Our man on the other side of the pond, Mike Duff lives in Britain but reports from across Europe, sometimes beyond. He has previously held staff roles on UK titles including CAR, Autocar and evo, but his own automotive tastes tend towards the Germanic, owning both a troublesome 987-generation Porsche Cayman S and a Mercedes 190E 2.5-16.
This lightweight two-seat EV has just been revealed at the Tokyo auto show.The small and sleek car shows the versatility of Toyota’s next electric architecture.It could be the one to deliver on Akio Toyoda's promise for 'three brothers' in its sports-car family, alongside the GR86 and Supra.Toyota dropped teaser images about an electric sports-car concept last week, and now the FT-Se has been fully unveiled at the Tokyo auto show.
We don't have dimensions, but it is low and visually wide, with wheels pushed out to the far corners of its bodywork. The front bumper incorporates sizable apertures for an EV, with more space beneath the rear spoiler with full-width strakes beneath this, which have us thinking of the rear grilles of the Ferrari 512. There is no doubt that something very like the FT-Se could fit easily into Toyota's portfolio of performance models.
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