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With the theme "Designed for Fun,'' this year's AutoWeek Design Forum would lack something if Larry Wood wasn't among the highlighted speakers.

Wood is chief designer for Hot Wheels, Mattel's toy car division, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2008. Wood's miniature creations have entertained several generations of car enthusiasts, and some of his ideas-such as flame paint jobs-have even influenced some of today's car designers.

Wood started his career working on real cars at Ford but joined Mattel in 1969 and never looked back. His division ...

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