so we have to find a sneaky way to continue selling the 372."
I don't dislike the saw, the saw itself is prolly pretty kick ass. But I find it funny that Stihl's biggest competitor has to do what they're doing to continue to stay as the biggest competitor.
It's like I said, if it's such a great idea then you'd see Stihl doing the exact same thing with the 440.
This is just my opinion, I have no actual facts to back up what I'm claiming is true about Husqvarna's executive decisions. Even if I'm wrong, I still think keeping the 372 around as a strato in disguise is a really crappy idea. It's just gonna keep the nay sayers of the 576 around a lot longer.