Toyota Fun-Vii Shows its Smartphone Qualities in Promo Video

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At the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota unveiled the Fun-Vii Concept, a vehicle featuring the side profile of a sled and the touchscreen doors. The Japanese automotive giant thought that it would be interesting to put a smartphone on four wheels, and indeed it is.

We take our fun going sideways, but the Big T thinks it can be obtained by the emotions created by this vehicle. However, we’ve never heard of anybody calling an MP3 player with a big equalizer as being fun.

This is the first concept where the whole body of the vehicle as well as the interior can be used as a giant entertainment center. The car also mimics and links itself to the surroundings, while a part of its functions can be controlled via smartphone.

All we know is, if you hack one, it will be a great way to get back at somebody you don’t like by posting pictures of him that he doesn’t want people to see. Still, the Japanese are a quiet bunch, so they probably never thought of that.

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On 2 December 2011 at 14:45 UTC, Chels said:

Beyond amazing!!! Do you understand how much I want want.... The Fun-Vii.... Sounds fun. & They are right. If it's not fun, it's not a car

On 2 December 2011 at 22:52 UTC, scusi48 said:

wow, i wanna live that.

On 3 December 2011 at 01:07 UTC, arealSMARTguyhuh said:

I'm confused, do we not have to "build" concept cars anymore?

On 3 December 2011 at 05:04 UTC, Safwaan said:

unbeleivable really awsom.........

On 3 December 2011 at 10:07 UTC, delkomatic said:

Do we have to act like the people in the video?

On 3 December 2011 at 18:03 UTC, Josh said:

I still do not understand how a single car's microprocessor could process all the information necessary to run that many simultaneous laser projectors.

On 3 December 2011 at 21:43 UTC, TrulyVisionary said:

i freaking love this car i give it 20 out of ten fantastic i will buy one the minute they build them

On 6 December 2011 at 08:19 UTC, anevenSMARTERguyhuh said:

@arealSMARTguyhuh: yeah, you're smart alright. no, no one has ever had to build "concepts," hence they're called "concepts". jackass.

but the term you're looking for is probably "prototype". this isn't a protoype, it's a concept. get the concept?

On 9 December 2011 at 16:30 UTC, aneveSMARTERguyisajackass said:

Very whismical. I dout anything like this will ever be released in the open market. it would be incredible expensive and there are to many unknowns.

On 20 December 2011 at 19:05 UTC, nono said:

whow!I am lucky because I am 10 and by the time i am an adult,this car will be out

On 8 January 2012 at 13:21 UTC, Ttect1 said:

Pure awesome