Toyota Fun-Vii as a 'smartphone on wheels'

A Toyota Fun-Vii with its whole body can be used as a display space is shown in Tokyo Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled the futuristic concept car resembling a giant smartphone to demonstrate how Japan's top automaker is trying to take the lead in technology at the upcoming Tokyo auto show. The car works like a personal computer and allows drivers to connect with dealers and others with a tap of a touch-panel door. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara).

Under the theme “Fun to Drive, Again”, Toyota will unveil several new production vehicles and concept cars at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show.The Fun-Vii (Fun Vehicle interactive internet) concept heralds Toyota’s vision of a future where people, cars and society are linked.


A model presents Toyota's concept vehicle Fun-Vii at a pre-Tokyo Motor show reception in a showroom in Tokyo November 28, 2011. The whole body of the concept car can be used as a display space, with the body color and display content changeable at will, and allows the vehicle to function as a terminal for displaying messages or other information, the company said. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: TRANSPORT)

A presenter explains about Toyota Fun-Vii in Tokyo Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled the futuristic concept car resembling a giant smartphone to demonstrate how Japan's top automaker is trying to take the lead in technology at the upcoming Tokyo auto show, which opens to the public this weekend. 

1. Under the theme “Fun to Drive, Again”, Toyota will unveil several new production vehicles and concept cars at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show.The Fun-Vii (Fun Vehicle interactive internet) concept heralds Toyota’s vision of a future where people, cars and society are linked.

2. A Toyota Fun-Vii with its whole body can be used as a display space is shown in Tokyo Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled the futuristic concept car resembling a giant smartphone to demonstrate how Japan's top automaker is trying to take the lead in technology at the upcoming Tokyo auto show. The car works like a personal computer and allows drivers to connect with dealers and others with a tap of a touch-panel door. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)less 

3. A model presents Toyota's concept vehicle Fun-Vii at a pre-Tokyo Motor show reception in a showroom in Tokyo November 28, 2011. The whole body of the concept car can be used as a display space, with the body color and display content changeable at will, and allows the vehicle to function as a terminal for displaying messages or other information, the company said. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: TRANSPORT)