Looking ahead
More is slowly becoming clear about the news that Toyota will bring to the Japan Mobility Show later this month. Toyota not only has a conceptual electric crossover ready, the brand is also bringing a spectacular precursor of an electric sports coupe to the auto show.
Future Toyota. That is what the letters ‘FT’ stand for in the model names of these FT-3e and FT-Se study models that will make their debut later this month during the Japan Mobility Show. We’ll start with the most visually interesting of the bunch: the Toyota FT-Se. That is not an electric crossover like the FT-3e, but a sporty electric coupe!
To start with the bad news: we do not yet have extensive technical specifications for the Toyota FT-Se. We do know that in theory it shares its technical basis with the FT-3e. Toyota describes the car as a “[…] sports car of the CO2-neutral era” that “grows with the driver thanks to software updates.” The coupe presented as a GR model (Gazoo Racing) has strong curves all around and at the back we already see flat wide headlights, a large diffuser and a rear spoiler integrated into the tailgate. Toyota also shows something of the interior of the FT-Se. We not only see a digital instrument cluster and a small vertically oriented display to the right of the steering wheel, but also a third screen that is to the left of the steering wheel is housed. Toyota may be hinting at the arrival of a sporty and electrically powered alternative to the Supra with the FT-Se, although it does not yet say anything about production plans.
Then the FT-3e. The FT-3e is an electric crossover “[…] of the next generation” and, like the FT-Se, is peppered with corners and creases on the outside. The car has a fairly flat rear window and horizontal rear lights. Toyota has not yet released any specifications about this car and the brand is also not yet talking about production plans. not a word.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl