sunrunner_pei
11-09-2007, 02:50 PM
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The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, but today we're cleaning out our closet of yet-to-be published posts from this biggest of biannual Japanese auto shows.http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc_4501.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469866/)
click above image for more live pics of the Daihatsu HSC Concept
We missed the Daihatsu HSC at Frankfurt somehow, but stumbled across the little concept in Tokyo. Its "catamaran-like underbody", a CD value of 0.28, and idling stop function coupled to an advanced CVT all adds up to 60 mpg. Check out those mirrors and the funky interior, too. Looking around the stand here in Tokyo, it strikes us that a lack of B pillars and A pillars that flow into the headlights may well become Daihatsu trademarks over the coming years.
Gallery: Daihatsu HSC Concept
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc-0_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469869/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc-1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469866/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc-2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469868/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc-3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469872/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc-4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469874/)
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The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, but today we're cleaning out our closet of yet-to-be published posts from this biggest of biannual Japanese auto shows.http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc_4501.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469866/)
click above image for more live pics of the Daihatsu HSC Concept
We missed the Daihatsu HSC at Frankfurt somehow, but stumbled across the little concept in Tokyo. Its "catamaran-like underbody", a CD value of 0.28, and idling stop function coupled to an advanced CVT all adds up to 60 mpg. Check out those mirrors and the funky interior, too. Looking around the stand here in Tokyo, it strikes us that a lack of B pillars and A pillars that flow into the headlights may well become Daihatsu trademarks over the coming years.
Gallery: Daihatsu HSC Concept
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc-0_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469869/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc-1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469866/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc-2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469868/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc-3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469872/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/07tokyo_daihatsuhsc-4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/daihatsu-hsc-concept/469874/)
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