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Tom Matano, chief designer of original Mazda MX-5, dies age 77
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Tsutomu ‘Tom’ Matano, the man in charge of the design of the first-generation Mazda MX-5 or Miata, passed away over the weekend aged 77.
His career at Mazda began in 1983 where he was hired by former journalist Bob Hall to be Mazda North America’s chief designer.
As well as shaping the second-generation ‘NB’ MX-5, Matano-san is also credited with the slinky fourth-generation ‘FD’ RX-7, as well as the 1996 M-Coupe concept.
Matano-san left Mazda in 2002 to become head of the School of Industrial Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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