Subaru will unveil two new concept cars at the 44th
Tokyo Motor Show later this month.
Making their world premieres will be the Subaru
VIZIV Future Concept and the Impreza five-door concept.
The VIZIV includes automatic driving functions and
other advanced safety technology, while the Impreza is a design
study for the next generation of Subaru's popular small car.
The name VIZIV is derived from "Vision for
Innovation."
Both cars will be unveiled on October 28 at a press
briefing by Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, the President of Fuji Heavy
Industries (FHI), the maker of Subaru vehicles.
It will be streamed live starting from 3.45 pm AEST
at SUBARU-USTREAM (http://ustream.tv/channe/SUBARU-USTREAM).
The official Subaru website (http://www.subaru-global.com/2015tokyo.html)
will also feature information about the Subaru stand.
The VIZIV Future Concept is described as an
SUV-type concept model. Its technologies include automatic driving
capability, resulting from the ongoing evolution of Subaru's
EyeSight driver assist system.
The powerplant combines a down-sized turbocharged
engine with a hybrid system.
The design is based on the concept of "Subaru and
Active Life" and features an All-Wheel Drive platform and Subaru's
signature hexagonal grille.
Inside, a camera for monitoring the driver is
located on the instrument panel glare shield.
ADVANCED VIZIV TECHNOLOGIES
EyeSight is linked with telematics and FHI says technologies have
been incorporated that will lead to development of automatic
driving.
The advanced front recognition of EyeSight combines with
all-direction radar sensing, monitoring traffic around the vehicle
and risks from all sides. In addition, high-accuracy GPS and map
data are used to pinpoint the vehicle's location with high
precision. Optimum control is applied based on information seen and
sensed about the route ahead, including corners and lane lines. The
result is straight-ahead collision avoidance, combined with
enhanced all-direction collision avoidance with vehicles, bicycles,
and pedestrians, when turning at intersections or reversing.
Automatic driving is capable at all speeds on expressways, and
automatic parking is supported at home or in commercial car
parks.
Use of technological advances in telematics and
Human-Machine Interface (HMI) enables anticipation of traffic,
weather, and other conditions along the route ahead, as well as
effective communication of intentions with people and vehicles.
Communication of information about the driver's hobbies and other
aspects of an active life is another feature of automatic
driving.
NEXT-GENERATION HYBRID SYSTEM
The next-generation hybrid has advanced every aspect of the system
first launched overseas on the XV Hybrid. Combined with a downsized
turbo engine, it improves fuel efficiency, while producing driving
enjoyment via the smooth, linear feel when accelerating.
NEXT-GENERATION DOWNSIZED DIRECT-INJECTION
TURBO ENGINE
The downsized turbo engine adopted by Subaru for
the first time in the Japan domestic market Levorg, is further
advanced, and optimized in all dimensions. It offers compact size
and light weight combined with net thermal efficiency that is top
in the segment. This takes Subaru's ability to combine enjoyable
driving and fuel efficiency to a new level.
SYMMETRICAL MOTOR ALL-WHEEL DRIVE
(AWD)
The propeller shaft has been eliminated by mounting
the single motor concentrically on the rear axle in a compact
layout. In addition to AWD capabilities, a flat floor is produced,
for an expansive, comfortable interior space. It incorporates
Subaru's renowned AWD performance while further improving
maneuverability, thanks to the vectoring effect of actively
controlling front/rear driving force distribution.
IMPREZA FIVE-DOOR CONCEPT
The Impreza five-door Concept takes its inspiration
from the design of the next-generation Impreza envisaged in FHI's
Mid-Term Management Vision "Prominence 2020," announced in May
2014, as the next Subaru new-generation model.
The dynamic and solid theme will be featured more
prominently in new-generation models as the essence of Subaru.
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