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Lines drawn before the Jaguar prototype
The exterior of the first-generation Aristo was the work of Italdesign, led by Giugiaro. Italdesign tried to bring a judicious European balance to Japan's top-of-the-range sedans, which had been weighed down with too much superfluous decoration. The car is often said to be based on Jaguar's Kensington prototype, but Italdesign explains that its first drawings came earlier. Toyota developed this prototype further and finished it as a refined four-door luxury car.
