News — Toyota Coupe concept

Aussie concept heads for Japan

angle: The Sportivo concept is a four-seat sports coupe locally designed exterior and

Sportivo Coupe concept to go the microscope at Toyota City

5 2004

By BRUCE NEWTON

Australia’s Melbourne motor star, the Sportivo Coupe will soon be winging its way to for a close-up inspection by the company’s chiefs.

The car is due at the TMC Technical Centre at Toyota on the outskirts of Nagoya, in late

The request from HQ is a big win for Toyota and its two-year-old design department, Style Australia.

The first produced by TSA, the X-Runner drive utility, never it to Japan.

I think they an overall interest in what can do, TSA boss Paul Beranger

Outside Toyota in Japan not a lot of stuff has happened before. is really demonstrating what and the component industry is capable of to our company.

The Sportivo concept is a four-seat sports coupe locally designed exterior and powered by a 180kW turbocharged of the 2.4-litre 2AZ-FE engine the four-cylinder Camry.

The underpinnings for the car are a specification four-wheel drive uniquely mated to a five-speed transmission.

Toyota Australia promoted the car’s electronics and at the Melbourne motor show labelling the system T-Link.

It developed the concept based on from 14 to 18-year-olds, pitching it much as a car for future generations of

Objectives of the Sportivo include the to capture a younger audience, its mundane image, a desire to the Sportivo brand name and the to develop its design and engineering and capacity, and promote that here and overseas.

The car was built in just 30 weeks, timetable able to be met because the team did not do a full-size clay of the car, instead designing the car and producing two polystyrene verification

That would be part of we would show them that is an unusual way of building a car, Mr Beranger said. But we really hope our head would gain a better of what the Australian capability is and a understanding of what the Australian is all about, particularly from a point of view.

Ultimately, it should give more and more confidence in our to be self-sufficient. Toyota Australia had some recognition for its styling in Japan.

It was given the job of facelifting the version of Avalon and TSA has produced a facelift for the 380N Camry is launched later this

The lead designer on Sportivo Nick Hogios, is currently in working on the next all-new due on sale in early 2006.

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