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Toyota concept vehicles (2000–2009)

motor vehicle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ2352340
Source-derived summary

Automobile company Toyota designed and manufactured concept vehicles from 2000 to 2009. These vehicles were concepts and were never released to dealerships. Many were developed in conjunction with other corporations such as Sony or Subaru.

Yaris Cabrio Concept (2000)

The Yaris Cabrio Concept was a two-door convertible presented at the March 2000 Geneva Motor Show. The Yaris Cabrio featured a fabric roof. It never reached the production stage.

Celica Ultimate Concept (2000)

The Toyota Celica Ultimate Concept was introduced in 2000. The project was a collaboration between Toyota and Rod Millen Motorsports. The Ultimate Concept uses the body from a seventh generation Celica GT-S, but the powertrain and all-wheel drive system from a prior generation Celica GT-Four. The turbocharged inline-four engine from the GT-Four was modified to produce 371 kW (497 hp) at 8,000 rpm and 461 N⋅m (340 lb⋅ft) of torque at 5,500 rpm.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Toyota, concept and vehicles is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from Toyota concept vehicles (2000–2009)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.