Tokyo motor show rolls out the fun of driving Philip King says the cars at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show are different, fun and not just simple appliances. Toyota's FCV, due out in two years, will be powered by a futuristic fuel cell. TOKYO motor show has rediscovered its mojo with sports cars built to a "fun to drive" credo pushing the usual wacky futuristic visions backstage. Sports cars large and small stole the show with the three biggest Japanese makers - Toyota, Nissan and Honda - leading the way. Their goal is to win back enthusiasts and a disaffected younger generation - "digital natives" born since 1980, in the words of Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn - who have lost interest in cars. Toyota has been realigning its boardroom and model range under the leadership of Akio Toyoda since his declaration at the previous Tokyo show two years ago that "if it's not fun, it's not a car." That message was underlined this time by executive vice-president Mitsuhisa Kato, with Toyota's long-term visions for personal mobility and hydrogen fuel cell power coloured by Toyoda's mission statement. Cars that divide opinion, rather than bland statements designed to offend no one, are now Toyota's first order of business, Kato says. We don't want a car that people neither love nor hate. We want to make cars that people fall madly in love with; cars that convince them they could never drive anything else," he says. Toyota's future thinking brings a fuel cell to market in two years in the FCV and it teased the boundaries with a single-person concept steered like a Segway in the FV2 - Fun Vehicle 2, in case you didn't guess. More immediately though, its highly successful 86 sports car appeared for the second time as a convertible, suggesting production sign-off is merely a formality and its luxury division, Lexus, has embraced the cause with its RC Coupe. The RC Coupe plays Toyota's tune at a more lavish level. Working to the theme of "Amazing in Motion," it aims to appeal to driving enthusiasts with its handling, while raising the luxury quotient with links to Japanese craft traditions in its look and feel. It arrives in Australia late next year and will compete against the new BMW 4 Series, previously known as the 3 Series Coupe. Read Philip King's full story in Weekend A Plus, tomorrow in The Weekend Australian.