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Takao Nakamura

Takao Nakamura

SubaruDevelopment lead

Overall project leader of the first Legacy, developed while the company faced the threat of bankruptcy

Timeline

  1. 1989
    Legacy 1st generation
    Legacy 1st generation

    1989–1993Development lead

    Worked with

    Breaking away from the Subaru 1000

    To overcome the threat of bankruptcy, major organizational reforms were made, including introducing a chief-of-development system, and the first Legacy was developed under the code name "44B." The overall leader was Nakamura, the general manager in charge of the Product Planning Office. Breaking away from the platform used for many years and repeatedly improved since the Subaru 1000, everything was designed anew.

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Connections

    Takao Nakamura

    Takao Nakamura

    • Eiji Tatsumi

      Eiji Tatsumi

      Subordinate

      According to Tatsumi, in the development of the first-generation Legacy, Nakamura, who was what would now be called the development lead, said "If Tatsumi says so, it should be fine" and let Tatsumi spend a good deal of money.

    Profile

    Overall leader of the development project for the first-generation Legacy (a general manager in the product planning office). Breaking away from the platform used since the Subaru 1000, he built the car as an entirely new design.

    Translated from Japanese sources.

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