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Toyota

  "Harmonious drive - A new tomorrow for people and the planet" underlies Toyota's commitment to making cars that brim with individuality but that are also in harmony with society.

Honda

  "Creating the never before!" expresses Honda's commitment, backed by dreams and enthusiasm, to proposing attractive products that please and amaze its customers.

Nissan

  "Zero emission" symbolizes Nissan's ultimate goal in its environmental race.

Mazda

  "Mazda SKY concept - Providing driving pleasure and environmental and safety performance for all our customers!"

Mitsubishi

  The dawn of the EV welcoming in the future

Suzuki

  "Small cars for a big future" expresses Suzuki's commitment to proposing a new value and lifestyle through its spirit and technology of car manufacturing.

Fuji Heavy
Industries

  Under the theme of "Take a moment to free your mind" Subaru showcases its efforts to integrate enjoyable and dependable driving with the global environment.

Daihatsu

  Under the corporate slogan of "Innovation for tomorrow" Daihatsu expresses the three keywords regarding minicars, Eco, Life and Fun, through its exhibits.

Toyota

FT-EV Ⅱ

  Toyota's first exhibit of an urban EV concept. The super space-efficient package seats four in the compact body (overall length 2730mm, overall width 1680mm, overall height 1490mm, wheelbase 1900mm) even smaller than the iQ. The electric sliding doors on both sides ensure easy entry and exit even in a tight parking space.

  Drive-by-wire technology uses a joystick to control the accelerator, brakes and steering (Toyota says steer-by-wire is likely to be approved in the near future).

  The maximum speed is above 100km/h and the car can run up to 90km/h, enough for daily use, per full charge. The ride is quiet with smooth acceleration thanks to Toyota's motor control technology.

  Different from the commuter type EV to be launched in 2012 in the US. According to Toyota, the FT-EV II incorporates elementary technologies addressing urban use in the future when the infrastructure develops to a satisfactory level.

i-REAL

  This personal mobility concept offers various styles of driving as determined by the vehicle's position (maximum speed ranging between 6 and 30km/h). Currently put in demonstration test at Chubu International Airport for guiding and patrolling use.

Winglet

  A stand-up style personal robot designed for assisting personal mobility with the maximum speed of 6km/h.

Nissan

LEAF

  The 5-seater 5-door hatchback EV scheduled for global launch in the latter half of FY2010, powered by lithium-ion battery of 90kW or higher power and an 80kW/280Nm motor, gives a range of over 160km per charge. Has EV-special IT that displays the area map within the maximum range and the nearest charging stations.

Land Glider

  The tandem 2-seater compact EV concept vehicle with overall length of 3010mm and overall width of 1100mm uses sensors to calculate the optimal tilting angle for cornering and the body automatically leans up to 17 degrees as needed for smooth cornering. Labeled as "reference display only" but with the prospective of market launch in the future.

  The car features a non-contact charging system for charging the lithium-ion battery wirelessly at designated charging locations. Electricity is supplied by means of electromagnetic induction from the coil, laid on the road surface, to the recipient coil mounted under the car's floor. The system is slated for commercialization in 2012 if all goes as planned.

Mitsubishi

i-MiEV
Cargo

  An off-spring of Mitsubishi's i-MiEV, the car offers a customizable cargo space in the rear section (1350mm wide, 1180mm deep, 1100mm high) to suit a broad range of user needs from business to weekend fun.

Honda's
EVs at the
HELLO ! zone

EV-N

  Inspired as a swift, compact city commuter, the vehicle's overall length of 2860mm is shorter than the typical minicars (up to 3400mm) and Honda's mono-wheeled experimental personal mobility device, U3-X, can be stowed in each of the two doors (not planned for commercialization).

EV-Cub

  An EV concept of Honda's motorcycle, Super Cub, assumes lithium-ion battery and an in-wheel motor in the front and the rear wheel each. Displayed in the form of a mockup to present its image.

EV-MONPAL

  A single-seat four-wheel vehicle developed upon the theme of "safe and pleasant personal mobility" is 1190mm long, 595mm wide and 995mm tall.

U3-X

  A compact, uni-wheeled experimental personal mobility device, small enough to fit between the user's legs, aims to bring all but "walk-like" mobility to reality. Based on the balancing technology of the bipedal humanoid robot ASIMO, the U3-X can move in any direction, forward, backward, side-to-side or diagonally, according to the rider's leaning position.

LOOP
(A portable communication device)

  The portable communication device used between the vehicle and the owner and between the vehicle and the pedestrian displays the vehicle's charge level, parking time, current location and other useful information for the owner. The LOOP may be pocket-carried by the pedestrian to communicate with compatible vehicles. For instance, the pedestrian may say "I am going to cross the street" and the EV may answer "Go ahead" over the system.

  CT&T of Korea exhibited eZONE, a low-priced EV based on a golf cart and released for marketing in Japan in October 2009, a two-seater three-door hatchback (2570/1440/1560mm). The company once announced plans to sell 3,000 in the first three years, but already won orders for 4,000 before the start of the Tokyo Motor Show (or a total of 38,000 including orders generating in the US, Canada and Taiwan).

  eZONE is available in two types (lead battery type and lithium polymer battery type) and eligible for Japanese government's purchase subsidy of around 700,000 Yen. The lead battery model has the top speed of 60km/h, a range of 50 to 70km per full charge, and carries the price tag of 1,748,000 Yen including consumption tax. The lithium polymer model has the top speed of 60km/h, a range of 100 to 110km per full charge, and is sold for 2,257,000 Yen including consumption tax. Air conditions and airbags are available for 255,000 Yen and 168,000 Yen respectively including the installation fee and consumption tax.

Toyota

Toyota
FCHV-adv

  Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle-advanced, announced in June 2008, has a proprietary 70MPa pressurized hydrogen tank that has increased the vehicle's 10-15 mode driving range from 330km to 830km. It can start under cold temperature as low as 30℃ below zero.

Honda

FCX Clarity

  This fuel cell EV was released for leasing in 2008 in Japan and the US, features V Flow in which hydrogen and oxygen run vertically and has an FC stack output of 100kW.

Suzuki

SX4-FCV

  Equipped with GM-made fuel cells, Suzuki's 70MPa pressurized hydrogen tank and capacitors for energy regeneration and acceleration assist, the vehicle has top speed of 150km/h and a range of 250km. Currently going under public road test toward commercialization.

Daihatsu

Precious
Metal-free
Liquid-feed
Fuel Cell
(PMfLFC)

  A compact, on-board package of the PMfLFC (Precious Metal-free Liquid-feed Fuel Cell), the development of whose basic technology was announced in 2007.

  PMfLFC generates electricity in an alkaline environment and, as such, does not require the expensive platinum that used to be a critical electrode catalyst in the conventional FC that generates electricity in a strong acid environment. Catalysts made from the abundant-available cobalt and nickel may be used and the vehicle uses liquefied hydrazine hydrate to supply hydrogen (for greater ease of handling and fuel feed than the pressurized hydrogen type).

Mazda

Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid

  The car features the company's dual-fuel system (hydrogen and gasoline) and the series hybrid system (the rotary engine is used solely for the purpose of generating electricity and the car runs on the motor exclusively). The car has a range of 200km on hydrogen and was released for leasing in March 2009 to government authorities and energy-related companies.

Toyota

Toyota SAI

  An exclusive hybrid model to debut in December 2009 (plan announced in October) has the 2400cc Atkinson cycle gasoline engine and THS II with the reduction mechanism and has a 10-15 mode mileage of 23.0km/L. Toyota plans to sell 3,000 a month for 3,380,000 Yen or higher. It shares the hybrid system with the Lexus HS250h released for marketing in July 2009.

Lexus
LF-Ch

  An exclusive hybrid model of the premium compact 2BOX (5-door hatchback) disclosed at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show. Detailed specs and release plans are not yet available. The car has overall length of 4300mm, overall width of 1790mm, overall height of 1400mm, and 2600mm wheelbase.

Honda

CR-Z
Concept
2009

  The "lower, shorter and wider" package (4080mm long, 1740mm wide, 1350mm tall) emerging from the original design exhibited at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show is said to be a close resemblance of the mass production model debuting in February 2010.

  Features IMA (Integrated Motor Assist), representing the combination of a 1500cc gasoline engine and a motor, and a 6-speed MT (the first deployment in HEV, according to Honda).

SKYDECK

  A multi-purpose, 3-row, 6-seater HEV concept to meet a broad range of needs. Available utilities include the gull-wing + diagonally opening sliding door, and the second row seats sliding under the first row to provide extra ease of entry to third row. Mass production of SKYDECK is not planned.

Nissan

FUGA
Hybrid

  This full-hybrid vehicle, featuring Nissan's original lithium-ion battery, 1-motor and 2-clutch system and a V6 3500cc engine, does not have a torque converter; it uses AT's wet clutch instead. To be marketed in Japan in fall 2010 and in North America in spring 2011 (under the model name of Infiniti M35 Hybrid in North America).

  According to Nissan, the development objectives were (1) mileage that normally belongs to Tiida and other compact cars; (2) use of mechanical power transmission, without torque converter or electric CVT, to increase the direct feel for the driver; and (3) use of a single motor system (maximum power 50kW) to reduce the total vehicle weight.

  The relatively lower battery capacity results in a relatively shorter EV range per full charge, but, according to Nissan, 60% of the total run time on city streets can be in EV mode since the car charges and discharges repeatedly.

Fuji Heavy
Industries

Subaru
Hybrid
Tourer Concept

  The car features Subaru's original series-parallel hybrid system with lithium-ion battery. To further increase the market attraction of Subaru AWD system, the car has a 10kW motor in the front for power generation and driving and a 20kW motor in the back for driving. It runs on the rear motor alone during very low speed mode as in starting and parking,

  The car has the newly-developed 2000cc horizontally-opposed direct-injection turbocharged gasoline engine and the Lineartronic CVT transmission. According to Subaru, the car represents more than 50% improvement in fuel efficiency from the current turbocharged model.

Toyota

PRIUS
PLUG-IN HYBRID Concept

  Built upon the third-generation Prius, the car is the first Toyota car driven by lithium-ion battery and has over 55km/L mileage in JC08 mode. EV range of over 20km is targeted. The charging time is approximately 180 minutes from 100V source, 100 minutes from 200V source.

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Concept
PX-MiEV

  The vehicle combines the 1600cc gasoline engine with lithium-ion battery and a 60kW motor in the front and rear wheels. It selects the drive mode automatically according to the driving condition and the remaining battery energy (EV drive mode, engine-generation and motor-drive mode, engine and motor-drive mode, and deceleration energy regeneration mode). The vehicle also has an extra mode to use the on-board battery as the power source for home use.

  The vehicle has EV range of over 50km and mileage over 50km/L (both in 10-15 mode), seats 4 and Mitsubishi intends to use the system in vehicles in the same class as the medium-size Outlander SUV.

Suzuki

Swift
Plug-in
Hybrid

  Unveiled for the first time, the car is a series PHEV that has lithium-ion battery, a minicar class engine for generation, and is driven by a motor with top power of 40kW. Designed with the basic concept of covering the daily minimum distance in EV mode, the car has the EV range of approximately 20km.

Nissan

Next-generation
Xtronic CVT

  The gear change ratio range has been increased by more than 20% over the conventional CVT to 7.3 by combining a sub-transmission with the CVT of the same class. Nissan aims to use the larger ratio range to achieve a 10% improvement in fuel economy (for comparison, the gear change ratio range is around 6 with the 6-speed AT and 6.7 with Toyota's 8-speed AT).

  The use of the sub-transmission made it possible to reduce the gear change ratio range of the CVT itself which, in turn, led to a 10% reduction in the overall length and 13% reduction in overall weight along with 30% reduction in friction.

  The new CVT is produced by JATCO and is available for a broad range of engines from minicar engines to 1800cc engine size. It was first used by Suzuki and is available with Palette since September 2009. Nissan reportedly plans to use the CVT in its global entry car slated for production starting in 2010.

Mazda

Kiyora
Concept

  Kiyora features a 1300cc next-generation direct-injection gasoline engine dubbed Mazda SKY-G 1.3L, a newly-developed 6-speed AT dubbed Mazda SKY-Drive, idling stop system dubbed i-stop, and deceleration energy regenerative system. It represents 100kg reduction in body weight along with 32km/L 10-15 mode fuel economy (equivalent of 30% improvement over conventional cars, according to Mazda).

Mazda
SKY
Concept
(Note )

Mazda SKY-G
(2000cc gasoline
engine)

  Mazda's next-generation direct-injection gasoline engine features reduction in mechanical resistance and optimal formation of the air-fuel admixture which, in turn made it possible to increase the expansion ratio based on the degree of freedom of the direct-injection system's spray formation (the principle of the Miller cycle engine).

  To achieve above, Mazda adopted next-generation fuel injectors, highly-functional variable valve timing system and other technologies. According to Mazda, the new engine improves fuel economy, output and torque approximately 15% compared to Mazda's existing 2000cc engines and, when used on Axela class vehicles, it increases fuel economy to the same level as that of the existing Demio.

Mazda SKY-D
(2200cc diesel
engine)

  Mazda's next-generation direct-injection diesel engine features reduction of mechanical resistance to the same level as the gasoline counterpart, and optimization of cylinder pressure and temperature, the shape of the combustion chamber, fuel injection rate, etc, so that the combustion begins at the best timing in terms of thermal efficiency.

  Mazda adopted piezo-injectors, two-stage turbocharger and other technologies to improve fuel economy approximately 20% compared to Mazda's existing 2200cc engines and, when used on Atenza class vehicles, the engine increases fuel economy to the same level as that of the existing Demio.

Mazda SKY-Drive
(Six-speed automatic transmission)

  Mazda's next-generation 6-speed AT features improved accuracy and response of the clutch hydraulic control. The torque converter is used for starting only, followed by constant lockup after starting. Mazda says this improves fuel economy approximately 5% while delivering a more direct feel similar to a dual clutch transmission.

Daihatsu

e:S
(eco & smart)

  Daihatsu's minicar concept powered by its second-generation KF engine (e:S stands for eco & smart) has a shorter wheelbase of 2175mm than existing minicars (2390 to 2490mm) and the overall length of 3100mm. The total vehicle weight is reduced by 100kg to 700kg thanks to the use of thin and lightweight seats and other lightweight components. The car has the 10-15 mode fuel economy of 30km/L.

  The second-generation KF engine employs the i-EGR that detects its combustion condition by means of ions inside the combustion chamber and controls the amount of EGR accordingly which, in turn, drastically reduces the pumping loss. The engine uses a plastic electronic throttle body and optimal computer control of the engine and the CVT. The engine also employs "eco IDLE idling stop" system resulting in more than 10% improvement in fuel economy compared to Daihatsu's existing engines.

Next-generation
minicar engine

  Daihatsu has initiated the development of new 2-cylinder, 660cc minicar engine that combines direct injection and turbocharging. The combination of the two-cylinder design and direct injection will increase fuel economy while the two-cylinder design, large-volume EGR, etc, will lead to reduction of losses. As a result, Daihatsu says the project will lead to 30% improvement in fuel economy over Daihatsu's existing engines. The company also aims to deliver torqueful driving, from low to high speed ranges, by the combination of direct injection and turbocharging.

Toyota

FT-86
Concept

  A concept model of a small FR sports car that proposes the joy of driving and of ownership. The compact body, with the overall length of 4160mm and width of 1760mm, is powered by a 2000cc horizontally-opposed 4-cylinder naturally-aspirated gasoline engine.

  "86" (pronounced hachi-roku) derives from Toyota's small FR sports cars (Corolla Levin/Sprinter Treno AE86) that were very popular in the 80s. The FT-86 is to be co-developed and produced by Fuji Heavy eyeing market launch toward the end of 2011 under Toyota and Subaru brands (at the price of no higher than 3 million Yen).

Lexus LFA
Prototype
Model

  The two-seater, top of the premium sports cars, features the newly-developed 4800cc V10-cylinder engine and 6-speed ASG (Automated Sequential Gearbox). It delivers powerful acceleration feel through the 9000rpm red zone and ensures extraordinary driving experience with the maximum speed of 325km/h.

  Toyota plans to sell only 500 of Lexus LFA in the world at the price of 37.5 million Yen (applies to Japan) and the purchasers will be decided around spring 2010.

Nissan

Qazana
Concept

  A "head turner appearing in the chaotic urban landscape" is the concept car of a compact sports-mover in a whole new category that mixes a lightweight sports car and an off-road vehicle. The novel body design formed by the big arched fenders and biotic curvature, among others, suggests new potential of urban type sports cars.

Daihatsu

Deca Deca

  A "super-box" concept with a large space in the back section features a low-flat floor and a pillar-less, sliding side door (opens up to 135 degrees) resulting in outstanding loadability and ease of entry and exit. The thin, retractable seats can be set to various arrangements to meet specific needs that include business, office environment, moving meeting room, and outdoor sports.

basket

  The open-top four-seater features detachable front roof and rear canvas top, along with the relaxing linen-like seats and interior finish, and is presented as a "slow life vehicle" that matches country living.

Toyota

Mark X

  Toyota's rear wheel-drive medium-size passenger car Mark X after full remodeling in October 2009. Powered by V6 3500cc/2500cc engine with 6-speed AT. The entry price was reduced by approximately 100,000 Yen to 2.38 million Yen including consumption tax.

Honda

Step WGN

  Honda's latest Step WGN launched in October 2009. The 2400cc engine version was discontinued and the car is now powered by a 2000cc engine with CVT/5-speed AT. The 10-15 mode fuel efficiency of the FF model with CVT has been increased from 12.6km/L to 14.2km/L. Honda plans to sell a series total of 6,000 a month.

  The overall length and width have been increased by 50mm and 45mm, respectively. Combined with the interior height of 1395mm, the car gives the largest interior space of the class (according to Honda). It also features the class-first under-floor retractable third row seat.

Civic Type R EURO

  "R" signifies racing. The 3-door and 5-door hatchback models are imported from Honda's UK plant for market launch in Japan in November. According to Honda, the car's driving performance, together with the body and chassis, born and raised in the European highways and curvy roads, will appeal to Japanese drivers.

Nissan

FUGA

  The new FUGA to launch in fall 2009, powered by V6 3700cc/2500cc engine with 7-speed AT, features a total of twelve new driver-assist technologies that include safe driving assist that synchronizes road-to-vehicle communications and car navigation, and active stability assist with enhanced VDC.

Roox

  OEM-supply of Suzuki's Palette, to be introduced in the market in December 2009, has one of the largest interior spaces among minicars and features an electric sliding door in the right and left sides which offers 580mm wide and 1230mm high access when opened.

NV200 Vanette Taxi

  The new-generation taxi, to be introduced in Japan in 2010, represents a raft of mobility technologies addressing the passengers such as the relaxingly large rear seat and comfort-focused seat layout ensuring ease of entry and exit for the elderly and the passenger in the wheelchair.

Suzuki

Kizashi

  Suzuki's first medium-size sedan, to be introduced in October 2009, with the overall length of 4650mm and overall width of 1820mm, is powered by a 2400cc engine and CVT. Pricing starts at 2.788 million Yen and the car will be made to order for the time being. Standard features include nine airbags and air conditioner with right and left side independent temperature controls in the front. Slated for marketing in US as well starting in fall 2009.

Alto

  Concept of the new Alto to be introduced in the market in the near future. Though details are yet to be announced, the new Alto is said to feature CVT, idling stop and weight reduction resulting in 16% reduction in CO2 emissions to 95g/km compared to existing cars.

Daihatsu

Tanto Exe

  To propose "a spacious saloon for adults" Daihatsu has removed the center pillar-less sliding door from the Tanto and replaced with the ordinary hinged doors to reduce the vehicle weight and improve the new car's fuel efficiency. It features high-quality instrument panel and seats that give an impression of the comfortable sofa.