Toyota MR2 concept at frankfurt

[Deadpool]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/?http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/ae_news_story.php?id=39401

Pretty wild, but I like the profile.

[Irie_eyes]

Looks like some thing VW would make...
The next Karmann Ghia.

[squid]

That's kinda nasty! http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/tongue.gif No sir, I don't like it.

[Hotsauce]

two thumbs down.

[JuJuBeee]

that looks like the suziki concept

[limits_at_infiniti]

looks more like a cruiser now then the once sporty mr car i knew

[M_TYPE_X]

Yuck.

[bto]

What were they smokin'?!

[limits_at_infiniti]

What were they smokin'?!



the same thing the new t bird desginers were smoking,
thats what this thign reminds me of

[squid]

Hey, I like the T-Bird! It looks like an American car is supposed to look. http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[**DONOTDELETE**]

This better not be the MR2

[Deadpool]

http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/frankfurt/preview/toyota-css/images/toyota-css03.jpg

http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/frankfurt/preview/toyota-css/images/toyota-css02.jpg

http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/frankfurt/preview/toyota-css/images/toyota-css01.jpg

http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/frankfurt/preview/toyota-css/images/toyota-css05.jpg


Sep 1, 2003 – Toyota understands very well that if you are presenting new or experimental technology you have to wrap it up spectacularly. Therefore, thankfully, we meet their latest hybrid drivetrain inside an attractive open four-seater and not in a Corolla or HiAce.
Here we have a 1.5 litre petrol-engine in the rear, driving the rear wheels mechanically. At the same time it produces electrical current, either for storage or for driving the front-wheel hub-mounted electric-motors. That means, supposedly, that this car can use the whole range, from pure rear-driven, via fourwheel-drive with variable front/rear split, to pure electric-powered, zero-emission front wheel drive.

All this in a compact, appearently, two seater barchetta. But lift the rear canopy and you have an open 2+2. Or use the front passenger seat as a Transformer and you have a tonneau cover when you park the car.

The CS&S was designed at the Toyota ED2 studio near Nice, France, and is reminiscent of some of the old Porsche Speedster language with lines from Ghia’s open Focus (Turin 1992) and combines it with unexpected straight lines for a unique design language. You may well expect parts of this design, especially the front, to morph into the coming mini-Toyota being developed together with Peugeot/Citroen.

The designers also want to demonstrate their latest interior tricks. A system called Space Touch uses hologram projections which the driver is to ”touch” to activate certain sub-systems like air condition or infotainment. We hope it works better than some of the other recent man-machine interfaces the motorcar industry has offered us lately. And in case you wondered: CS&S means Compact Sports and Speciality.

[WhereHaveYouBeen]

whats with these people and their fish fetish?

[Irie_eyes]

and is reminiscent of some of the old Porsche Speedster language



Porsche Speedster probably more of a similarity rather than the Karmann Ghia...
Funny, the current MR2 is very Porschey...

[MOMO831]

IMO the current MR2 looks pretty hot, I highly doubt that this concept will be made into production as is. It will get toned down and look very different by the time it makes it to production.