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Old 11/2/07, 12:44 AM
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Toyota Stealing Design Cues From Ford Now?
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/s...ta-corolla-s3/



Ummmmm, Toyota, Ford called and they want their 3-bar grille back...
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Old 11/2/07, 04:50 AM
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wow....for real....I remember some lawsuit with jeep and despute over the H2 grille
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WOW, how totally unoriginal!! If I were Ford, I'd do what Jeep did with Hummer, and sue them! If they don't, then Toyota will continue to do it.
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OMG what a blatant ripoff!!! Ford needs to step up and ***** slap that rice company post ricky tick.
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Toyotas suck.
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Sue their ***.
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I guess imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery.
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someone needs to sue them for those wheels......what are they thinking?
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cmon toyota, this is so not like you.
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Man...i will admit that toyota is one of most sucsessfull auto companies ever but dang, surely theres someone that works for them than can do better than steal something from ford. i thought Ford sucked? dont wanna copy an auto maker that sucks.
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Chill out guys, the thing is just a Sema special. The production version doesn't have a a tri-slot.
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Toyota still sucks.
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Sue suzuki, see anything familiar with this production car

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Does anyone have an original idea these days??
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Does anyone have an original idea these days??
Honestly, it's kind of hard to be completely original now that the automotive industry is so huge. Almost any concept that appears has some part that resembles another vehicle in some way.
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Does anyone have an original idea these days??
I've said that a lot myself. I see lots of styling similarities between the charger and the mustang to be honest.

"Everything old is new again", I just wish they'd admit it and not pass it off as something new.
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Am I the only one that noticed the freakin huge intercooler?
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Toyotas suck.
Yeah!!!
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Imitation is the sincerest Form of Flattery. Don't you Remember the Late 70's Celica Fastback with Slats and all that Looked Like a 69-70 Mustang. I would rather see the Imports Imitating the American Cars than the other way around. Follow the Leader as it were!

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Originally Posted by 05stangkc
Imitation is the sincerest Form of Flattery. Don't you Remember the Late 70's Celica Fastback with Slats and all that Looked Like a 69-70 Mustang. I would rather see the Imports Imitating the American Cars than the other way around. Follow the Leader as it were!

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Yup, I remeber those, I also remember the T100 pick-up toyota had out awhile back..Hmm didn't ford have the F100 before the F150 came out
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