"The four-seat concept was designed by Toyota's European Design and Development center in Nice, France with an 8-bit mentality. That's not a put-down. It's actually the style that designers were going for with the FT-CH, and the press conference included references to Contra, Megaman and Super Mario Brothers."
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"Toyota said the two-door FT-CH, 22 inches shorter than the Prius, is lighter and more fuel efficient and its styling, inspired by 8-bit video games popular during the 1980s, is intended to appeal to younger buyers."
Although I personally can't pinpoint what's so "8-bit" about this hybrid, (other than those fancy pixelated vents) it's pretty cool to know the NES Mega Man outings served as a visual inspiration.
More images of the FT-CH available at Auto Blog Green.
Credit: NeoGaf
If they really wanted to make it based off the 8-bit games, they would have made it look like the Airship from Super Mario Bros. 3. :D:D:D
ReplyDelete8-bit? I don't know. I do see some NES-era retro-futurism in it, kind of.
ReplyDeleteI think I like it, though.
Oh look. I made a Belgian waffle fashioned after Greco-Roman architecture. Do you like it?
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Yeth, it wath tathty.
I don't get it.
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