Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept

[Motor]

A Nod to the Near Future: Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept Revealed in U.S. - Toyota USA Newsroom

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Nov. 16, 2022) – The Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept touched down in Los Angeles, making its world premiere to kick off the exciting opening of the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show at the LA Convention Center. Already a leader in electrification, the company gave a glimpse of what...

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[Gecko]

Looks nice. Reminds me of the UX concept in a lot of ways.

 

[F1 Silver Arrows]

Looks nice. Reminds me of the UX concept in a lot of ways.

I know Lexus was trying to show off that they're good at bending mentals metals, but I'm not going to lie, that UX concept look like it got crashed into at all angles.

It was a tragedy. 🤣🤣

EDIT: I saw ssun30 quote me and I noticed I said mentals. Whoops. *shrugs*

 

[ssun30]

I know Lexus was trying to show off that they're good at bending mentals, but I'm not going to lie, that UX concept look like it got crashed into at all angles.

It was a tragedy. 🤣🤣

That was actually a main strength of TNGA: they made it possible to produce complex shapes economically. One of the FTMS executives was showing off how they could press a part 5 times faster than industrial average.

So Toyota designers took advantage of this too far, and as a result most 1st gen TNGA products were very over designed (Prius, Avalon, CHR to name a few).