Thanks to everyone who is a fan of Toyota, of the AE86, and Scion FR-S, and all the folks who enjoy driving... Below an interview by Lisa Marie Chen, for Scion Magazine Canada, and replies from Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada. Excerpts from TETSUYA TADA INTERVIEW - The Man Behind the Machine __ Back in 2007, I was working on a minivan called the Wish and was called in by my director. At the time, I thought I was going to get in trouble but he said to me, “enough minivans for you, we are thinking of creating a sports car and we need your help.” My heart started to race when I realized that at that very moment, my dream opportunity had come along. Well it’s been a while since we released a sports car so the first thing we did was to go study Toyota cars from back in the day. We also spoke with car enthusiasts all over Japan, Europe and North America to learn about their sports car scene. In Los Angeles, we met with a famous Toyota group called “Club 4AG” and its founder Moto Miwa. It was incredible to see guys working on their old Toyota Corolla AE86’s at the track – their passion and enthusiasm really inspired us. -- Read more, at Scion Magazine, Canada, a Saatchi and Saatchi, production. scion.ca/scion/en/lifestyle/magazine
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:05:04 +0000
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