2023-10-25 10:12:51
The Toyota FT-Se concept makes its grand premiere at the Japan Mobility Show 2023. © Christophe Congrega Toyota FT-SE: what power for the electric concept? Toyota doesn’t say it… © Toyota Toyota FT-SE: for the moment, all this remains very abstract © Toyota Toyota FT-SE: the lines might foreshadow Toyota’s sporty future © Toyota Toyota FT-SE: the rear is very successful with these fine lighting © Toyota Toyota FT-SE: the small spoiler does not break the line of the coupe too much © Toyota Toyota FT-SE: will the MR2 make a comeback? ©Toyota
After the Sports EV concept two years ago, Toyota is presenting its more advanced evolution this week in Tokyo, called FT-Se.
10/25/2023 Laurent Lepsch
Badged Gazoo Racing (GR), the FT-SE presented this week in Tokyo, Japan, seems to leave no room for doubt: it’s a sports car! 100% electric, the car unveiled at the Japan Mobility Show is a strict two-seater, angular and rather compact. And if it is a priori not yet a production model but rather a more advanced continuation of the EV concept, the Toyota study presented in Japan today to the show public and which our special correspondent was able to approach as close as possible, seems almost ready to cross the Rubicon.
Some changes
The FT-SE promises to be fun…at least in pictures.© Toyota
Still revealed in an orange livery mixed with a black roof (which, this time, seems fixed when it was “Targa” on the previous concept), the FT-Se also frees itself from the previous version, with here a less “egocentric” line of lights, the addition of door handles, or the reinforcement of new air intakes and the appearance of real exterior mirrors, as well as a rear spoiler. Damn, we would then be dealing with a pure pistarde?
Performances, are we talking regarding them?
We are still very far from a production interior© Toyota
Inside, still too futuristic to imagine a rapid transition to series, we discover a passenger compartment equipped with a new cockpit, with a steering wheel with singular shapes, hollowed out in its center and split into two parts; and three touch screens, including two on the side immediately adjacent to the steering wheel (a digital dashboard is also included). On the other hand, on the technical side, if Toyota is still silent, we hope that with such a badge attached to its stern, the performance of this FT-Se will be there during its production run, probably not before 2024-2025… even if Toyota had already presented 16 concepts at once, including some from the Lexus brand and this little coupe. Is the sequel to MR2 finally in preparation? The Japanese manufacturer still does not seem to want to confirm a small electric sports car. No more than its competitors. Unfortunately, the cost and weight of batteries currently remains too high to consider accessible and fun machines.
The Toyota FT-Se concept is a bit reminiscent of a new generation MR2. © Christophe Congrega
The Toyota FT-Se concept is a strict two-seater, 100% electric. © Christophe Congrega
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