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The Japan Mobility Show is just around the corner, and this year it’s expected to be a big one. While usually smaller than the likes of Munich, this year’s Tokyo-based show should feature lots of new and significant metal from all of Asia’s major players – and it should also feature the usual bled of novelties and innovations too.
On this page we’ll round up the key cars and technologies shown in Japan, and for now you’ll be able to get a better idea of what to expect. Spoiler alert: yes, that mystery Toyota/Lexus supercar might get revealed finally!
The Japan Mobility Show is taking place from 30th October to 9th November, though you can expect the key cars and news to occur at the very beginning of the show during the press days. That’s when the big brands will roll out their new concepts and press releases.
As you’d expect, it’s the home show for the Japanese brands, so expect all the major Chinese, South Korean and Japanese manufacturers to be there with a big presence. However, Mercedes, Mini, Hyundai and BMW will be there too.
If you’re interested in bikes, it’s also going to feature new products from the Japanese manufacturers as well as BMW.
There’ll also be a car culture aspect to the show this year, which mean we should see some rather appealing older bits and pieces. For example, Honda will contribute by firing up an engine at the back of a Williams FW11 – the car that won the F1 1986 Constructors’ championship.
Electric Kei car
Chinese giant BYD has teased a new, electric Kei car it helps will crack the Japanese market. Small, compact and with the same sort of footprint you’d expect of a Japanese Light EV, the BYD will harness the brand’s Blade battery technology. You can read more about it here.
0 saloon and SUV
Honda will once again show prototypes of its super smart, dramatically-designed EVs. Production is expected in 2026, so we should have an even better idea of what they’ll look like. You can read all about them from our coverage of the 2025 CES show.
Compact EV
Honda also plans to show a production prototype of a compact EV, which could well be an light electric city car like the BYD above. The Japanese brand previously showed a Super EV concept at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Lexus LS concept
The plush Toyota brand is thinking the unthinkable and completely rethinking the LS saloon that made the brand what it has shaped up to be. This six-wheeled LS concept car is designed to
Electric STI concept
Subaru will release an STI concept that brings its performance marque kicking and screaming to the electric age. Details are thin on the ground – as you’d expect – but the teaser hints at something both sleek and aerodynamic. Whether it’s a coupe, hatchback or an SUV remains to be seen though.
ICE STI concept
This could be a little closer to what we expect from Subaru. CAR understands Subaru will be revealing a five-door hatch concept that ticks all the traditional WRX STI boxes. With that in mind, expect a forced-induction boxer engine as well as all-wheel-drive.
Trailerseeker concept
We’ll also get to see the Trailseeker, the second Subaru BEV which is launching in 2026 after the Uncharted, which we’ve already driven. That’s what it’s called in Japan at least; the UK and EU name is yet to confirmed. Still, the car that follows the Solterra will get its Japanese premiere at the Mobility Show.
Century concept
Toyota has already revealed a spin off of its high-class Century badge. Picture so far reveal a bold, SUV that looks to up the luxury stakes even further than its Lexus sub brand.
Mystery supercar
Is it a Lexus or is a Toyota? We don’t know yet, but we are expecting to finally see the Toyota Motor Corporations all-new supercar as Toyota teasing a close-up image of a headlight and the tagline: ‘the soul lives on.’ Already spotted around various tracks – as well as the Goodwood Festival of Speed – we know it’s a mid-front-engined supercar that’ll compete in GT racing but also exist as a road car.
Curtis Moldrich is CAR magazine’s Digital Editor and has worked for the brand for the past five years. He’s responsible for online strategy, including CAR’s website, social media channels such as X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, and helps on wider platform strategy as CAR magazine branches out on to Apple News+ and more.
By Curtis Moldrich
CAR’s Digital Editor, F1 and sim-racing enthusiast. Partial to clever tech and sports bikes
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