Sotiris Kovos is a
Greek
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automobile designer born in
Athens
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in 1965. He studied in
Greece
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and the
United Kingdom
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and became known after his design of
Toyota Yaris
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, introduced in 1999.
He is also responsible for a number of concept cars as well as the
Lexus SC 430 (Z40) convertible.
[ ] Since 2002 he has designed scooters and motorcycles for
Nipponia
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,
a motorcycle company based in Athens, Greece.
References
External links
AutoRAI 1999: the new cars, Toyota & Yaris ''Ritz'' weblog (Last updated: 3 November 2013)
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1965 births
Living people
Engineers from Athens
Greek automobile designers