2020 6/2(Tue.) → 2020 10/11(Sun.)
Cultural Gallery 2nd floor, Special Exhibition Room
The Future of Mobility,
as Imagined Three Decades Ago by Toyota
Concept cars that are displayed at motor shows represent contemporary automobile engineers’ ideas about the future of mobility.
The technologies and design features incorporated into earlier concept cars were well ahead of their time. They still look novel; yet they now strike us as evocatively familiar, too.
In this exhibition, we present the concept cars that Toyota exhibited at the Tokyo Motor Show around 1990, together with some commercial models that followed.
Learning about the concept cars designed three decades ago—and understanding how their futuristic visions played out—may help us in our own attempt at foreseeing the future of mobility.
- TOYOTA GTV
- (1987)
- A personal grand touring concept car powered by a low-polluting gas turbine engine
- RAV FOUR
- (1989)
- A compact SUV concept car with the attributes of a passenger car
- TOYOTA 4500GT
- (1989)
- A sports car that achieved supreme balance between technological advancement and the pursuit of fun
- TOYOTA AXV-IV
- (1991)
- An ultralight, energy efficient, and highly recyclable personal commuter
- TOYOTA AXV-V
- (1993)
- A next-generation intercity tourer developed as a “harmonic aero saloon”
- TOYOTA MRJ
- (1995)
- A midship four-seater with an electric-powered retractable metal top
* Vehicles to be displayed are subject to change without prior notice.
