2011 Toyota iQ Racing Concept

2011 Toyota iQ Racing Concept

New 'GRMN', 'G's' ideas to Debut at Tokyo Auto Salon

GAZOO Racing 'Automotive Seasoning' to Be Conveyed Widely

Tokyo, Japan, January 14, 2011-Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) plans to show a complete of seventeen vehicles, together with 3 concept cars from 'GAZOO Racing tuned by MN' (GRMN) and 'G Sports'1 (G's), and production vehicles, at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2011 wîth NAPAC2. The Tokyo Auto Salon, the world's largest customized automotive exhibition open to the overall public, are going to be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture from January fourteen to sixteen.

TMC has seen the Tokyo Auto Salon as an area where peoples' dreams concerning vehicles convene, and as such has actively exhibited there. At the 2011 show, TMC hopes once more to extend the quantity of automotive enthusiasts by promoting the 'automotive seasoning' and joy of vehicles developed through GAZOO3 Racing activities to a large vary of individuals.

The GRMN concept carto be displayed is that the 'GRMN iQ Racing Concept', that relies on the limited-production 'iQ GRMN' that sold out in one week in August 2009 and options an excellent charger and roll cage. creating up the G's concept-car show are going to be the 'Prius G Sports Concept' and therefore the 'Vitz G Sports Concept', that are sports-conversion models based mostly on the 'Prius' and 'Vitz', respectively.

In addition to the vehicle displays, TMC can conduct panel discussions that includes engineers and racecar drivers who can discuss the special options and aspects of the show vehicles, recommend how they will be driven and enjoyed, and additionally give tune-up ideas. varied grass-roots motor-sports events also will be introduced, together with the GAZOO Racing 'Waku Doki' circuit events4 that began nationwide in November 2010.

Source - Toyota