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pot.com/2013/01/three-more-bespoke-toyota-86-concepts.html”>The Toyota 86, aka Scion FR-S in the U.S. and GT 86 outside Japan, is a hot item, especially in its home country. Gazoo Racing has very close ties with Toyota, so launching several concepts in cooperation with other tuners at the Tokyo Auto Salon was pretty much to be expected.

pot.com/2013/01/toyota-breaths-some-sportiness-into.html”>Let’s face it; the Prius C’s looks are about as interesting as a corn on the cob. Nevertheless, Toyota believes it can add some character to its sub-compact hybrid with a new concept that was introduced today at the Tokyo Auto Salon.

The G Sports version of the Aqua, which is what Toyota calls the Prius C in its home market of Japan, retains the standard model’s full hybrid powertrain adding numerous  styling bits and a re-tuned suspension into the mix.

pot.com/2013/01/that-nats-japanese-students-turn-toyota.html”>Ah, the creative minds from Japan’s Nihon Automobile College (NATS) are back again to surprise us in more ways than one with their work at this week’s 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon.

The creators of unusual concepts such as the kei-car version of the Honda NSX back in 2007, took the most popular car of this year’s show, the Toyota 86, and turned it into something that resembles an Audi R8, which they then called the R86.

pot.com/2013/01/mugen-details-new-honda-cr-v-design.html”>Typically, with the presentation of a mainstream Honda model, the brand’s tuning partner Mugen instantly comes out with its own package of goods, but in the case of the fourth-generation CR-V that was introduced in late 2011, that never happened.

This might change if Mugen decides to create a production version of its prototype CR-V Design Study that was unwrapped at this week’s Tokyo Auto Salon.

pot.com/2013/01/tokyo-auto-salon-toyota-mark-x-g-sports.html”>A host of 86 (Scion FR-S) coupe models marks Toyota’s presence at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2013, but the Japanese carmaker also prepared several other models including a prototype of its recently updated Mark X G Sports sedan.

As the name implies, the Mark X G Sports Carbon Roof Concept trades the regular model’s steel roof for lightweight carbon fibre top, which Toyota says reduces body weight and increases driving performance.

pot.com/2013/01/meet-toyota-86-scion-fr-s-grmn-sports.html”>To be frank, Toyota got it right the first time with the original concepts for the 86 and the FR-S, but for one reason or another, it toned down the design of both models when time came to introduce the production variants.

pot.com/2013/01/this-is-volkswagen-detroit-show-passat.html”>Volkswagen is injecting some sportiness to its North American market Passat with the world premiere of a performance concept at next week’s Detroit auto show.

Dubbed the “Passat Performance Concept”, the German carmaker says the study gives us a sneak-peek at an upcoming sport variant of its mid-size model, which in 2012, recorded its best sales year ever in the States with 117,023 units.

pot.com/2013/01/nissan-new-detroit-auto-show-resonance.html”>Nissan has just confirmed the world premiere of a new concept crossover named the Resonance for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 15.

Along with a single, darkened rendering, Nissan issued the following statement about the Resonance study:

“The Resonance is the latest in a series of envelope-pushing crossover designs from Nissan, fusing bold, breakthrough styling with hybrid-electric powertrain technology.

pot.com/2013/01/toyota-shares-new-photo-not-much-else.html”>From the looks of things, Toyota does not intend to show us its new Furia Concept in its fullness before the car’s world premiere at the Detroit Auto Show on January 14.

Instead, the Japanese automaker continues the teasing with a cropped shot of the sedan’s rear quarter revealing its bubbly tail lamps and carbon fiber boot lid spoiler.

pot.com/2013/01/new-alfa-romeo-6c-cuore-sportivo-design.html”>The last great sports car to be produced by Alfa Romeo was the 8C Competizione offered in limited numbers between 2007 and 2010, which shared its platform and V8 engine with the Maserati GranTurismo.

For the near future, the Italians have promised us at least two new sports models, the 4C mid-engine coupe and the next Mazda MX-5-based Spider, both of which are expected to be less spectacular than the 8C, but also much more affordable.