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Toyota's new global design boss vows to ban the bland!

Old 09-29-11, 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by 84Cressida
Who were the cheif designers for the 7th Gen Celica, MR2 Spyder, MKIV Supra? Do those people still work at Toyota? If not, get them back, and if so, get them to the design studio.
i am sure they are mostly around... i think MR2 guy was doing Yaris.

Problem was never the designers but what they were told to design. For instance Denzo did Prius and then he did FT-86.
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Old 09-29-11, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by 84Cressida
He can start by ditching the grey interiors in all Toyota/Lexus vehicles. Can we get blue and burgandy interiors back please?
Yikes. Blue and burgundy?
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Old 09-29-11, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
Yikes. Blue and burgundy?
works really well with some cars
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Old 09-29-11, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
Yikes. Blue and burgundy?
Like these:





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Old 09-29-11, 09:26 AM
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Thanks but no thanks.

Black, silver and grey colours for me only
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Old 10-02-11, 07:38 PM
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After that pic all I could think of was...

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Toyota has been teasing us with that freaking Ft-86 like Honda has been with a "new" NSX for awhile now.. At this point Toyota needs new blood and newer people that can wear a decent haircut or at least be bold enough to go with the Mr.Clean look.. Get some ***** Toyota!!
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Old 10-02-11, 10:33 PM
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lmao at this thread where it has little to do with toyota and almost everything to do with hair
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Old 10-03-11, 08:09 AM
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Looking forward to Toyota producing non-bland cars.

I can't stop looking at his hair.
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Old 10-03-11, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 1QWKGS4
Toyota has been teasing us with that freaking Ft-86 like Honda has been with a "new" NSX for awhile now.. At this point Toyota needs new blood and newer people that can wear a decent haircut or at least be bold enough to go with the Mr.Clean look.. Get some ***** Toyota!!
uhm, i think you mixed something up... FT-86 will go on sale in less than half a year.... NSX is nothing but rumor.
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Old 10-03-11, 11:23 AM
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I thought the guy who designed the ft86 was European?
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Old 10-03-11, 01:24 PM
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If he is an artist, I don't hold his choice of hair against him...

A PR head or CEO however, should definitely look presentable at all times.
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Old 10-03-11, 04:02 PM
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Vanilla sells and quite frankly I prefer vanilla than OMG ugly chocolate squirrel nuts with cow toes green mint tea leaves pizza flavored ice cream. I prefer bland to ugly, period.

The Rav-4 is a nice example of a good looking SUV. The problem is people hate Toyota and rather fap off to anything else.
 
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I interpret his look as individualize and doing his "own" thing, not caring about outside opinions.

So it's a 50/50 shot, either a home run in design or major misses (e.g., Pontiac Aztec, Isuzu Axiom). For sure, no boring in-betweens by the looks of this guy.
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Old 10-03-11, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by rxsf
i love how this thread is more about his hair than toyota's style :d
.......+1 :d
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