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Spotted at the L.A. Auto Show: Toyota's Designed-in-China Rhombus
I don't do much contract work anymore, so I don't much care who I might offend - but my overall impression of this design is - well, it's a bit "weird looking". I guess I'm stuck in "old school" thinking. If you are looking to shock and catch someone's attention, this should do it! However, it does have one feature that I feel deserves some serious attention - the up-front single driver's seat placed along the centerline. Highway driving over many years has taught me that most drivers seem to struggle with "lane centering" their car. They drive either too far to the right, or too close to the left. Sitting in the exact center would probably help these drivers to maintain a balanced spacing on either side. Good safety feature.
One of Ralph Nader's big contributions to humanity was persuading Detroit not to make points on the front of objects that can travel in excess of 60 mph, especially points (wedges) that would drive a body downward, under said objects. I thought they taught that in Auto Design 101.