It’s been a lost in translation situation, but from what I could develop here at the Tokyo Auto Salon, the oddly shaped and oddly named 555TES Minute-S is a “three-wheel compact commuter” powered by a Yamaha 250-cc engine coupled to a Toyota Aqua hybrid drive. Here it is in motion: (Read More…)
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Tagged as 555tes, Bertel Schmitt, Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo Auto Salon 2013
Tagged as 555tes, Bertel Schmitt, Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo Auto Salon 2013
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