Tokyo motor show

Insight - Automated driving in a Lexus on Tokyo’s motorways

Toyota's automated driving system is still four years away from reaching production cars, but Autocar has sampled the manufacturer's concept

30 October 2015
Insight - Automated driving in a Lexus on Tokyo’s motorways

Matt Prior's tester's notes - Why diesel is not dying

Despite the bad press associated with diesel cars at the moment, the real problem is tackling the smog in our cities

30 October 2015
Matt Prior's tester's notes - Why diesel is not dying
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Under the non-existent skin of the amazing Toyota Kikai

One of Toyota's stand-out concepts at the Tokyo motor show is the stripped-down Kikai, which exists to show that engineering can be beautiful too

28 October 2015
Under the non-existent skin of the amazing Toyota Kikai
Tokyo motor show

Opinion - fuel cells come of age in Tokyo

Lexus's flagship concept uses hydrogen as a fuel, and Honda announces pricing for its FCV Clarity. This has been the show of the fuel cell.

28 October 2015
Opinion - fuel cells come of age in Tokyo
Tokyo motor show

Opinion - How new technology is helping Mazda to bring back rotary engines

New advances in computer modelling are allowing Mazda to see where to improve its rotary engine design - and help it to make a comeback

28 October 2015
Opinion - How new technology is helping Mazda to bring back rotary engines
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Opinion - Toyota S-FR is great, but would we buy it?

Toyota's latest sports car is a baby rear-drive model that looks beautifully judged for Japan. But Europe could be another matter.

28 October 2015
Opinion - Toyota S-FR is great, but would we buy it?
VW boss Herbert Diess
Tokyo motor show

Opinion - VW bosses take the chance to say sorry

In a first public outing since the VW emissions scandal, company bosses were quick to apologise

28 October 2015
Opinion - VW bosses take the chance to say sorry
Tokyo motor show

Opinion - Mazda RX-Vision - the brilliant concept car that leaves us wanting more

Has there ever been a more eagerly-anticpated concept car than the rotary-engined Mazda RX-Vision?

28 October 2015
Opinion - Mazda RX-Vision - the brilliant concept car that leaves us wanting more
Tokyo motor show

Opinion - New Toyota Prius design favours evolution over revolution

The designer of the new Toyota Prius describes how he went after a new-found wow factor

27 October 2015
Opinion - New Toyota Prius design favours evolution over revolution
Tokyo motor show

Opinion - How the Nissan Leaf has blazed a trail

Sales may not knock you off your feet, but the Nissan Leaf's creator says it is a crucial car that will leave a lasting legacy

27 October 2015
Opinion - How the Nissan Leaf has blazed a trail
Tokyo motor show

Opinion - the life-saving Nissan that drives itself

Cropley takes a run around Tokyo in an autonomous Nissan Leaf

27 October 2015
Opinion - the life-saving Nissan that drives itself
Tokyo motor show

Opinion - Why can't we drive kei cars in the UK?

Enthused by the Tokyo motor show offerings, Mark Tisshaw dreams of driving kei cars on London's roads

27 October 2015
Opinion - Why can't we drive kei cars in the UK?

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