Scion Fuse

The Scion Fuse is a two-door, four-seat coupe concept car shown by Scion, one of Toyota's brands, at the 2006 New York International Auto Show. The show car was built by Five Axis Models of Huntington Beach, California, with help from MillenWorks, and it had scissor doors. Its gasoline four-cylinder engine, with multi-port fuel injection and variable valve timing, was rated at 160 horsepower. The Fuse was a showcase for gadgets rather than a production plan: steer-by-wire controls, a retractable spoiler, a hatch that slides upwards, a flip-out bench for tailgating, a drinks cooler, a Wi-Fi connection, LED lighting in the seat piping and wheels, programmable multicolour headlights and a passenger seat that folds into a footrest or table. It did influence a later road car, because the 2011 Scion tC was modelled on the Fuse.