If the future of classic cars looks like this, sign us up 🙋♂️
When Toyota previewed its Tokyo show lineup, it spoke of aiming at ‘carbon neutrality for protecting beloved cars’. A nice sentiment that, though for those feeling a tad cynical this January, you might not have expected much from. But then an empty promise wouldn’t have been a Toyota promise, and here’s what it views as carbon-neutral beloved cars: a pair of AE86 Corollas, one powered by batteries and one powered by hydrogen.
The EV-converted AE86 Levin uses the battery from a plug-in Prius and the motor from a Tundra HEV; most interestingly, there’s a little gearknob sprouting out between the seats, this car incorporating Toyota’s emerging manual technology for EVs. The press release even goes as far as to suggest that this car offers ‘even greater driving pleasure than the original’, which is some claim with the legendary 4A-GE twin cam no longer in an ’86.
For those that must have an engine in their reimagined rear-drive Corolla, the H2 Trueno concept keeps the 1.6 and pairs it with two hydrogen storage tanks from the Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle. They’re nestled in the boot like NOS tanks would have been 20 years ago. Changes to spark plugs, fuel pipes and injectors ‘have been kept to a minimum’.
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