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Toyota's universal design1 is based on the
idea of "diversifying needs and the vehicles to respond to them," and
has been promoted in the framework of efforts to make user-friendly vehicles.
Based on the assumption that a wide range of people should be able to use
vehicles comfortably and with confidence, Toyota incorporates ergonomic
aspects such as ease of ingress and egress and visibility, along with user-friendly
features adapted to vehicle category and to specific user purposes, for
instance the need to seat grandparents in the back or facilitate a pregnant
woman, and specifies these items in "universal design evaluation indices."
An objective and universally applicable evaluation basis can be extended
to all vehicle series. This makes it easier to set developmental targets
and for the purchaser to assess the level of performance and special features
of the vehicle, and can be used as an indicator when choosing a vehicle.
Quite apart from its importance in adapting to the kind of society expected
in the near future, the development of comfortable and reliable vehicles
is an important factor in addition to their safety. Toyota is committed to
building an even closer partnership between medicine and engineering and
to applying the results of continued ergonomic research to Toyota vehicles.
1. Universal design: Design that makes using
products easier for a larger number of people. In line with continued product
development based on the idea that a vehicle easy to use for everybody will
be easy to use for disabled persons, the design itself should not present
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Consideration is given to ease of ingress
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