If you were wondering why there have been no cool cars and vehicles unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show 2009, I would say it is because the car and automobile market has really suffered after the recession. Though the market is brightening and the companies are beginning to stop making recession as an excuse to pay their employees less, it still might need some time for people to actually start spending on vehicles a lot.

The Hybrid Tourer concept vehicle from Subaru perhaps was one of the more stylish vehicles to be launched lately. It comes with two gullwing doors and would be made of a 2.0 litre turbocharged boxer engine and two electric motors.

Featuring Subarus’s Lineartronic automatic transmission, the car comes with a rear motor which can be used at start up or during acceleration and the front motor would act as a power generator and help during uphill acceleration. I would definitely look out for this one. It is such a beauty!

Via: Paultan

A new hydrogen city car has been designed by the students and professors of Oxford and Cranfield Universities and at the moment it is just a design. The design has been left half complete and the open source community has been given the opportunity to complete the project.

The project is available online for all those cool geeks to complete. It weighs 770 pounds, same size as the smart fortwo, top speed of 50 mph and a range of 200 miles. It would use 6kW hydrogen fuel cell and the price of the car would include the fuel as well. Riversimple is planning to manufacture it.

Funny thing is the car won’t go on sale but would be leased out for 20 years. I doubt anyone would want to keep a car for 20 years straight. It could be an interesting concept especially when everyone is searching for the right urban car which is also clean, green and sustainable.

Via: Eco geek