Toyota is a gigantic company that serves all markets. As a reminder of that, this three-wheeled LS Micro concept by Toyota’s Lexus arm is the polar opposite, in terms of both style and function, of their IMV Origin vehicle.
The LS Micro was just unveiled at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, so at press time there was no explanatory press materials. The brief description of the concept is that it provides “autonomous chaffeur capability” to the luxury market, and that “its role is to deliver unparalleled luxury and presence, specifically handling the last mile of travel in urban areas.”
So it’s basically a single-seat people mover. And unlike autonomous taxis designed to move groups, like Amazon’s Zoox, there is no generous glazing designed to give passengers an unobstructed view of the surroundings. Instead, this being luxury-targeted, the passenger is visually shielded from the outside world, ensconced in a sort of throne with blinders.
As with most of their concepts, Lexus loses me with their design language; not being the target market, I can’t quite grasp the pastiche of angles and arbitrary forms that make up the exterior and interior.
If there’s any one design motif here, it seems to be “repeating series of parallel lines.”
From a marketing perspective, I imagine they would launch this like that Raya dating app: An exclusive version of Uber that you have to be invited to join, keeping the riffraff out.