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Old 11-22-2013, 12:53 PM   #13
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"I understand well that Toyota is receiving strong requests from the American market for the car," he said. "But the biggest challenge is meeting our internal safety standards. There are big technical difficulties."
I never thought of this before. The convertible concept essentially does away with Subaru's ring-shaped reinforcement by eliminating the B-pillar from the Twins. So I can see where Yoshinaga is coming from in citing safety concerns and/or rigidity concerns.



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