Lightweight and designed along principles held by the man who created the iconic McLaren F1, this is the Yamaha Sports Ride Concept - that's right, Yamaha, the motorcycle company, is making a car.
Or, at least, is showing us what it thinks a car should be like. And it thinks cars should be more like bikes, which is what the Sports Ride aims to achieve. It is a mid-engined two-seater that tips the scales at a mere 750kg, although frustratingly, Yamaha hasn't given us anything else to go on, so we don't know what engine is on board. Presumably, it's a bike one, and not the 311hp 4.4-litre V8 it used to stuff under the bonnet of the old Volvo XC90.
Seen at the Tokyo Motor Show, the Sports Ride Concept is just 3,900mm long, 1,720mm wide and a sleek 1,170mm tall. Or should that be 'low'?
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Alongside a robotic motorcycle rider (no, really) and a tri-wheeled motorcycle - with two at the front, like those odd mopeds you get in Mediterranean countries - the Sports Ride Concept proved to be a hit, thanks to its stunning looks.
It is built along the lines of the iStream concept - in Yamaha's words, 'a process developed by Gordon Murray Design Limited to produce lightweight, high-rigidity vehicle structures rooted in Formula One technology'. Thus, lots of carbon fibre has been used in its construction, with the same material decoration the snazzy interior. It's the first car from Yamaha since the Motiv.e. shown at the same event two years ago... a vehicle designed by Gordon Murray.