Who Was The Original Designer/engineer Of The Altezza/is200/is300?

kam05 · April 21, 2009

It was: Nobuaki Katayama.

Extract from Wiki: "One of the staff who was behind the car's engineering work was Nobuaki Katayama, who would later head the company's motorsport department and who would become chief engineer of the Altezza project a decade later.[2] An article in Car Magazine in April 1999, stated he has a photo of an AE86 hung in his office"

Second extract from Wiki: "Nobuaki Katayama is chief engineer for the first generation Lexus IS/Toyota Altezza and a former racing driver. He also worked for four years on Toyota Motorsports' World Rally Championship and Le Mans programs"

But as true Lexusheads I suspect you already know who designed/developed the IS200 :)

sparkystav · April 21, 2009

Ay, also why Prolex's strut brace is called Katayama

chrisis200 · April 21, 2009

It was: Nobuaki Katayama.
Extract from Wiki: "One of the staff who was behind the car's engineering work was Nobuaki Katayama, who would later head the company's motorsport department and who would become chief engineer of the Altezza project a decade later.[2] An article in Car Magazine in April 1999, stated he has a photo of an AE86 hung in his office"

Second extract from Wiki: "Nobuaki Katayama is chief engineer for the first generation Lexus IS/Toyota Altezza and a former racing driver. He also worked for four years on Toyota Motorsports' World Rally Championship and Le Mans programs"

But as true Lexusheads I suspect you already know who designed/developed the IS200 :)

Never really thought about it, what is an AE86?