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====Industrial espionage==== 2004 also saw Toyota being accused of [[industrial espionage]] in the case of stolen data files from [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]. This following a season where many Formula One fans commented on similarities of the [[Toyota TF104]] to the [[Ferrari F2003-GA]]. The district attorney of [[Cologne]], where Toyota F1 is based, led the investigation saying "It's an immense amount of material. Weβd need over 10 thousand pages to print everything," in relation to the number of documents generated in the design of any modern F1 car. Toyota refused to send the data back to Italy because they did not want Ferrari to take advantage of their own data, which had been mixed in with Ferrari's.<ref>[http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/14217/ ""Toyota Used Stolen Ferrari Data," Says Attorney"] [[Speed Channel]]. Retrieved 3 December 2004</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/4618260.stm "Ex-Toyota men face spying charges"] [[BBC Sport]]. Retrieved 16 January 2006</ref>
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