Tokyo Motor Show: A Glittering Showcasing Of Vehicles Of the Future

Tokyo Motor Show is a biennial event where leading car manufacturers of the world not only display what is coming out of their production lines, but also focus on conceptual models of motor cars that are yet to hit the market. Since motor vehicles in recent years are adopting more the latest innovations of information technology, concept cars try to show how such technology is going to make driving more enjoyable and user friendly.

- Monzurul Huq

Moreover, as cars are increasingly becoming a target of widespread criticism for being one of the prime source of greenhouse gas emission, automobile industries around the world are heavily involved in research and development of eco-friendly cars. Concept cars also allow the industry to display vehicles that are no longer using conventional energy sources and thus turning environmental friendly in true sense. The 45th Tokyo Motor Show that dropped its curtain last weekend at Tokyo’s Big Site exhibition center was a glittering display of such vehicles along with many latest models heading for the market. The display also could show the audience very clearly where the automobile industry is heading towards in coming days.

The main theme of this year’s motor show was “Beyond the Motor.” Experts and motor car enthusiast are predicting that in the near future motor vehicles may become very different from what we are familiar with. They are also hoping that in the process of evolution, automobiles of the future will be able to move much more than just people and objects: they are destined to be able to move the society forward, transcending previous limitations to provide greater possibilities. And this is what the organizers of the Tokyo Motor Show see the perception that lies behind the theme “Beyond the Motor.”