Yamaha is Unveiling Another Concept Later this Month

Yamaha continues to be interested in entering the automotive industry.

Known for its motorcycles, this year’s Tokyo Motor Show won’t be the first time Yamaha has unveiled an automobile concept. In 2013, the Yamaha Motiv city car concept bowed and it was then Yamaha publicly expressed its intent to produce a car. Two years later, it unveiled the stunning Sports Ride Concept (seen above) at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. Later this month Yamaha will debut what it’s calling “an automobile design concept model.”

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Little is known about the concept, but Autocar reports it will likely use the iStream manufacturing process created by McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray. Both of Yamaha’s previous concepts used the iStream process, which makes it more affordable to use carbon fiber on volume production vehicles. It is believed the sports car concept will use an engine developed by Yamaha, possibly a 1.0-liter turbocharged three-cylinder mill with around 100 horsepower. It will however, weigh less than 1,984 pounds (900 kilograms), giving it a very attractive power-to-weight ratio.

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