March6
Toyota today presented the Hybrid X concept at the Geneva Motor Show. The car proposes a new design language for hybrid models, according to the Japanese automaker. Insiders say the Hybrid X also closely points to the design direction for the next-generation Prius.
Hybrid X is designed as a four door, four seat open-space concept. It has the dimensions of a conventional family car with an overall length of 4,500mm and wheelbase of, 800mm. The width is, 850mm and height, 440mm.
Interior designer, Laurent Bouzige, says: "Hybrid X is conceived as a multi-sensory experience. There is a formal style in the shape of the vehicle and the material used but every other reaction is linked to the passengers' senses of sound, smell, sight and touch through interactive ambience."
Space saving seats are formed using injected foam techniques which create comfort while reducing weight. In order to further promote human interaction, the two independent rear seats can swivel by 12 degrees to allow passengers to enjoy the scenery or a more intimate 'tête-à-tête'.
It reminds me of Back to the Future II. I like it.
Remember in the Matrix when Neo was offered to take either the red or blue pill?
The side mirror/window interface is lusciously amazing: the rest is too Prius married with a water balloon.
http://www.digital-sledgehammer.com/superchicken/,
toyota`s hybrid design model.
the camry hybrid is sweet the prius and this …meh!
i do like the roof line and doors though
That remindes me of why I don't like Toyota. It looks like an accessory for a Pokemon toy set.
It has better proportions than the present Prius. Its a step in the right direction.
This thing loos a helluva lot better than the Prius.
is, not loos. Dont ask me what I was typing.
Chryslers new buyer maybe?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070306/bs_nm/chrysler_sale_dc
I have seen turds with a more attractive shape than this thing, to each there own I guess.
Looks like a manatee. I think the current one looks better. Maybe they should let the L-Finesse team that came up with the new LS spend a little time on this one. Hybrids/efficient diesels will become more common, and novelty won't get it done like it once did. It looks like a bad concept from 1993 or something, one of those crappy visions of the future.
Looks like the next-generation Sienna minivan.
Watch out, Ford Fairlane concept! (j/k) But, seriously, it's really "minivan" with some futurismo in it, like those Tokyo Motor Show cars.
If the current prius wasn't ugly and had a little more power, I'd be driving one right now… not for the environment, CA lets these cars use the HOV lanes with one person in the car. With the amount of freeway driving I do, that's a blessing.
This car looks better… now if they can get the car to have more power… it would be a great DD.
Too efficient and utilitarian. The next Prius looks like some mutant Lamborghini. Not good but at least it looks interesting. This? Needs character, not just some future mini-van look.
I just wish GM would crow more about their efforts. It gives the impression they really aren't doing anything even though we know better. The Sequel is a sweetheart if GM builds it. So is the VOLT… change the name. Those cars have spunk and pizazz.
This Toyota hybrid thingie looks like an escapee from test lab rather than a car meant to enthuse buyers. If this is direction they are going then they obviously don't mean to keep the number one spot for very long.
I see quite a bit of the new Yaris in the face. They should replace the tranparent roof section with a solar panel array. I'd have it recharge the battery and power a small electic AC so your car wouldn't get scorching hot in the summertime.
see quite a bit of the new Yaris in the face. They should replace the tranparent roof section with a solar panel array. I'd have it recharge the battery and power a small electic AC so your car wouldn't get scorching hot in the summertime.
Comment by global_lightning, posted on March6 at 2
brilliant.
Looks like a fat ass Prius. Plus Honda already did this with the FC-X concept.
The only car I have ever seen which looks futuristic and ugly at the same time. Anyway, who wants a 4 seat hybrid blue lump when the same money could be spent on a lovely German saloon. Everyone will laugh at you if you drive a bright turqoise van which looks like a Prius on steroids
PS: as someone previously mentioned, I expect Pikachu to jump out at any minute while his electricity powers are used to power the car…
y'know, i hate toyota and i dont like this, but it shows some serious progressive styling for toyota. japan is beginning to identify a style for themselves.
yaaawn
Those C pillars do intrude a wee bit on rearward vision, dont they?
Anyone else notice the listed height of "440mm"? That's 17.3 inches…hardly enough for a normal person to sit in =p. Perhaps 1440mm is what was meant?
Regardless, this abomination makes my eyes bleed. I'm all for fuel economy, but not if I have to drive that.
This car has tons of really cool design details, like the way the side mirrors are connected to the side windows, like how the headlamps are built into the windshield/dash, etc etc. It's actually very innovative, I ilke it
If this was a GM car or an American car for that matter, THE MAJORITY of your biased comments would be negative. You guys all make me laugh after commenting on this hideous eyesore
hockeyweather: No, you're wrong. Do you realize that there are AS MANY people on this site that hate Toyota as there are that hate GM/domestics? You haven't spent enough time on here yet, clearly, because you don't know shit
Chevy Volt owns this piece of shit.
count me as a toyota hater. this thing is retarded ugly.
Well, at least one can walk into a showroom and actually purchase a Prius; Toyota is marching it forward. GM needs to make the Volt a reality, and they are far from that goal given the current price of the battery technology they intend to use. Plus, GM is fighting with its own demons just to get moving again in the right direction.
ugly. the few 'interesting' details there are on this concept would never make it to production anyway. does toyota have any new hybrid tech to report about? while toyota is busy building 90's styled 'dream cars', GM is touting cutting edge research. not good toyota
Yeah at least Toyota actually builds quality hybrids, GM is busy sitting with their thumb its their ass making the Silverado bullshit hybrid and the half assed Saturn Vue hybrid. How about some real effort? how about a real product? toyota has had one since 2001, and honda since 2000. Thats why those manufacturers are innovators, not followers
Plenty of room for a big IMPEACH BUSH sticker on the back.
Yahoo's quicker on auto news than LLN. ????
GM targets 2010 production for electric car
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070306/bs_nm/autoshow_gm_volt_dc
LamborghiniZ — Wait…. So I don't know shit because I haven't spent time here or have I not spent enough time here because I don't know shit… Get your insults down before they leak out your ass onto your Daewoo keyboard. I have been reading news from this site since some time in 2005, so on those grounds you're incorrect. Maybe you should have LeftLaneNews do a poll to prove me correct.
Very interesting to say the least. Think I would pimp with some different rims though.
Taxis just got a whole lot cooler
illlwill: Flex Fuel technology is a load of crap, it's not a reasonable answer to the fuel crisis, and it's no long term answer. In fact it's about as short term as they come, far shorter than gas-electric hybrids. What it is, in fact, is something GM devised to distract consumers from their suspicious lack of hybrid technology/R&D, sorry but by the time the Volt comes out they'll be a decade late to the party.
hockeysomethingorother: How do you know what type of keyboard I use? Weird to try and insult me on an extremely personal basis, such as the type of keyboard I use, when you clearly have no knowledge of such things. It's interesting really, because it just makes you look dumb, trying to insult something you don't know anything about. I actually have a Dell keyboard, you know, it came with the computer and everything…so…uhh…yeah guess you were uhh..wrong there…
LamborghiniZ once again erroneously claims "fact":
"What it is, in fact, is something GM devised to distract consumers from their suspicious lack of hybrid technology/R&D"
it's amazing how 'liberally' that word is used these days. 'fact is' LamborghiniZ doesn't know what he's talking about.
Lambo is confused man, hes a liberal hippy so he's obviosly high on something. To him the word "fact" actually means opinion.
amen illwill. wow this car looks nasty
Good thinking Wetstuff, I'll get four of them
Hahah all you guys seem to know more about me than I do myself, tell me more!! I want to know MORE things about myself that I didn't know existed!
illwill: Try getting "high on something", you might like it
Its the direction Ford was heading in with the Taurus back in 1985-86 a Futuristic concept and design, but now the Ford family not only does'nt get the big picture- they messed things up and have their collective heads stuck up their asses. Ka ser ra ser ra
I give Toyota a Big Thumbs up its a brilliant design. Take it to the next Level. Ford did'nt want to since they were squabbling over which idiot Ford Heir was going to run or ruin the business. GM does'nt have a clue!
wtf? thats the ugliest thing i've ever seen