Re: Another copy-cat!?! Prodigy(Ford...or Audi?)

[Lawrence C Leung <l.leung@juno.com>]

BTW  Autoweek (12/20/99) did an overview interview with designers of the
most significant auto designs of the century. One designer (David
Hackett-Toyota Calty Design) mentions the '86 Taurus as a "big impact on
the auto industry". HUh? And what is the '84 5K (1C for those on the
right  side of the pond), just a premenition? Don't get me wrong, the
Taurus was one heck of a nice car, FOR A DOMESTIC, in it's time. But
puhleeeze.....

On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 16:28:09 -0500 "Allan Jones" <ampj@mediaone.net>
writes:
>Chris Dyer wrote:
>>I, too, did a double take on the Ford Prodigy (and the Taurus in 
>'85).
>>
>>This is easily explainable if what I think I read somewhere is true 
>(I
>could
>>be way off): that the designer of the New Beetle, Boxster, and 
>current
>>generation of VW/Audis left about 1.5 years ago and is now the head
>designer
>>for Ford.
>>
>>I'm not positive, my altered synapses also think he went to
>>Damlier-Chrysler.
>
>
>That's it!!  You are correct and the Prodigy is in fact being built 
>in
>conjunction with Damlier-Chrysler...so that explains everything, 
>except for
>the sheer boldness of the designer.
>
>Thanks! ...still upset tho - Ford doesn't deserve to look so good.
>