#8. Toyota A-Bat – Environmentally Friendly, Visually Passive Aggressive
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Toyota took a big swing and received a big miss when they came up with the A-Bat. They could never quite manage to figure out what the A-Bat was supposed to be. Throw in some ugly styling and voila. The gap between what Toyota was thinking and what they produced as a concept is seemingly huge.
What the Public Thought Of It
The A-Bat never went into production. THere’s a really good reason for it. People didn’t like it. It was too big to be a car, too small to be a proper truck. The weird but somehow boring lumpish exterior gave way to a futuristic edgy interior. This juxtaposition really didn’t work on the vehicle. The immense windshield slope was awkward.
