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Originally Posted by James H
Don't think so. That is a typical over the top Japanese, not European design. Obviously Toyota did not pay an external design firm to pen this. For some reasons Japanese cannot do simple clean lines. They go crazy with adding more and more crease and "stuff" that eventually ruins the flow of things and just make it look idiotic. Their ridiculous samurai armor design shows this problem. somebody please send Akio Pinnifarina's number
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Design is totally global nowadays.
The Supra is based on a Calty concept (SoCal) then tweaked for production in Japan.
The 86 is based on a French (Toyota ED2 studio) concept, then further refined at Calty, then Japan.
The Gundam-on-steroids Honda Civic Type-R was designed in Torrance CA at Honda North America R&D in comparison.