Toyota FX-1

The Toyota FX-1 is a concept car that Toyota first showed at the 1983 Tokyo Motor Show and again at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1984, as a showcase for new technology in driver controls, engine, suspension, materials and aerodynamics. Colour cathode ray tubes in the dash displayed speed, rpm, fuel and temperature. It used a prototype of the 1G-GEU engine called the LASRE alpha-X, a 1,988 cc twin cam inline six with dual turbochargers, an intercooler and variable displacement that shut down half the engine at low speeds, with a four-speed automatic transmission. A pneumatic suspension with electronic damping raised and lowered the front and rear separately, body panels used fibre reinforced metal and shape memory alloy, the brake rotors were ceramic, and the body had a drag coefficient of 0.25. A simplified version of the engine later appeared as the 1G-GTE.