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- ↑ Reingold, Edwin M.; Martin, Charles L. (1983-11-14). "Tokyo's Wonder Cars". Time . Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ↑ Waddell, Richard; Bird, Jon (March 1985). "A short hop to put flashy concepts on the road - Tokyo Motor Show". Ward's Auto World. Archived from the original on 2004-12-08. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ↑ All About the Toyota Twin Cam (2nd ed.). Tokyo, Japan: Toyota. November 1984. p. 19. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
Information copied from an English language brochure given out by Toyota at the 1984 Geneva Motor Show. A Japanese-language version of the same brochure was given out at the 1983 Tokyo Motor Show.
