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The best of Tokyo: Japan Mobility Show’s most innovative vehicle concepts

Published 25 October 2023
By Matt Robinson
The Japan Mobility Show – formerly known as the Tokyo Motor Show – is under way and there's lots to see.
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AI and electric cars: 2017 Tokyo motor show review

When it comes to giving drivers a glimpse of the future, the Tokyo motor show is the event to follow. The biennual show gives the engineers and d
Published 25 October 2017
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Not a toy, but Toyota’s little bundle of joy for...

There’s a good argument for treating some drivers like children but it is disconcerting when it actually happens to you...
Published 03 November 2015
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Rotary engine comes round again with Mazda RX-Vision...

Mazda should have been on to a winner with the RX-8 sports car. On its launch in 2003 it won rave reviews for the way it looked and drove. But the...
Published 28 October 2015
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Self-driving Nissan IDS concept will learn your road...

NISSAN HAS unveiled an autonomous concept car at this week's Tokyo show that can learn your driving style and copy it when driving itself
Published 28 October 2015
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Teaser shot of Yamaha sports car concept released before...

Yamaha is known for making motorbikes, outboard engines, generators, snowmobiles and even electric organs, but one thing is doesn't produce is cars...
Published 20 October 2015
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News: Mazda CX-3 Racing concept takes on the Nissan...

The sporty compact SUV may be one of the success stories of the Noughties, but critics say that many models are a classic case of all show and no...
Published 19 January 2015
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Tokyo Motor Show: the weirdest cars

Every other year, the car industry travels to the Tokyo motor show in Japan, a country where a fish so poisonous that it kills diners every year is...
Published 22 November 2013
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Tokyo show: Volkswagen’s baby Up! gets plug-in hybrid...

VOLKSWAGEN HAS unveiled a version of its baby Up! city car capable of a super-miserly 256.8mpg.
Published 20 November 2013
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Tokyo show: Honda shows off Juke-rivalling Vezel SUV...

HONDA WILL be launching a major challenge to the best-selling Nissan Juke compact SUV in 2015 with this, the Urban SUV, or Vezel as it will be known...
Published 20 November 2013
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Tokyo show: the view from the show floor on press day

TEN YEARS ago, every major car manufacturer in the world would have been at the Tokyo motor show, but now the list of premier league no-shows is actually...
Published 20 November 2013
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LA/Tokyo motor shows: Mercedes says goodbye to SLS...

AS IF its gullwing doors weren’t statement enough, a special version of the outgoing Mercedes AMG SLS has been unveiled at the LA and Tokyo motor...
Published 20 November 2013
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Tokyo show: Nissan to launch 3E Google Glass-style...

Nissan has released a dramatic film previewing a glasses-type wearable device that could allow a driver to download information from the internet...
Published 14 November 2013