Suzuki Landbreeze concept

The Landbreeze is a K-class sized concept car that progresses Suzuki’s classic Jimny micro SUV design with the chunkier feel of its slightly broader sibling the Jimny Sierra (that is outside of the K-class and the version sold in Europe) and more sophisticated, modern detailing.

Most notable design features are the flush fitting cabin glazing that wraps over the 'see-through' A-pillar and header rail, the RX8 style small suicide rear doors and lack of B-pillar, and the pale blue tint to the windows, front lights, grille graphic inserts, wheels and interior elements.

Toyota Fine-N concept

The Fine-N is Toyota celebrating its proprietary Toyota FC Stack fuel cell system, that powers the production FCHV available in limited numbers in Japan and the US. It showcases the potential this powertrain type has for freeing up vehicle packaging in a similar way to the Honda Kiwami, although unlike Honda, Toyota has put its ‘FC stack’ in the shallow, flat floor sandwich. Like the Kiwami, Fine-N has a low monospace profile, very long wheelbase and incredibly short overhangs providing the space of a Lexus LS430 within the footprint of a Corolla.

The Fine-N extends the Japanese obsession with English language acronyms to new heights, being derived from: Fuel cell Innovative Emotion – Next generation.

Nissan C-Note concept

Although every dimension and every panel is slightly different, the most striking aspect of the C-Note is just how similar it is to the European-market-only Renault Megane with which it shares its platform. After the 350Z, Micra and Cube that signposted a newfound Nissan design confidence, this disappoints.

The C-Note is a concept car that is a thinly disguised next generation Japanese market only Almera, with surfaces that are slightly fuller than the Megane and a far more restrained interior. The car also features a refinement of the third of the three distinct Nissan corporate facial identities on display at Tokyo (the Serenity and Fuga most clearly showing the other two). The Nissan logo now sits on a trapezoidal surface shape (echoed now also at the rear) whose side feature lines subtly fade out before the horizontal feature line of the hood, and then reappear in the upper hood surface.

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