Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces that three concept vehicles and the TF109 Formula One racing car are to highlight its Toyota-brand exhibit for the 41st Tokyo Motor Show. The show is open to the public from October 24 to November 4 at Makuhari Messe in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture.

The 1/X (pronounced 'one-Xth') is a concept vehicle that redefines from its very roots the idea of what it means to be environmentally considerate. Among its attributes, the vehicle-with a design that aims to harmoniously coexist with people and society-weighs only '1/Xth' that of other vehicles in its class.

The RiN focuses on 'increased comfort' and 'serene, healthy living'. Through their relationship to the vehicle, drivers are encouraged to reevaluate themselves and, furthermore, to turn their attention to society and nature, producing a healthy rhythm for both mind and body.

The Hi-CT aims to offer a new "coolness" and new ways to have fun as a departure from conventional vehicles-an edgy, urban vehicle inspired by the thinking and lifestyles of youth.

Toyota made history by winning the 2007 Tokashi 24-Hour Race with its Supra HV-R hybrid race car. It is the first time ever that a Hybrid race car has won a competition.

The Group A Toyota Celica GT-Four RC/ST185 made its competition debut on the Monte Carlo Rally, the opening round of the 1992 World Rally Championship series, the beginning of a competition history that was to be even more successful than its illustrious predecessor, the ST165.

As endurance sports car racing rose in popularity through the 1980s, Toyota focused its attention on the Group C category, where the emphasis of matching high performance with fuel efficiency had attracted support from a number of other prestigious manufacturers.

Toyota's involvement in endurance racing also extended to the USA, where Toyota Racing Development (TRD) was set up in 1979 to oversee sporting activities, including entry in the North American IMSA Championship.

The Toyota 7 marked a significant advance in Toyota's motor sport programme, being its first thoroughbred race car, designed and developed purely for competition purposes. It was encouraged in its efforts by the growing popularity of motor sport in Japan, with new circuits and race series attracting huge crowds.

Millen drove an 800bhp all-wheel drive Toyota Celica to a record-breaking win in the 1994 Pikes Peak 'Race to the Sky,' up a 14,110ft mountain course in Colorado, an event with which the driver and Toyota have since become synonymous.

6 March 2007 - Toyota presents a world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show with the reveal of Hybrid X, a concept car that proposes a new design language for hybrid models, while also acting as an innovative technology showcase for future generation hybrid cars.

4 January 2007 - Forget the congestion charge, petrol taxes and global warming – motoring in the future can still be fun according to Toyota with its FT-HS hybrid sports concept being shown at the 2007 North American International Auto Show.

January 9, 2006 -- Detroit, MI -- The essential Toyota values of roominess, style and environmentally advanced performance come together in a dynamic new way in the F3R, the latest concept vehicle from Toyota.

The Toyota Fine-X provides a glimpse of the radical opportunities that a hybrid fuel cell system can provide, delivering strong environmental performance and exceptional maneuverability through four-wheel independent drive and the use of a large steering angle mechanism that allows the vehicle to turn on the spot.

anuary 10, 2005 -- -- January 10, 2005 - Detroit, MI - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., unveiled the FT-SX concept at a press conference today at the 2005 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).

Italdesign-Giugiaro and Toyota have collaborated to produce a stunning new concept for the Geneva Motor Show. It features the new Lexus RX400h's hybrid powertrain, combined with a carbon fibre chassis and sports car body engineered and produced by the famous Italian style and development company.

Like a full-size remote-control toy buggy, the Motor Triathlon Race Car (MTRC) is Toyota's response to future customer demands. A tandem two-seater that combines off-road ability, sports car performance and motor sport derived technology, the MTRC shows that Toyota is now targeting not only the customers of today, but also tapped into what will appeal to future generations.

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Introducing The Toyota CS&S Concept

Developed by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), the FINE-S concept is an example of Toyota's ongoing commitment to expand technology for environmentally friendly cars and trucks. The futuristic high-performance look of the FINE-S reveals the potential styling versatility for fuel-cell vehicles. The adaptability of the Toyota fuel cell system components make it possible to install the technology in a ...

Two rallying amateurs will enter the motor sport record books in June as the crew of the world's first petrol/electric hybrid rally car. Londoners, Nik Berg (32) and Tim Bampton (33) will compete in a Toyota Prius, the world's first mass production petrol/electric hybrid car, on a three week, 8,000km marathon rally from the north of Sweden to the shores of the Red Sea in Jordan.

Toyota USA, along with Rod Millen Motorsports and Toyota Racing Development (TRD), has engineered the Ultimate Celica, a 500-horsepower, all-wheel drive powerhouse.

RSC stand for Rugged Sports Coupe