A Toyota car designed by an Osaka businessman in an online contest is to go into
producton, Kyodo News said.

The Nagoya car maker will base its Prius Eco Cruiser on a design by Toshikazu
Otani, who entered the contest on the government-sponsored Internet Fair 2001
Japan, popularly known as "Inpaku", the news organisation added.

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