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Experts?
Alfa-Romeo proposal (for Alfetta perhaps)?
Not an Alfa
Is it a Bertone design?
Proposal for the Fiat 132?
Is it Italian?
It is not.
Japanese?
はい
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on April 01, 2011, 11:23:20 AM
はい
Sorry to say my Japanese is even worse than my Arabic!
Thanks! (sort of guessed so..)
Mazda?
Not Mazda
Italian styling? Perhaps Michelotti?
Not styled in Italy, nor by an Italian. The final production version had different, single-unit taillights.
Peugeot 104?
いいえ
Oops...just caught the "it's Japanese" thing...back to your regular schedule... :P
Datsun 1200?
MUCH closer
Nissan Bluebird proposal?
It's a clay proposal for a Datsun 510...
Quote from: Aaron65 on April 02, 2011, 06:03:30 PM
It's a clay proposal for a Datsun 510...
Yep! Penned by in-house designer Teruo Uchino
Otherwise known as a Nissan Bluebird..
Or was it before they started calling them Nissans in all markets?
To be fair I only edited my original post to read 'Bluebird' after Aaron65's post, although it is what I meant to write in the first place and it only hit me I'd put the wrong thing whilst driving home!
I wasn't aware it was also called a Datsun 510, as it wasn't called that on the UK market.
As I understand it, the car was designed with the US market strongly in mind. Datsun, at that time, was eschewing names like "Bluebird" and "Fairlady" for cars sold in the US.
Front view of the same styling clay: