Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
Toyota’s 2005 concept model, the Toyota Endo, might find it’s way into the production lines as a city car competitor to the Smart fortwo, which unlike the fortwo features four seats, making it alot more feasible for purchase. AutoExpress reports that disguised versions of the car has already been spotted being tested in Japan.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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Looks very cute! I wonder if the rear occupants will be cramped inside. The rear passenger space is too small for adults to fit it.
With the abundance of Kei cars in Japan, whether something like this would make sense would be odd.
The Smart was designed as a city car for two people. Huge front legroom and doesn't pretend that it can fit 2 micro seats on the back.
Toyota missing the point building another small car with 4 seats, with the rear seat barely usable. I would rather have a 2 seater with a big boot and provisions to mount a child seat at the back preferably with assemetrical doors.
this is utterly rubbish. how on earth would people buy that plastic look alike toy?
is it come with wide range radio controller and additional rechargeable batteries?
newly release but lesser than the SMART,
its still the 80s stuff,
is there a market 4 a car like this?
cute but not practical
wa karemase….
Very cute car, but I think it's more a 2+2 seater rather than 4; very pretentious of Toyota to call it a 4 seater IMHO.
can't toyota be more creative and come out with an idea of their own for once? always letting others be scapegoat to test market 1st ( Daimler Chrysler) good only they wanna copy.
almost like Suzuki Swift..
Knowing the JDM, they'll buy it.
wat da…
drM said,
November 3, 2006 @ 11:17 am
this is utterly rubbish. how on earth would people buy that plastic look alike toy?
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Its just a concept. How would you know the end product will be like this one in the pics?
Not too practical IMHO.