Toyota Sportivo Coupe
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The Toyota Sportivo is a concept car
developed by Toyota of Australia
. The car is most notable for not only its decidedly high-tech design, but that it was designed by a group of Teenagers (ages 14–18). Key design elements include a speedometer
in which the speed limit always occupies the 12 o'clock position. It also features GPS, Bluetooth
, and a Driver I.D. system which automatically configures the car to the drivers settings saved on the card. The entire vehicle was built in 30 weeks using CAD and rapid prototyping
. The vehicle is built on top of a modular Toyota frame.
Concept car
A concept vehicle or show vehicle is a car made to showcase new styling and or new technology. They are often shown at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced....
developed by Toyota of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The car is most notable for not only its decidedly high-tech design, but that it was designed by a group of Teenagers (ages 14–18). Key design elements include a speedometer
Speedometer
A speedometer is a gauge that measures and displays the instantaneous speed of a land vehicle. Now universally fitted to motor vehicles, they started to be available as options in the 1900s, and as standard equipment from about 1910 onwards. Speedometers for other vehicles have specific names...
in which the speed limit always occupies the 12 o'clock position. It also features GPS, Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
, and a Driver I.D. system which automatically configures the car to the drivers settings saved on the card. The entire vehicle was built in 30 weeks using CAD and rapid prototyping
Rapid prototyping
Rapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became available in the late 1980s and were used to produce models and prototype parts. Today, they are used for a much wider range of applications...
. The vehicle is built on top of a modular Toyota frame.