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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 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 Nov 2, 2007 | 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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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 06:22 AM
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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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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 12:44 PM
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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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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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Toyotas suck.
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 02:24 PM
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Sue their ***.
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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 07:23 PM
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I guess imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 12:20 AM
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someone needs to sue them for those wheels......what are they thinking?
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 04:14 PM
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cmon toyota, this is so not like you.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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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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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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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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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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Toyota still sucks.
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 01:43 PM
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Sue suzuki, see anything familiar with this production car

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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 02:08 PM
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Does anyone have an original idea these days??
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Notch
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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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Notch
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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Old Nov 6, 2007 | 07:48 AM
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Am I the only one that noticed the freakin huge intercooler?
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Old Nov 6, 2007 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue Notch
Toyotas suck.
Yeah!!!
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Old Nov 6, 2007 | 09:22 AM
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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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Old Nov 6, 2007 | 09:48 AM
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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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