Good to know...
Re the company ethos - an old guy I knew went to Nissan late 70's - tagged onto their sportscar race programme - and used to tell me much the same things.
The round eyes were useful - but after they'd been useful, it was sayonara, mate...And respect the hierarchy at your peril. It probably helped he was a pretty senior bloke when he went there - he got listened to.
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