Im not sure I follow the twists that this thread has taken . In this era of globalism what is a Italian design or an American design or a (whatever design) ??? Lexus's (Lexi ??) are just blatent Mercedes copies... the Enzo was designed by a Japanese designer....is (for example) the Elise an English design ? It was easy to tell that a 58 Buick was American and an Adenour Merecedes was German and a Morris 7 was British but those stytlistic locksteps are from eras as antiquated as the white pages.