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When 46-year-old chief designer Shunsaku Kodama was honored with overseeing Toyota’s hugely important 2016 Prius redesign, he mixed human elements, techie features, and was inspired by Lady Gaga.

“There were very high expectations for the Prius,” said Kodama of his first assignment overseeing a revised nameplate to Automotive News. “As a concept, we were thinking Lady Gaga. We wanted to be more extreme in our design.”

The Prius is now extreme, though after input from others, the end result has been seen as polarizing between those who like it, and others who have bluntly and frankly said they do not.

Practical elements in the more edgy and angular presentation we now know as the 2016 Prius included retaining enough familiarity and design continuity with what has been called, as has Lady Gaga, an “icon.”

The Prius since its 1997 Japanese debut was perceived with each new generation as less exciting, according to internal studies done by Toyota.

The new 2016 aims to fix that, and here’s where Lady Gaga’s in-your-face ethos was “channeled,” said Automotive News.

Beyond the outlandish star who may also have her detractors, merged into the design was an “organic” and “humanistic” feel along with perceptibly futuristic features.

Like Lady Gaga, the car is different, and certainly does stand out against a sea of me-too designs.

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That never ending impact 

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http://www.hybridcars.com/2016-prius-designer-owes-inspiration-to-lady-gaga/

 

 

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LeoFameMonster

Well I know what car I am going to buy.... If it wasn't bad enough, now I gotta stan for a Car now lol.....

She really has changed the world. So many people say it, she has influenced the world so much that it is branded into people's head if they want to be iconic draw inspiration from Lady Gaga....

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TopazBlue

YAAASS

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🔻 𝔫𝔬 𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔧𝔲𝔡𝔦𝔠𝔢, 𝔫𝔬 𝔧𝔲𝔡𝔤𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔣𝔯𝔢𝔢𝔡𝔬𝔪 🔺
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Kermit

PRIUS>>>

 

When it's the right time I want my first car to be a prius.

“For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.” ― Jean Dubuffet
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7 minutes ago, McMonster08 said:

A hybrid can withstand these things :gaycat:

my CARTPOP could mean anything:gaycat:

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artRaver

I've recently been shopping around for a new car. I already wanted a Scion or Toyota now I definitely know what I'm getting now. :stalkga:

✿ cherry blossom girl ✿
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Kermit
2 minutes ago, X said:

my CARTPOP could mean anything:gaycat:

Find your Jesus Prius, find your Kubrick :gaycat:

“For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.” ― Jean Dubuffet
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Ray of Light

WHO ELSE but the music is a medium of transportation to confidence and self-esteem, halfway between fantasy and reality motorcycle-metaphor ICONYour fave may be breaking decade old music records everyone deemed untamable, but will she inspire car designs? I think not! Say no to gas-guzzelers! 

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Warholian
22 minutes ago, TopazBlue said:

YAAASS

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YASS GAGA YOU LOOK SO GOOD. SO GOOD. 

Kevin Parker, Mac Demarco, Mark Ronson, and a stoned Lady Gaga. Need I say more?
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