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FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, file photo, Mazda's senior managing executive officer Daniel Morris, left, design director of Mazda North American operations Franz von Holzhausen, center, and general manager of design division Laurens van den ...
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Mazda director of design Franz von Holzhausen is congratulated as he sits in front of the Nagare concept car, which he designed, at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles
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