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Tokyo Auto Show: Subaru G4e Concept Car

Step one in the Tokyo Auto Show wagon domination plot was the new Subaru WRX Sti, step two was the EXIGA seven-seater concept and now step three is to go small with the Subaru G4e concept hatchback. And not only is this hatchback tiny, it's also big in both green and passenger seating — at least according to the press release from Subie. They claim this little four-door electric car will seat up to five passengers, go 120+ miles per charge and turn water into wine. That's right, it's the JesusHatch. We'll see it in person in just a couple of weeks at its official reveal at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Show.

10:15 AM on Tue Oct 9 2007
By Ray Wert
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Mark Miller at 10:45 AM on 10/09/07
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Looking at the smaller pic I thought that this was a design student model. Looking at the higher res, I see that no, this is the show car. I like green but this shade is not working! And wait, the interior is mostly bright red!

The shape is ok for a micro Impreza kinda car, but I hope they are respraying it before the show.
bobdobbs at 10:59 AM on 10/09/07
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If the production car looked like that, I could almost forgive them for the stillborn 2008 Impreza. But it won't.
cafn8 at 10:59 AM on 10/09/07
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Neat. With the exception of the red, red interior I'll take one. At least I would if there were a snowball's chance in hell it would make it to the US.
FreeMan at 11:58 AM on 10/09/07
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"G4e" is Japanese for frog. Green on the outside, red on the inside.
Roadster_Guy at 12:08 PM on 10/09/07
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What is the deal with flat-panel displays replacing all of the gauges & switchgear on concept models? Always strikes me as a half-assed effort, no real skill required beyond being able to make a flashy graphic.

This thing looks like the evil spawn of a Mazda2, the new Impreza, and Kermit the Frog.
3wheeler at 12:21 PM on 10/09/07
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@Roadster_Guy:
Flat panels are CHEAP. Skill in creating the graphics is immense (really). The guys that do that are very very skilled. And expensive.
brandegee at 12:27 PM on 10/09/07
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@3wheeler: Depends on which flat panels you are talking about. If these are flexible OLEDs, then they are frightfully expensive right now. They should quickly get cheap enough to use in automotive products though.
mutedthud at 01:18 PM on 10/09/07
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I don't mind the look of the JesusHatch on the outside, It has potential. Ugly as fuck on the inside, though. Typical! Where there's Jesus, there's bullshit. Turn around... turn around.
Bauhaus at 01:32 PM on 10/09/07
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@Roadster_Guy: Auto shows are the only chance the interior designers ever get to show off. If you design the outside of the car, there's a chance - maybe a small one, but a CHANCE - that the design will make it into production. But everyone KNOWS the interior on the production model will be available in beige or gray, with black trim. That's got to be soul-grinding, so when you get the chance, you have to go absolutely apeshit to compensate.
TRAMS_AM at 05:05 PM on 10/09/07
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@Mark Miller: If it's not green, how will people know it's good... er... slightly less harmful to trees and bunnies and stuff?