Tag: tokyo motor show

Family Album Treasures: so much wow from Toyota!

Toyota launched their latest campaign at the Tokyo Motor Show 2015 today and it is called What wows you?. For the introduction video of this new campaign they used various photos that I often label here as Family Album Treasures: aged photos of people posing in front of their pride and joy that could literally…




WTF: Nissan copied the Toyota RV-1?

In 1971 at the Tokyo Motor Show Toyota revealed the Toyota RV-1: It clearly is based upon the (back then) new Celica TA22 and got is rear extended with the gullwing windows. At the same time the bumper, engine hood and headlights look a bit familiar:…




Mazda RX-500 concept car in the woods

In 1970 Mazda showed on the 17th Tokyo Motor Show one of the most extraordinary concept cars for its time: the RX-500. After 40 years this car is still as amazing as it was in 1970, Mazda RX-500 concept car The only thing that bugs me is: what is it doing in the middle of…




Honda City and Motocompo study in 2001: the Honda e-DAX

I couldn’t let go the combination of the Honda City and the Motocompo, so I did some searching upon the topic of foldable motorized bikes and found this: The Motocompo successor: the Honda e-DAX The e-DAX was a prototype shown at the Tokyo Motor Show 2001 as a foldable bike for the Honda Bulldog prototype….