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CALTY Design Research, the American outpost of Toyota’s global design network, is celebrating five decades of groundbreaking design and innovation. The first major automotive design studio on the west coast, CALTY created everything from the 1978 Toyota Celica to the 2024 Toyota Tacoma, and countless concepts and production vehicles in between.
The 2023 Porsche 911 GT3 RS made its first in-person appearance today at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, only two days after its digital world premiere. The show car – customized by the GT Model Line and Style Porsche – is a tribute to the 1972 911 Carrera RS 2.7.
Tehran (Iran), 15 oct (EFE).- (Camera Jaime León) Emblem of Tehran, the Tower Azadi fulfils 50 years turned into paradoxical symbol of the recent history of Iran and stage of many of the big events that have shaken to the Persian country in the last decades. “The tower is the national symbol of Iran”, ensures to Efe the director of the building, Abas Azimí, says.A full symbol of paradoxes and contradictions by the reason of his construction, the historical event that received, the destination of his architect and his current state. Raised in 1971 with the name of Shahyad (memorial of the king), the tower had to celebrate the Persian Empire and the monarchy, but turned into one of the main points of protest during the revolution that carried to the power to the Islamists in 1979.BROLL OF THE TOWER AZADI IN TEHRAN.
Yokohama (Japan), Sep 18 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Antonio Hermosín) Half a century ago, Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando devised an instant dish that could be eaten in its own container by adding only hot water, a product that revolutionized the food industry.FOOTAGE OF THE CUP NOODLE MUSEUM IN YOKOHAMA.SOUNDBITES OF MAZUKI TSURUMARU, MANAGER OF THE MUSEUM.Translation: "Momofuku Ando (creator of instant noodles) realized that noodle bowls and chopsticks were rare outside of Japan, so he started looking for a meal incorporated into a paper cup-like container that could be held with one hand, and use the other for the fork. That way he thought he could sell his noodles all over the world, and thus the first ramen in a cup, "Cup Noodles", was born in 1971."
Mexico City, Jul 7 (EFE), (Camera: Miguel Ángel Andrade).- It has been seven years since the start of construction of the Mexico-Toluca interurban train, one of the great projects of Enrique Peña Nieto's six-year term on Tuesday turned into a project full of delays and cost overruns that the current government seeks to inaugurate in 2024.FOOTAGE OF THE MEXICO-TOLUCA INTERURBAN TRAIN IN MEXICO CITY.
Tokyo, Nov 25 (EFE/EPA).- Yukio Mishima lived and died as a character in one of his turbulent plays. Today, 50 years after his death, Japan is still coming to terms with the legacy of one of its most influential and uncomfortable authors.(Camera: AGUSTIN DE GRACIA/ANTONIO HERMOSIN).SHOT LIST: A GENERAL VIEW OF TAMA CEMETERY IN TOKYO, JAPAN AND BOOKS WRITTEN BY THE LATE JAPANESE AUTHOR YUKIO MISHIMA.SOUND BITE: OHGOTA "The Japanese in which Mishima writes is very beautiful. The first thing that surprised me about his works is his beautiful language, that's how I started to get fully into his books".