
	Tokyo Motor Show 2003	Click the Thumbnails for larger image

The Ladies of the show Glad you made it past the girls, and now some cars too!............ I was lucky enough to score a free ticket on the 'press day' prior to the official opening of the show on the 25th Oct. The show was held at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture. The theme of this years show was "Challenge & Change", encompassing Passenger Vehicles & Motorcycles. As is the norm the domestic makers went all out with their multi-million dollar displays, the biggest of course being from the Toyota giant. In the very Eastern stand there was also most of the supplier exhibits, Goodyear, PIAA, Fujitsubo, Arai etc... Interaction with the show was limited to climbing in the cars and getting a 'hands on feel' for the ergonomics mostly, however some vendors provided a dance show to showcase their creations. Playstation was there in full force with a bank of 50 game consoles promoting their new Gran Turismo 4, so I raced around the track in a Beat of course! Checked out Honda's stand..... The HSC (Honda Sports Concept) Major standard equipment: All Aluminum frame Aluminum & carbon composite body panels Wide angle CCD rear view mirror Dial type shifter (paddle shift) Tilt-up 8" navigation monitor V6 DOHC delivering over 300Hp L 4.2m X W1.9m X H1.14m Pinch some ideas for the Beat perhaps........ This is a wind break, speaker unit combination, sorry for the poor photo, but you get the idea.. Fluorescent lighting for the A pillar.... How about these little numbers, think I'll be making myself a set of them soon.... Smart Roadster Seriously considered doing a trade in for one of these Roadsters from Smart, but since the guy wouldn't give me a straight swap for my Beat..... maybe some other time, thanks! Coupe Version 2,750,000 yen Standard 2,500,000 yen 698cc Smart Roadster L 3.43m X W 1.61m X H 1.2m Max Output 60kW [82PS] / 5,250rpm Max Torque 110N.m [11.2kg.m] / 2,250~4,500rpm BMW ripping off my interior design ideas?! & a few weird ones..... Suzuki Mobile Terrace And a few more convertible two seaters... Suzuki CZ2 Cabriolet 2004 Coppen Mitsubishi Spyder I'd love to put up the 100 or so photo's I took over the day, but my 'free space' is just about finished....
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