Toyota inspired by CNW?

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Southwest Chief

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From: Anaheim, CA Bayfield, CO
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Toyota inspired by CNW?

Posted by Southwest Chief on Monday, April 21, 2014 12:43 AM

I just saw a Toyota ad on TV and noticed something familiar with the logo.

To me it looks like the Chicago & North Western logo.

I wonder if someone on their ad design team is a CNW fan?

Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, CO
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CSSHEGEWISCH

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Monday, April 21, 2014 6:55 AM

I seriously doubt it. The Toyota logo has been around for a while and a corporate symbol such as that is not something that an ad agency is going to come up with.

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Southwest Chief

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Posted by Southwest Chief on Monday, April 21, 2014 1:36 PM

I don't mean the Toyota insignia logo. I'm referring to the Toyota "keep your cash" logo. If the image I posted above works, the logo on the left is what appears in the ad I saw on TV.

Thought it looked similar to the CNW logo.

Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, CO
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CShaveRR

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From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois
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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, April 21, 2014 2:14 PM

Toyota was one of CNW's biggest customers with its "inland port" at West Chicago (UP still is). I'm sure, though, that if they intended to honor or even emulate CNW's logo they could have come closer to it.

Carl

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