Tokyo Motor Show

A sneak peek at some of the exhibits and concept cars from this year's Tokyo Motor Show, which opens on October 27.
  
  


Tokyo Motor Show
Hybrids don't have to sacrifice looks to be environmentally friendly, they can be muscular and stylish, too. That's the message Honda hopes to send with its CR-Z hybrid sports car Photograph: Junji Kurokawa/AP
Tokyo Motor Show
The Mazda Taiki, a clean-fuel two-seater "inspired by natural waves and rhythms" Photograph: Yuri Kageyama/AP
Tokyo Motor Show
The Taiki, which is Mazda's fourth concept car in its Nagare series - following the Nagare, Ryuga and Hakaze Photograph: Yuri Kageyama/AP
Tokyo Motor Show
A model drives Nissan's new Pivo at the company headquarters showroom. The Pivo 2 is an advanced electric concept car that features a 360 degree rotating cabin and 90 degree turning wheels Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA
Tokyo Motor Show
An artist's rendering of Toyota's I-Real. It looks like a roofless plush armchair that scoots about on wheels, with buttons and controls on the arms. Photograph: Toyota Motor Corp./AP
Tokyo Motor Show
Toyota's I-Real can change positions, straightening up for moving slowly to mingle with pedestrians, while shifting to lay back to travel faster at up to 30 kph (18.6 mph) Photograph: Toyota Motor Corp./AP
Tokyo Motor Show
Honda's new concept car , the Puyo. Cute, communicative and cubic seem to be the fashion statement as far as offerings from Japan's "Big Three" automakers - Toyota, Honda and Nissan Photograph: Junji Kurokawa/AP
Tokyo Motor Show
Nissan's concept vehicle, the Intima, takes the company's modern living concept into a new dimension with an interior that invites passengers into an extraordinary world of artistic forms, materials and illumination Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP
Tokyo Motor Show
Another Nissan concept vehicle, the Round Box, represents a new take on open-air motoring, providing exhilaration for all passengers through its uniquely shared experience of fresh air stimulation Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP
Tokyo Motor Show
The Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid, a new kind of hybrid vehicle. The car, powered by energy produced when hydrogen combines with oxygen in the air to emit only clean water, operates on a rotary engine, which has a reputation for being quiet because it doesn't have pistons like standard engines Photograph: Yuri Kageyama/AP
 

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