New cars alert! Here’s all the fresh metal from the Tokyo motor show

Apple may have given up on its dream of building a car, but another electronics giant still reckons it can take on the old guard. Sharp even says that, when it eventually makes production, its LDK+ will use AI to talk to the other gadgets in your home.

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Be prepared people, because Honda is actually bringing its new, all-electric kei car to Britain. Oh, and it’s got actual paddleshifters that simulate gearshifts.

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Toyota has spun Century off into its very own sub-brand, and this jacked-up coupe could well be the car it uses to take on Bentley and Rolls-Royce. Reckon it can snatch some well-heeled customers off the Brits?

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The first of three LS concepts that Lexus brought to the Tokyo show. This one might actually be the most bonkers, because it’s essentially a six-wheeled van with a ‘spacious lounge’ in the back.

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Think the Corolla’s boring? You’re not alone, but if this concept is anything to go by then Toyota clearly wants to liven it up a bit for the next generation. So many slashes! So many angles!

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Mazda really is excellent at concept cars, isn’t it? This one is no different, because it’s a rather stunning four-door, four-seat hybrid with 503bhp and a turbocharged rotary engine. Just build it now, please.

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Another LS! Although this one is really rather small. It’s actually a single-seat, three-wheel autonomous pod thing that could be “the must-have luxury product of 2050 and beyond”.

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It lives! Daihatsu has previewed a next-generation Copen, which means that the small, lightweight, manual sportscar is still a thing. Hurrah!

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Want to know what the future of fast Subarus looks like? One of these concepts is a sharply-styled EV, while the other is a boxer-engined, bonnet scooped all-wheel drive mega hatch.

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New JDM-spec minivan gets an all-wheel drive hybrid powertrain and fancy captain’s chairs in the back. Also has a face inspired by the wild Hyper Tourer concept from 2023.

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It’s not just cars that Toyota was showing off this week. Alongside a number of different wheelchairs and cars-for-kids (no, really) was the IMV Origin – a tough flatpack truck that requires you to finish 30 per cent of the build yourself.

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And that’s a full house of LS concept cars! This one is probably the most likely to reach production, because like everything else these days it’s a coupe-ified SUV thing. It’s all-electric, gets massive screens inside and even has a built-in drone that can follow the car and film as you sit in traffic.

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Another one of Mazda’s visions, surely this thing will morph into the next Mazda 2 supermini? There’s a rev counter and a gear lever inside too, so it might even have a petrol engine…

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It’s hard not to love the Mitsubishi Delica. Who wouldn’t want a practical, eight-seat minivan that can also rough it off-road? And now it looks even more, erm… off-roady. Also gets an updated interior and a new all-wheel drive system.

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