Me.We concept car will be on display at Le Rendez-vous Toyota experience center on the Champs Elysées, Paris, France.
Automotive designers and architects are two very different artists who rarely cross paths. However, Toyota would like to combine the two to create a special concept named ME.WE.
Me.We Toyota concept is the result of collaboration between Toyota's European design studio ED2 in Nice, France with French architect Jean-Marie Massaud. MW.WE Concept is described by Toyota as a pickup, convertible, off-roaders and small urban cars that are united in the form of a vehicle.
With a length of 3.44 meters, 1.75 meters long and 1.60 meters wide, me.We shorter but wider and higher than the Fiat Panda Mk3. Tubular chassis and aluminum body panels mold polypropylene is able to keep the weight just 750 kg or approximately 20% lighter than conventional steel.
While the body panels can be exchanged and 100% recyclable and weighs only 14 kg.
The inside is priority for driver and passenger, while the luggage was placed on the roof under the cover made from neoprene which can be folded, or it could be placed at the back of the platform.
Rear seats mounted on rails on the floor and can be removed to be used as a picnic seat. The floor itself is made of bamboo, while the instrument is very simple form of single screen above the steering wheel.
According to Toyota, heating and air conditioning using low-energy air pump to reduce power consumption. The entire window can be opened including glass front.
To move, relying me.We four in-wheel motors unit similar to the Toyota i-ROAD and can operate in two-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive, and using batteries that are placed under the floor.
