The Japan Mobility Show has opened and the excitement is palpable.
This may be because automotive journalists around the world have been expectant of the re-opening of the biggest auto trade show in this part of the world since the pandemic struck.
Of course the three years of pandemic lockdown has created such a massive shift in the transportation and mobility paradigm. What used to be called the Tokyo Motor Show, the biennial event has been renamed the Japan Mobility Show to reflect the changes.
For this year, Toyota has chosen to open their display with a sleek looking electric vehicle (EV) concept, the FT-Se. This model is an EV soports car – yes an electric sports car – that may be the precursor of all other sports cars Toyota will be creating from hereon.
The FT-Se concept looks very supercar in all its angles. Sporting a huge lower grille and cooling vents near its front headlights, this concept model screams speed from the front. The body designs also depicts a serious focus on balance and weight distribution similar to what most supercars have today.
From the rear, the hornlike tail light of the FT-Se totally agrees with the ducktail spoilers giving it an intense look after it passes you on the road.
What is striking is that this EV looks so much like a toy instead of an automobile, breathing life to the introduction of Toyota President and CEO Koji Sato that Toyota’s “electric cars offer their own flavor of driving fun and automotive seasoning.”
“Of course, Toyota and GR-brand cars, like with these two models here, will also change. If we have the technology to make cars smaller, lower, and lighter, from sports cars and SUVs to pickup trucks and small vans, we can create a diverse lineup with outstanding qualities,” explains Sato as he presented the three concepts displayed by Toyota.
Expounding on their “Find your Future” theme, Sato says “this is the multi-pathway approach to the future that Toyota envisions. Let me say once again, the future is something that we all create together.”
