minna-san ohayo-gozaimasu welcome to the
2019 Tokyo Motor Show where the
excitement is high and the jet lag is
quite strong I've just got off a 12-hour
flight so I'll start slurring my words I
haven't been on the asahi's I promise
and we start here on the Suzuki stand
our first dose of oddness and the the
theme this year for Suzuki is something
called Waku Waku switch no idea what it
means but isn't that delightful II
Japanese and the result is this car over
here it's called the wacko SPO it's
basically a tiny plug-in hybrid coupe a
you'll see the back actually pops out
turning it into a shooting break at the
touch of a button it's all very cool I'm
getting flavors of the Honda urban Eevee
from it with all its retro touches
absolutely love it might be my favorite
car of the show and who knows Honda has
put the urban Eevee into production if
we shout loud enough maybe they'd do the
same with this and come over here
because it's got a sister car there's
more wacky wacky to come this one is
called the hanar a concept now it's a
vision of what cars are going to look
like when the driver is no longer needed
essentially it's a room on four wheels a
pod
that sounds very uninteresting doesn't
it but somehow Suzuki you've managed to
make it interesting by putting this
wraparound retro body on it having said
that this is the future of driving just
shoot me now yes look at this oh the
every go anywhere baby room in
collaboration with combi snappy title
there for a car and as a father of two
this is pretty much my dream wheels it's
a car that's been designed entirely for
parents so you notice blinds absolutely
everywhere for discreet feeding back
look at this
twin changing stations and of course
with a healthy dose of Japanese
technology thrown in so that box I'm
told is for warming the bum wipes those
are
is for cleaning the bums there's music
there's a moving Mobile's up here oh yes
this is a bit of me this car I might
actually look into important one of
these there was a time when I was cool
you know
steady on don't get too excited it's the
new Honda Jazz or the Honda Fit as they
call it in Japan a car beloved by Oh a
peas everywhere this is the fourth
generation car it's going to be hybrid
only in Europe and well it is quite a
significant car they think they're gonna
sell 20,000 of these a year in the UK
alone well the population is getting
older isn't it and I think that's all I
can tell you about this before I fall
asleep standing up I'll be honest I
haven't got a clue what's going on here
I can only assume this is aimed at the
motorcyclist who doesn't like getting
where or the car driver who's sick and
tired of getting wedged in width
restrictors either way I like its
ambition somewhere in the corner of a
Japanese man's brain this makes perfect
sense
well that's very pretty isn't it but
this is what we're here to see the
Nissan Aria concept nothing to do with
Game of Thrones I'm told it is in fact
surprise surprise another all-electric
SUV concept but this one previews the
next version of Nissan's design language
so the next face of the x-trail and the
new cash Kai and it debuts quite an
interesting piece of technology
something called Pro pilot 2.0 basically
arrival to Tesla's autopilot system it
can drive for you on motorways when
there's defined lane markings either
side but unlike the Tesla we have to
keep your hand on the wheel to let it
know that you're there this actually
uses cameras to monitor you so it can
tell whether you've fallen asleep or if
you get an iPad strapped to your face
okay the Mitsubishi M itec concept it
was quite interesting doesn't it it's
quite interesting in fact because
underneath that beach buggy meets
transformers exterior is a plug-in
hybrid powertrain and not any plug-in
hybrid powertrain because the range
extender isn't a petrol engine that's
too heavy this is a gas turbine it's not
only lighter it can also run on a
variety of fuels as well so diesel
kerosene alcohol I wouldn't recommend
putting Jagermeister in the tank it's
got four electric motors one for each
wheel and the party trick I'm told is
that it can spin on the spot no idea
whether that's useful or not but there
we go try and think of the last time I
saw an open-top two-seater
SUV and I think I've got it it's the
Suzuki x90 look it up terrible car do
you know that Alpina is massive in Japan
I didn't either but they're people of
good taste because look at this the new
b3 saloon and it is absolutely spot-on
we saw the wagon version of this in
Frankfurt but here is the saloon here's
the one you want you might have seen
some leaked pictures of the rear end of
the new bmw m3 online
recently if you can't wait for that this
is the car you want four-wheel drive 463
horsepower from a reworked 3 litre
straight-six twin-turbo it will do 188
miles man do not 60 in 3.8 seconds and
just look at it
classic multi spoke wheels body kit quad
exhausts oh yes please
say hello to the new Lexus design
language this is the LF 30 concept and
it's quite bold isn't it what is it it's
an electric car show that Lexus and
Toyota are serious about joining the
evie race it's shorter than a Range
Rover about the same height as an AI
pace it's kind of got bits of
shooting-brake bits of hatchback bits of
crossover in it doesn't really conform
to any one type of genre it's got got
wing doors it's got a steering wheel
that retracts in autonomous mode but
forget all that
that's just motor Shogun this is a
statement of intent from the biggest car
company in the world this is definitely
one of the biggest debuts at the Tokyo
Motor Show and the reason being that it
is relevant for us back in the UK
they're gonna sell this car from 2021
back in the UK from around 30 grand what
is it it's masters first electric car
and you've probably got a bit
overexcited when you saw the fact that
it was called the MX 30 maybe imagining
a two-seater electric sports car but
alas it is another electric SUV but this
one there's just enough difference in
there to give it a different flavor and
I'll tell you why first of all master
hasn't given it an enormous battery they
haven't bothered messing around giving
it a 300 mile range because that's what
customers think they want but master
says they don't really this will do 130
miles on a charge doesn't sound like
much but most people only use 30 miles a
day 35 kilowatt hour battery and the
exciting bit is the fact that it's got
rear hinge rear doors just like the rx-8
could be quite handy when it comes to
post
your kids in the back and here's the big
news as well this car is gonna see the
return of the rotary engine two masters
line up not as a primary power source
but as a range extender in a hybrid
version that's gonna follow you can
always trust master to do things a
little bit differently anyone but I
think this super might not be entirely
standard few cheeky mods here full
engine swap to a Toyota v8 you can see
the turbo screamer pipe popping out upon
it at the top there two body alterations
and a full conversion to a competition
spec drift car imagine the turning
circle on that come around the corner we
came to see how cool is this the creamer
9:35 obviously built in the late 70s
around the same time as the ninety five
seven eight the moby-dick from Porsche
sports wouldn't sell Moby Dick's to
privateers so Kramer went out and rift
on the big whale tail made its own
version essentially and arguably it's
even a better looking car especially in
this jägermeister livery
you can keep your martini one of these
so we've headed upstairs a bit more off
the beaten track to bring you some more
oddball
Tokyo Motor Show and as luck would have
it doesn't get a lot hotter than this
this is the Mitsuoka Orochi probably
pronounce that pretty well what is it
it's without doubt the ugliest supercar
that's ever been made and ironically the
supercar with the friendliest place
that's ever been making sure it's
smiling at us anyway this car actually
starts life as a last generation NSX
it's got a Toyota v6 in the back how on
earth could have they got it so wrong
this model in fact has been lightly
molested by Liberty walk so it's been
slammed it's got the wider Arts has
actually improved things a little bit
could this be a case of a car that's so
bad it actually becomes good leave that
question hanging in the air believe it
or not we actually had to get a train to
the other half of the motor which is
fine the only problem is I have to deal
with this and I don't speak Japanese but
I'm gonna give it a go get involved here
look there's an English button at my
help purchase tickets
Iommi think boom easy as that wrong
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but you didn't think trucks could be
sexy did you yeah well Zuzu is quite
literally giving me a semi with this
it's new concept truck now
at first glance you probably think this
is arrival to Tesla's all-electric semi
but it's not there's a diesel engine
back there because the Zuzu still thinks
at this size and weight a diesel engine
makes most sense the idea with this
concept is aerodynamics has been treated
some proper supercar style add-ons to
smooth the airflow like these air
curtains you can see in the front and
these kind of floating pods down the
side of the truck so it cuts more
cleanly through the air it uses less
fuel yeah I think I'll file this one
under least likely want at the Tokyo
show just quick reminder here that
depends who GT championship probably is
the coolest race Series in the world and
to make motors hook more interesting all
you need is a car that you can buy in
the showrooms treat it to a heavy course
of steroids unpack here what we have
here is some sort of GoPro sponsored
short range electric delivery vehicle
first things first
look at the face that has to be the
angriest car in the world what are you
so angry with me and secondly down here
efficient the word delivery in English
that spelt it in a Japanese accent
either that's a howling mistake or a
very very complex trope that I don't
quite get very odd thing about dogs is
they're great in all but I do tend to
drool on your sofa and then crap all
over your gun but Daihatsu has the
solution for this the Robo dog of the
future no more and keeping the
nose up no more stealing your sausages
just a perfectly behaved pet is a good
boy - you're a good boy yoshua
Wow
how bad is it it's their daihatsu copen
gr support basically see we need
two-seat roadster that's now been
toughened up with forged BBS wheels and
some sport seats and a bit of a body kit
but it still got 63 horsepower from 660
CC engine
I mean it's but I still want one it's
basically Barbie C alright then first
things first Twitter has brought along a
brand new sports car to the Tokyo Motor
Show called eraser and it looks very
they've thought this one through because
it is supposedly semi-autonomous right
because toyota says Akio Toyoda must be
company says the fun doesn't have to
stop when the driver isn't required well
how are you supposed to have fun
it's only semi-autonomous so the idea is
the car is both to work with the human
to learn its traits to form a bond and a
relationship with the driver a bit like
a horse and a human does as I said I
don't think they thought this one
through
but hey looks good and the public a
killing around the block to take a
picture with this car so how's this for
a naughty little u-turn you'll probably
remember the original Toyota Mirai
hydrogen fuel cell car was quite a
horrible looking front-wheel drive
saloon thing and have nowhere it's
turned into this low wider longer now
wheel drive we didn't see this one
coming
by the way no mention of figures either
other than this car is 30% more
efficient than the first gen Mirai to
extrapolate that out and that means
about 440 miles on the tank of hydrogen
which is more than any pure Eevee car
you can buy at the moment I'll tell you
what if I can actually fill this thing
up anywhere and have one of these and on
that note that's it that's us finished
for the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show
sayonara I'm off for a Kip and then to
eat my own body weight in sushi