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In grade school English class, here in the States, they teach us a simple concept for authoring what is generally considered original work. Framing it humorously, it can be stated that "plagiarism is when you steal from one person and research is when you steal from many people".

With the rise in prominence of intellectual property rights over the last two centuries, what is original and what isn't has become a very contentious point and, to use the grade school example, it all depends on where we decide to draw the line and decide that something is research and not plagiarism.

Now I'm not a design expert or automotive historian but, I do think I have a pretty keen eye when it comes to differentiating design. Therefore, when I casually see a car drive by on the road that is so close in design appearance to another car that I mistake one for the other at a glance, I'm sorry, but I have to think that is not original work.