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How the Toyota New Global Architecture Will Impact Mass-Car Building

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Tideland Prius, May 29, 2015.

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  1. cyclopathic

    cyclopathic Senior Member

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    I'd lift dash layout from C but redo cup holder/shifter/console.. maybe flying bridge with cutout to fit 6-pack cooler.
     
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    bisco cookie crumbler

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    see, and your not even italian or german, and you can come up with better design than toyota.

    jamaican car design. it worked for the bobsled.
     
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  3. cyclopathic

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    Si señor
     
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    Doesn't have to be. These are mostly the parts under the skin.
     
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    It was the California sun that melted the front end.....it can be fixed. :cool:
     
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    Come on, even german and italian designers had raining sunday afternoons...
    These two models could have looked better, couldn't they?
     
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    true, but they don't ruin the whole body of work.:cool: lexus does a pretty good job, but even they are going to the whacky front ends.
     
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  8. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    You want wacky front ends?

    [​IMG]

    First generation Fiat Multipla
     
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    yikes!:eek: looks like it could have spawned the leaf.:cool:
     
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    I'm glad you pointed out it was the front we were looking at.
     
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    I found the 'window' there more disturbing than the link.
     
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    there goes my dinner.
     
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    Probably his too.
     
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    I sure help the design does wonders for aero friction because I am having trouble abiding the styling.

    Double chin
     
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    Bisco, why not opening a window in your belly? Would be great to watch your dinner! :D
     
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    There is a lot of room for improvement.
    Benz looks nicer and has lower Cd. This one was designed almost 100 years (1933) ago and had Cd 0.212:
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