Toyota is displaying at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2013 with NAPAC four concept vehicles, including GAZOO Racing tuned by MN (GRMN) and G Sports (G’s) concept models, as well as two vehicles that are to compete in the 41st 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race in Germany in May. A total of nine Toyota vehicles and one Lexus vehicle are being displayed at the customized-car exhibition—the world’s largest—running from today through January 134 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City.
The main concept vehicles on display include, from the GRMN series, the 1.5-liter three-door “Vitz” subcompact “GRMN Vitz Turbo Concept”, which is turbocharged for enhanced power performance and features a tuned suspension and strengthened body for circuit courses, and the “GRMN Sports FR Concept Platinum”, a rear-wheel-drive circuit sports concept equipped with a turbocharger and supercharger.
The G’s series display features the gasoline-hybrid “Aqua”-based “Aqua G Sports Concept”, which provides excellent fuel efficiency and driving enjoyment, and the sports sedan “Mark X G Sports Carbon Roof Concept”, whose carbon roof provides reduced body weight and increased driving performance.
