Was a Classic Toyota Sports Car Designed in Your Neighborhood?
In a recently-uploaded video, Toyota gives us a rare, behind-the-scenes look at its California-based design studios, Calty.
Now, while Toyota has begun manufacturing many of its most popular models in the United States, including the No. 1 car on the American-Made Index, historically, the company sold imports. Yet, did you know that as early as 1973, before Toyota began manufacturing in the U.S., it was designing vehicles right in the Los Angeles area?
"El Segundo wasn't a campus," said Doris Kusumoto, Calty Financial Manager. "It was one portion of a modest building in an industrial...