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I think what Kevin is saying is how he and CALTY had a hand in the LC design as well, like you alluded to.
I didn't read or see anything from him that dismissed the work of the engineers and designers from Japan. He did have a huge hand in the designs of the FJ Cruiser and GR Supra, which were the two other cars that were mentioned in the video.
For the sake of not being awkward, he just let George say that he was the creator of the LC design. But given how this guy has worked in Toyota for many decades, it's pretty unfair to give Kevin this sort of response. Calling someone a real piece of human garbage because he's the face of Toyota design and CALTY is a stretch.
Those people that you mention have done a ton of work. In fact, someone I know in this forum works for another car company as a designer. They're just another individual in a team, and they did a huge chunk of the design on their recent products (and one of those products are insanely popular at this moment) but they're not the person that's representing the company like say Kevin is for Toyota.
Building a car takes an entire team. Nobody is discrediting or taking away the work of that team. And for their sake, I do hope they get the respect that they do within Toyota and Lexus, but going after Kevin like this isn't necessary IMO, as two of the three cars that were being talked about started out from CALTY, and he was getting praise for those two cars as well.
I didn't read or see anything from him that dismissed the work of the engineers and designers from Japan. He did have a huge hand in the designs of the FJ Cruiser and GR Supra, which were the two other cars that were mentioned in the video.
For the sake of not being awkward, he just let George say that he was the creator of the LC design. But given how this guy has worked in Toyota for many decades, it's pretty unfair to give Kevin this sort of response. Calling someone a real piece of human garbage because he's the face of Toyota design and CALTY is a stretch.
Those people that you mention have done a ton of work. In fact, someone I know in this forum works for another car company as a designer. They're just another individual in a team, and they did a huge chunk of the design on their recent products (and one of those products are insanely popular at this moment) but they're not the person that's representing the company like say Kevin is for Toyota.
Building a car takes an entire team. Nobody is discrediting or taking away the work of that team. And for their sake, I do hope they get the respect that they do within Toyota and Lexus, but going after Kevin like this isn't necessary IMO, as two of the three cars that were being talked about started out from CALTY, and he was getting praise for those two cars as well.
