in the US
is called the Honda Legend in Japan.

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fragmede
What's in a name? The Japanese invented a new brand name, slapped it on the
same car, and suddenly American consumers think it's luxury car. It's a
textbook case of brand engineering and American consumers don't look any
smarter for needing to be tricked like that.

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amyjess
Eh, they _were_ luxury cars. It just wasn't in Japanese culture to use
separate marques for luxury and non-luxury cars (though I guess it's changing,
with Toyota bringing the Lexus name to Japan about a decade ago).

The Toyota Crown is probably Japan's most historically significant luxury car,
and it's always been sold as a Toyota alongside cheaper cars like the Corolla
and Yaris (fun fact: a huge chunk of Toyota's cars are named after the Crown,
including both the Corolla and the Camry,Artists from across the world to feature in second Plymouth Contemporary

More than 800 submissions from across the world were put forward for the biennial competition, with 41 artists eventually selected

Piece by Joan Stack – photograph taken by Patricia McCormack

Miss Amy King

Media and Communications Officer

Communication Services (External Relations)

7 April 2017

Contemporary artworks demonstrating high levels of quality and vision have been selected to feature in a dual-site exhibition for the second Plymouth Contemporary.

More than 800 submissions from across the world were put forward for the biennial competition, with those entries being whittled down by a panel of expert judges.

Successful applicants have been notified and they can be viewed on the Plymouth Contemporary website.

The judges have selected 41 artists to feature in the final exhibition, which will be held from 15