The 26-year-old design prodigy behind Honda's new S660

Mukumoto: "We have made a car that will turn heads." (BLOOMBERG)

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Ma Jie Yuki Hagiwara

March 31, 2015 05:00 AM

TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. will soon learn whether giving a designer with no engineering experience five years to develop a sports car is pure genius or plain madness.

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